“So, as of this week, we have computing performance in our pants pockets that nine years ago required a professional desktop workstation.”

— John Gruber, in his review of the iPhone 5

If I stop to think about all the things I am able to do with this tiny little device I carry with me everywhere and how I would explain that to 7-year-old me, I’m sure small me would think I had just described something straight of of the then-newly-premiered Star Trek: The Next Generation.