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This article says what I've been thinking/trying to explain to people about this. Before the iPhone, the only people who had/wanted smart phones were "uncool"
by octo_t 10y ago
This article says what I've been thinking/trying to explain to people about this.
Before the iPhone, the only people who had/wanted smart phones were "uncool" business people[1].
And I think its the case with bluetooth headsets right now.
[1] - this may or may not have been the case, but it was definitely the general perception at the time.
- addicted 10y ago"Before the iPhone, the only people who had/wanted smart phones were "uncool" business people[1]." I think this is demonstrably untrue. Blackberry's were popular with regular people as well. BBM was huge amongst non techies, at least outside the US. The problem was they were too expensive. Which is why Blackberry released the Pearl in 2006 which was entirely a consumer product.
- rplst8 10y agoPeople didn't want smartphones because they weren't particularly useful, and data was extremely pricey. Blackberry changed that and others followed.
- vilmosi 10y agoBluetooth headsets stopped being cool a became ago, just saying.