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What was some of your first cell phones...before the iPhone?
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I remember GTE offered a "Home Base" unit. It offered free cell coverage as long as you were within a certain range of the base unit. I think it was about a mile or so. That was until people figured out how to get free internet with using the base unit. They did away with that plan. It wasn't much longer and Verizon was founded....late 90's, I think. ha ha. Oh, the good old days.
Motorola 9800. I thought it was a huge upgrade from my parents car phone..which was attached to the car.
Then I went from that to the startac and thought it was SO AWESOME
Had that one for years...lasted me until I went to the iphone 3gs..
Then I went from that to the startac and thought it was SO AWESOME
Had that one for years...lasted me until I went to the iphone 3gs..I had the 5110 (i believe it's the same phone). Such a great phone. You could've killed someone with one of these if you wanted to, lol. Now i have to babysit my plus.
Memories, memories ...
I might miss a few but here are the main ones:
- Nokia 3210 (the one everybody wanted)
- Nokia 3310 (the indestructible!)
- Sagem myX-3 (got it for cheap on contract but not better than the Nokia!)
- Samsung D510
- A Clamshell Samsung I can't remember the name of
- Motorola Slvr L6
- Samsung SGH-X820 Ultra Edition 6.9 (back in 2006 there was already a competition for who would release the thinest phone - and this one did have a protruding camera and felt easy to break with little pressure :-D - really liked the thinness and lightness but definitly convinced me Samsung was a no go for me as the keyboard failed - as per all my previous Samsungs!)
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Then came the original iPhone, and Apple has kept me captive until now!
I might miss a few but here are the main ones:
- Nokia 3210 (the one everybody wanted)
- Nokia 3310 (the indestructible!)
- Sagem myX-3 (got it for cheap on contract but not better than the Nokia!)
- Samsung D510
- A Clamshell Samsung I can't remember the name of
- Motorola Slvr L6
- Samsung SGH-X820 Ultra Edition 6.9 (back in 2006 there was already a competition for who would release the thinest phone - and this one did have a protruding camera and felt easy to break with little pressure :-D - really liked the thinness and lightness but definitly convinced me Samsung was a no go for me as the keyboard failed - as per all my previous Samsungs!)
Then came the original iPhone, and Apple has kept me captive until now!
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I owned all in Snake, speaking of Snake you knew you were a master when you only used the 7 and 3 buttons!
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I had that Katana (in Blue)'
Also had the HTC Diamond (little brother to the touch pro )
loved it!
My first mobile was a Nokia 6110 ... I still remember it as one of the best phones I've ever had in my life ...
My wife had the pink Katana, LOL!
And the Diamond was cool. Only difference between it and the TP was the Pro version of Windows Mobile 6.1 and a keyboard. Lots and lots of stuff that worked on the Diamond worked on the TP. I loved my TP!
Of course I bought it like only one month before the TP2 launched so I wasn't too happy about that though.
My wife had the pink Katana, LOL!
And the Diamond was cool. Only difference between it and the TP was the Pro version of Windows Mobile 6.1 and a keyboard. Lots and lots of stuff that worked on the Diamond worked on the TP. I loved my TP!
Of course I bought it like only one month before the TP2 launched so I wasn't too happy about that though.
Diamond came with 6.1 too.
sad thing is I really wanted an Iphone back in the day but was (and still am) loyal to Sprint so I went with that and bought a (first gen) Ipod Touch.
-tethered my connection to my ipod touch so I "kinda" had an Iphone
Nokia 5110
Nokia 3210
Nokia 8310 I loved this phone. I had it for a couple of years, this was in the 12 month upgrade days.
Nokia 7610
There was a nokia 7210 in here somewhere as well.
Everyone I knew all had Nokias you didn't have to worry about forgetting your charger as everyone had a Nokia charger
Sony Walkman phone. The White and orange one.
Sony Cybershot
Nokia n95
Blackberry Storm
Then iPhone 3G
Nokia 3210
Nokia 8310 I loved this phone. I had it for a couple of years, this was in the 12 month upgrade days.
Nokia 7610
There was a nokia 7210 in here somewhere as well.
Everyone I knew all had Nokias you didn't have to worry about forgetting your charger as everyone had a Nokia charger
Sony Walkman phone. The White and orange one.
Sony Cybershot
Nokia n95
Blackberry Storm
Then iPhone 3G
What I meant was the Diamond had WinMo 6.1 while the Touch Pro had WinMo 6.1 Pro.Diamond came with 6.1 too.
sad thing is I really wanted an Iphone back in the day but was (and still am) loyal to Sprint so I went with that and bought a (first gen) Ipod Touch.
-tethered my connection to my ipod touch so I "kinda" had an Iphone
And I hear you about Sprint (I'm still a customer). I got my Touch Pro because it was the closest thing I could find that Sprint was selling that remotely resembled the iPhone. I wanted one (iPhone), but I wasn't leaving Sprint to AT&T for it.
As it turned out I was laughing for a while at a few of my friends because the TP had cut/paste and MMS out of the box while their iPhones did not (at that time).
The funny thing is that HTC originally marketed the Touch Pro as the "iPhone killer". Which was hilarious because the screen on the TP is even smaller than the screen on the 3GS! Diamond/Touch Pro/Touch Pro 2 were great phones, but part of a long line of now dead "iPhone killers".