Oh yeah.... roaming...
Remember limited minutes and waiting to talk to people until after 9:00 pm because it was free then?
Ah yes...roaming.
Back during the days when Blackberry, Nokia, and Motorola ruled the world.
Oh yeah.... roaming...
Remember limited minutes and waiting to talk to people until after 9:00 pm because it was free then?
When I was in middle school in the 80s my friend's dad had one of the very early CD players. First one I had ever seen. I think it was the size of a toaster ovenWhile it isn't technically genesis for the smartphone, the iPhone (and HTC as well) is the one that certainly got the ball rolling. I remember in school when it was the hip new thing alongside the iPod touch. Everyone I went to school with couldn't wait to get away from flip phones to get a smart phone. Come to think of it I also remember that this was around the time the Xbox 360 was only 2 years old, Google just recently bought YouTube and was still able to be used in mainland China, and the great recession hadn't truly hit yet.
The fact that was all 15 years ago is unsettling to me and makes me feel old. I wonder if this is how people felt during the 15th anniversary of the Compact Disc.
ROAMING was pure evil
In 2003 I had a fantastic phone called the Sidekick
Does anyone beside Superman miss pay phones?
New England Telephone was brutal after 3 minutes
The iPhone was actually inspired by a colossal failure by Disney called the ESPN Phone.
The story goes that ESPN president George Bodenheimer attended the first Disney board meeting in Orlando, Florida, just after the company had bought Pixar, the innovative animation factory, and spotted Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a hallway. It seemed like a good time to introduce himself. “I am George Bodenheimer,” he said to Jobs. “I run ESPN.” Jobs just looked at him and said nothing other than “Your phone is the dumbest f***ing idea I have ever heard,” then turned and walked away.
Not sure the best phone rose to the top
Bah - I didn't get any birthday recognition here today but the freaking iPhone does.
Happy Birthday Blessings!!!!Bah - I didn't get any birthday recognition here today but the freaking iPhone does.
Not sure the best phone rose to the top
The Apple Infrastructure overran everyone,marketing Ipods and Itunes to the youth, got parents caught up in the trend and then the whole 18-49 group. Nokia and Samsung had better phones,but got overrun by the Apple machine.My problem with Android is every manufactuer tweaks it for their own purpose.
It staggers me at how good cellphone video has become.
LG Chocolate Slider best phone ever. Razor second. Loved the sliding of the phone. Robust too. I wonder if I still have it? Got to look. It was like a communicator on Star Trek. LMAO!
I've never liked the Apple "ecosystem" and prefer the freedom and choice an open source OS like Android provides. Having said that there is no denying the significance the introduction of the iPhone had on the world of technology and while I don't like the Apple software, their hardware is outstanding.
I'll stick with Android though.