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I started using Twitter back in 2008. Before the age of smart phones Talk about erasing the past. I dearly hope knowledge of what came before iPhone and Andro

I started using Twitter back in 2008. Before the age of smart phones Talk about erasing the past. I dearly hope knowledge of what came before iPhone and Android isn't washed over like all the non-Apple 8-bit computers.

thedanbob 7y ago
I think most people would interpret it in this context to mean "the time when smartphones were huge". Smartphones existed before 2008, yes, but they were insignificant compared to what they are today.
onion2k 7y ago
Exactly. That should really read "I started using Twitter back in 2008. A decade after Windows CE phones became quite common, and 5 years after the launch of Windows Mobile."
- pjc50 7y ago
  Windows CE phones were significantly worse than simply trying to use a Nokia 3210. They were very much a false start.
  - onion2k 7y ago
    I had an HTC TyTn II back in about 2006. It was flawed but ultimately it was a pretty good device given the limitations of the time. Trying to cram Windows on to a phone without changing things was a mistake obviously, but for some things (email..) it was awesome.
- goatinaboat 7y ago
  Everything useful I do with a smartphone now, I was already doing in 2008 on a BlackBerry.
hoseja 7y ago
What would you say is the "age of mammals"?
paulpauper 7y ago
smart phones existed back then. they aren't as good but it was possible to access the internet using a phone . The iphone launched in jan 2007
dragonwriter 7y ago
2008 wasn't even before the iPhone, so even if that (wrong) cutoff for “smartphone” is used, the claim doesn't make sense.
Ensorceled 7y ago
This is silly. The age of the internet started when my uncle asked me if I had "electronic mail" yet, not when it was invented and not several years later when my high tech company went from modems and Usenet to fully connected. Similarly, the "age of the smartphone" started when they became ubiquitous, not when people figured out how to get email on their Blackberry.
lm28469 7y ago
It truly was before the _age_ of smart phones though. Today virtually everyone who's 14+ years old has a one, it wasn't like that at all in 2008. And the definition of "smart" definitely changed too. Just like the age of tablets started when the average 40yo mom started using ipads, not when Microsoft showed their prototype in 2000. Or the age of electric cars didn't start at the end of the 19th century, but a few years ago.

thedanbob 7y ago

I think most people would interpret it in this context to mean "the time when smartphones were huge". Smartphones existed before 2008, yes, but they were insignificant compared to what they are today.

onion2k 7y ago

Exactly. That should really read "I started using Twitter back in 2008. A decade after Windows CE phones became quite common, and 5 years after the launch of Windows Mobile."

pjc50 7y ago
Windows CE phones were significantly worse than simply trying to use a Nokia 3210. They were very much a false start.
- onion2k 7y ago
  I had an HTC TyTn II back in about 2006. It was flawed but ultimately it was a pretty good device given the limitations of the time. Trying to cram Windows on to a phone without changing things was a mistake obviously, but for some things (email..) it was awesome.
goatinaboat 7y ago
Everything useful I do with a smartphone now, I was already doing in 2008 on a BlackBerry.

hoseja 7y ago

What would you say is the "age of mammals"?

paulpauper 7y ago

smart phones existed back then. they aren't as good but it was possible to access the internet using a phone . The iphone launched in jan 2007

dragonwriter 7y ago

2008 wasn't even before the iPhone, so even if that (wrong) cutoff for “smartphone” is used, the claim doesn't make sense.

Ensorceled 7y ago

This is silly. The age of the internet started when my uncle asked me if I had "electronic mail" yet, not when it was invented and not several years later when my high tech company went from modems and Usenet to fully connected. Similarly, the "age of the smartphone" started when they became ubiquitous, not when people figured out how to get email on their Blackberry.

lm28469 7y ago

It truly was before the _age_ of smart phones though. Today virtually everyone who's 14+ years old has a one, it wasn't like that at all in 2008. And the definition of "smart" definitely changed too. Just like the age of tablets started when the average 40yo mom started using ipads, not when Microsoft showed their prototype in 2000. Or the age of electric cars didn't start at the end of the 19th century, but a few years ago.