"just what form the future telephone will take is, of course, pure speculation. here is my prophecy: in its final development, the telephone will be carried about by the individual, perhaps as we carry a watch today. it probably will acquire no dial or equivalent, and i think the users will be able to see each other, if they want, as they talk. who knows but what it may actually translate from one language to another?"
(mark sullivan, president of pacific telephone and telegraph, 1953)