We got to see one in person ahead of today's unveiling and we have to say it feels like a very solidly and neatly built pocket machine.

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What, do you think you'll be able to go through life with a tiny calculating machine in your shirt pocket, she screamed.

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Which brings me to month 3 of dumping my mobile, the time machine that used to reside in my pocket.

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In an effort to save smartphones from the landfill, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently patented a design for a smartphone airbag system and we fell head over heels for the Scrubba, a portable washing machine made of lightweight material that's so small it can fit in your pocket.

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Probably the most useful feature is the ability for a passenger to swipe their credit card on the machine to pay for the fare: that's right, no more fumbling in your pocket for change.

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