ST Alpha - "2002 at least. I won't cut Apple slack on this. " (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 161

In response to "Anyways, have smart phones only been around since 2007? -- nm" by crash davis

2002 at least. I won't cut Apple slack on this.

Posted by Mop (aka Rburriel) Nov 30 '16, 20:46

It depends on your definition of "smartphone" but generally speaking we're talking about a feature rich phone with an operating system that allows for PDA functionality and app installation. Dumbed down, that can mean what we today call a "feature phone" but more to the point I draw your attention to the Windows CE kernel which is 20 years old in 2016 and in 2002 made it into phones as - I kid you not - "Windows Smartphone 2002".

Responses:

To Apple's credit, they took something that existed, like MP3 players and tablets, and made the world believe they invented it. -- nm - Mop Nov 30, 20:47 3
- I always wondered why they got so much credit for the iPod -- nm - crash davis Nov 30, 20:48 2
  - Not so much the iPod as much as iTunes. Did as much to kill Napster as the RIAA. - Mop Nov 30, 21:02
  - cool design -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 30, 20:50

Post a message top

2002 at least. I won't cut Apple slack on this.

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.