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> Executives at Nokia and BlackBerry saw the first iPhone, with its lack of a physical keyboard, as an impractical toy for media consumption, not a serious wor
by thaumasiotes 1y ago
> Executives at Nokia and BlackBerry saw the first iPhone, with its lack of a physical keyboard, as an impractical toy for media consumption, not a serious work device.
You say that like subsequent events overtook them. But I see this complaint on HN pretty frequently. I agree with it. Nobody does their work on a phone. The phones go out of their way to make that difficult.
- closewith 1y ago> Nobody does their work on a phone. I don't think you could be less in touch with the current business world.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoTake a look over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44959445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44959445