Comment on BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired

modifier@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• DJDarren@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I got an LG largely because the options were WebOS or shitty proprietary OS.

  And yeah, LG haven’t been kind to it.

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  • modifier@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It was such an innovative Mobile UI for its time, and the physical slide-out keyboard of the Pre, was a really satisfying typing experience. These days, people take for granted that they can dismiss an app by simply “flicking” it up and off the screen on your mobile phone, but that whole visual metaphor and activity came from WebOS. It felt like the first true multi-tasking mobile phone. shucks I miss it.

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    • greybeard@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My Palm Pre people. I loved that phone. It was under powered, buggy, and felt like the future.

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• storcholus@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I still keep it around. It doesn’t work, but it is such a nice object. That was my favourite phone. I miss interesting phones

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  • modifier@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I still have mine too, and really for the same reason. It is such a great design, and the aesthetic of a water-smoothed river stone was really cohesive. The Pre was all smooth lines and soft curves. Just gorgeous.

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    • storcholus@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Exactly. I had the pre 3 afterwards, but I kept the original pre

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• dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My friend in high school had every palm pre, that thing was awesome

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  • njordomir@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I used a Palm Zire 31 and Later a Dell Axim 51v (Windows Mobile) in high school. People thought I was weird, but it kept me organized. I miss how simple and functional those programs were. This was largely pre-enshittification.

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• ZeffSyde@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I found one of those in the back of a taxi before my first smartphone.

  I read through the guys messages and decided he was an abusive asshat. Kept it, wiped it, used it as an mp3 player until the screen cracked in my back pocket.

  To this day I cringe whenever I see someone keeping their phone in a back pocket.

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