If you had offered someone in 1916 a device that they could put in their pocket that would let them instantly communicate with nearly anyone on the planet, tap into a large fraction of the world&#x27;s knowledge base, read books, navigate across the country, take photographs and movies, and play almost any song ever written, what do you think that person would say?<p>&quot;No thanks.&quot; ?<p>The smartphone is one of the most significant inventions of the last 100 years.