Krauerking@lemy.lol to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 days agoCellphones went from cool form factor mini computers to mandatory personal identification and spying devicesmessage-squaremessage-square121linkfedilinkarrow-up1670arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1661arrow-down1message-squareCellphones went from cool form factor mini computers to mandatory personal identification and spying devicesKrauerking@lemy.lol to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square121linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareprotist@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoI think we’re talking about the early smartphone period, circa 2009-2015
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lolOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoTouche, should have said smart phones but even the old ones that let you send T6 messages like a pager were pretty advanced cool tech vs this.
minus-squarestickyprimer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoHeh - first one I saw was literally a little suitcase you’d open up with the handset inside. Then they were built into cars for a while. Only THEN came the handheld brick ;D
deleted by creator
I think we’re talking about the early smartphone period, circa 2009-2015
Touche, should have said smart phones but even the old ones that let you send T6 messages like a pager were pretty advanced cool tech vs this.
Heh - first one I saw was literally a little suitcase you’d open up with the handset inside. Then they were built into cars for a while. Only THEN came the handheld brick ;D