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• umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  to be fair i miss physical keyboards on phones. i wish we gave the space for it.

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  • nl4real@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Same. Colossal pain in the ass.

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    • kambusha@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Get yourself a RIMjob and help bring them back

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  • al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You could get a Bluetooth keyboard. Literally pick your size.

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    • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You have to charge it separately, it’s not quite as convenient

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• iopq@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Intel thought the iPhone market was going to be too small so they didn’t agree to manufacture their CPUs

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  • pdxfed@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    While also completely missing the boat on the potential of graphics cards and watching Nvidia and even AMD become massively more relevant in recent years.

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• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Netflix tried to get distribution in Blockbuster and a partnership w/them and were told to fuck off …

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• Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Blackberry and Nokia were so slow to react to the iPhone, it was painful to watch.

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  • pdxfed@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And then, to bring us full circle to OP, Microsoft made it’s strategic acquisition of Nokia 😂 theverge.com/…/microsoft-nokia-acquisition-costs

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  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Their stuff was better, but disadvantaged by public perception. A perfect storm one can say.

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• Cocopanda@futurology.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They’re a cyber security firm now. Wild stuff.

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• rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think he felt right, but at the same time Blackberry wasn’t properly marketed.

  And maybe having a touchscreen option would be good enough.

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