Blacktab

Blacktabs were Radical Age communicators that evolved from the smartphones of the early twentyfirst century. Unlike scrolls, they used a microwave linkup to communicate with the networks of the Radical corporations. They ran code called apps which often had to be bought with money and were also symbols of status and power. No hanyo was ever seen without his blacktab. In the latter half of the twentyfirst century, the increasing solar radiation started to interfere with both wired and wireless communication, but the only technological response from the hanyo corporations was to make the blacktabs emit even more radiation. Samples of blacktabs can be seen in the Toxic Archive at Zigsa's Nest.