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That sounds like re-inventing the Sidekick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Hiptop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Hiptop)!

by JadeNB 3y ago

loloquwowndueo 3y ago
And giving iPhone a physical keyboard is reinventing the blackberry. Never mind that the iPhone’s mantra from the beginning has been away from the inadaptability of physical keyboards. (Watch the 2007 keynote for reference).
- schiffern 3y ago
  > Never mind that the iPhone’s official marketing line from the beginning has been... Fixed. It's an age-old sales tactic. "It's not a bug, it's a feature!"
  - ceejayoz 3y ago
    Given everyone else fairly rapidly followed along, and still are nearly 15 years later, “feature” seems accurate.
xp84 3y ago
RIP, I miss the Sidekick so much. Probably every millennial would have given anything to have one of these in 2001, but a data plan, the hardware cost itself, and exclusivity to T-Mobile placed it firmly outside the reach of everyone I knew including myself.
- mattl 3y ago
  I had one much later in 2008, it cost $1 a day for unlimited data/service on a prepaid account IIRC.
hamburglar 3y ago
I think a lot of people would like to see the sidekick reinvented tbh
- abustamam 3y ago
  I agree. My mom's first android phone was the sidekick 4g https://www.t-mobile.com/devices/sidekick https://www.t-mobile.com/devices/sidekick It was a solid device, but it got sluggish pretty quickly. Not sure if it was because of my mom's usage habits or the hardware. And my first android phone was the Motorola cliq https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Cliq https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Cliq I think I went through several devices on warranty because it malfunctioned in some way. Anyway, I just mention this because smartphones with keyboards are not new inventions, but fewer are being manufactured. I don't think I would get a smartphone with a keyboard, but I'd love to see more innovation in this space. I'm kinda tired of the whole "more, better cameras" and "more processing power" pattern we've been seeing.

That sounds like re-inventing the Sidekick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Hiptop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Hiptop)!

by JadeNB 3y ago

That sounds like re-inventing the Sidekick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Hiptop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Hiptop)!

loloquwowndueo 3y ago

And giving iPhone a physical keyboard is reinventing the blackberry. Never mind that the iPhone’s mantra from the beginning has been away from the inadaptability of physical keyboards. (Watch the 2007 keynote for reference).

schiffern 3y ago
> Never mind that the iPhone’s official marketing line from the beginning has been... Fixed. It's an age-old sales tactic. "It's not a bug, it's a feature!"
- ceejayoz 3y ago
  Given everyone else fairly rapidly followed along, and still are nearly 15 years later, “feature” seems accurate.

xp84 3y ago

RIP, I miss the Sidekick so much. Probably every millennial would have given anything to have one of these in 2001, but a data plan, the hardware cost itself, and exclusivity to T-Mobile placed it firmly outside the reach of everyone I knew including myself.

mattl 3y ago
I had one much later in 2008, it cost $1 a day for unlimited data/service on a prepaid account IIRC.

hamburglar 3y ago

I think a lot of people would like to see the sidekick reinvented tbh

abustamam 3y ago
I agree. My mom's first android phone was the sidekick 4g https://www.t-mobile.com/devices/sidekick https://www.t-mobile.com/devices/sidekick It was a solid device, but it got sluggish pretty quickly. Not sure if it was because of my mom's usage habits or the hardware. And my first android phone was the Motorola cliq https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Cliq https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Cliq I think I went through several devices on warranty because it malfunctioned in some way. Anyway, I just mention this because smartphones with keyboards are not new inventions, but fewer are being manufactured. I don't think I would get a smartphone with a keyboard, but I'd love to see more innovation in this space. I'm kinda tired of the whole "more, better cameras" and "more processing power" pattern we've been seeing.