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Not just the Newton and palmpilot but the the PocketPC phones that came immediately before it. When the iPhone came out i had an HTC TyTN 2 which unlike the iP
by scarby2 5y ago
Not just the Newton and palmpilot but the the PocketPC phones that came immediately before it.
When the iPhone came out i had an HTC TyTN 2 which unlike the iPhone could do turn by turn navigation, send SMS/MMS to multiple recipients, and act as a 3g modem for my computer while i was traveling. I also adored the pull out keyboard, which until the advent of swype was by far the fastest input method for a mobile device.
- mywittyname 5y agoAnd Blackberry 7200s. RIM proved that there was demand for smartphones long before the iPhone hit the market.
- gandalfian 5y agoI had a remaindered tytn 2 as well. Even with a walk through configuring the mobile internet was a bizzare tricky maze. On an iPhone you just inserted a SIM, put in the APN and everything worked? I can see why the iPhone won. Not to mention the irony that Microsoft quickly abandoned its own platform so the only people keeping it a useable device were Opera, Gmail and Google maps. The Microsoft browser couldn't even cope with the Microsoft website.
- vvanders 5y agoThe HD2 from around that era was also a stand out. I still remember seeing one for the first time and just being floored by the 4.3" form factor.