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soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

It’s funny that you mention the iPhone - a device that had zero innovation compared to its competitors, and just managed to take the market because of marketing.

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GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Nice revisionist history there bud

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- soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Revisionist? I am old, I was there. But if you don’t believe me: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian
  
  (And while I didn’t own a Symbian phone myself, a good friend did. Oh, but what I owned was a tablet computer. Way back in 2002. And now you will likely call me a Revisionist again, because I owned a device before Apple invented it…)
  
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  - GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    I’m aware of Symbian, it ran on over half of the world’s smartphones before 2009. It’s not some hidden knowledge.
    You’re the one who said it had zero innovations, which is patently false. Here’s a short piece from AllAboutSymbian.com on the topic. I never claimed they invented the smartphone or anything like that, but it’s obvious that you think I did that since you added that part about the tablet.
    
    This conversation is not worth my time, I do not care what you think. Have a nice day!
    
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    princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Thanks for the article, super interesting to see his predictions, they weren’t that far off.
    
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