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Windows Mobile and Symbian devices were a thing for years and had functioning browsers. The iPhone was an improvement (as long as you had wifi) but it took a co
by ztrww 3y ago
Windows Mobile and Symbian devices were a thing for years and had functioning browsers. The iPhone was an improvement (as long as you had wifi) but it took a couple of years before it actually become widespread
- CyberDildonics 3y agoThey weren't anywhere close to being the same. You had no multi-touch, no pinch zoom and no fluid panning and scrolling.
- ztrww 3y agoExactly, you’d use the to do the same thing more or less but the iPhone had way better UX. The idea of browsing the web on your phone wasn’t something new or revolutionary, it was all about the implementation.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoNo, it wasn't the same. Before people would only be able to use special mobile pages and scroll through a few options at a time. Looking at a general site like reddit was basically impossible. Reading a news article on a normal site was basically impossible. It was a total game changer and most people went from never using the mobile internet to using it frequently.
- dingaling 3y agoSymbian devices had Opera Mobile and their own Webkit-based browser from at least 2005. Both of which rendered normal websites, not WAP.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoAnd how did you navigate them? With a scroll ball? Even some phones that were single touch with pressure were slightly better but most people wanted nothing to do with that until the iphone.
- TheHappyOddish 3y agoYou seem to have forgotten Blackberrys were incredibly popular. Most people in the business world browsed and did emails on them. Windows phone, LG Prada, Hiptop - all of these had non WAP browsers well before the iPhone. You've missed the 2-4 year gap between WAP only phones and first iPhone.