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> Yeah but a cell phone and a computer are close cousins. Were they really close cousins in 2006?
by heartbreak 3y ago
> Yeah but a cell phone and a computer are close cousins.
Were they really close cousins in 2006?
- vel0city 3y agoBefore 2006 my phone was already my portable media player, my internet modem on the go, a quick web browser, my portable email machine, my internet instant messenger client, a mapping tool, and more. By 2007 I was even using it for video calls.
- int_19h 3y agoIn 2006, yes. J2ME apps were already fairly broadly supported by feature phones and somewhat popular.
- iancmceachern 3y agoYes. Anything that has machined and injection molded housings, a screen, pcbas and software/firmware. Basically all consumer electronics are cousins in this context. Time doesn't matter here, industry verticals do. Cars are wildly different, 50 years ago GE would have seemed like the one that would make a phone, not ford.