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Indeed. Here's the phone I had in 2006. It even had an onscreen keyboard that I often used for knocking out quick replies to emails or SMS messages. Heck, it ev
by ajg1977 16y ago
Indeed. Here's the phone I had in 2006. It even had an onscreen keyboard that I often used for knocking out quick replies to emails or SMS messages. Heck, it even did copy & paste and MMS :)
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/cingular-8125.htm http://www.mobiletechreview.com/cingular-8125.htm
Aside from a few extra buttons it looks pretty similar to today's iPhone, and very similar to Android and WP7 phones. Apple certainly did a great job of refining all the elements and introducing capacitive touch screens, but to suggest they invented the form factor is just bullshit.
- snom370 16y agoThey didn't invent the form factor, but they were the first to make it good enough to become successful. There's been tablets around for two decades, but the iPad is the first to achieve widespread success outside of niche markets. Even Apple had the Newton which they killed off (imagine how the world would look if Apple was the one with an old, stylus-optimized mobile device OS in 2007).
- superk 16y agoA funny comment from the writeup on that 8125: "the display automatically switches to landscape orientation (it takes about 2 seconds to do so)" In many cases Apple isn't about innovation so much as doing things well. Reminds me of this video: http://www.mobileinc.co.uk/2010/03/nokia-n97-promotional-video-vs-real-life/ http://www.mobileinc.co.uk/2010/03/nokia-n97-promotional-vid...