Revelations waited for them like all the silent seconds on a digital alarm clock before the shrieking starts or else like a land mine.

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It has been suggested that the smartphone could possibly render alarm clocks and point-and-shoot digital cameras obsolete, as people use the alarm clock functions on their phones more frequently and the cameras in these devices continue to improve.

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