Krauerking@lemy.lol to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 20 hours agoCellphones went from cool form factor mini computers to mandatory personal identification and spying devicesmessage-squaremessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1369arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1367arrow-down1message-squareCellphones went from cool form factor mini computers to mandatory personal identification and spying devicesKrauerking@lemy.lol to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 20 hours agomessage-square48linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareradiofreebc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-216 hours agoI remember them being big stupid bricks that nobody would be caught dead with. But, then again, i’m 52 and didn’t see the internet until my second year of college.
minus-squarestickyprimer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 minutes agoHeh - first one I saw was literally a little suitcase you’d open up with the handset inside. Then they were built into cars for a while. Only THEN came the handheld brick ;D
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lolOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoTouche, should have said smart phones but even the old ones that let you send T6 messages like a pager were pretty advanced cool tech vs this.
minus-squareprotist@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoI think we’re talking about the early smartphone period, circa 2009-2015
I remember them being big stupid bricks that nobody would be caught dead with.
But, then again, i’m 52 and didn’t see the internet until my second year of college.
Heh - first one I saw was literally a little suitcase you’d open up with the handset inside. Then they were built into cars for a while. Only THEN came the handheld brick ;D
Touche, should have said smart phones but even the old ones that let you send T6 messages like a pager were pretty advanced cool tech vs this.
I think we’re talking about the early smartphone period, circa 2009-2015