Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/03/01/what-if-the-foldable-mobile-ph.html
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I remember non-square pixels. Seemed like a good idea to somebody at IBM, I guess.
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There were folding phones in the 90s.
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Which and how would have Napoleon deployed Pokémon ?
Could the Nile really beat the Amazon in a cage match ?
How do I get paid to be an idea rat ?
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Reminder that this is what people of the 1990s thought futuristic portable electronic devices would look like (and this is the slimmed-down model):
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What if foldable mobile phones had been around in the 1,000,000 BCs ?
Just put it on a vhs and stick it in the microwave on defrost for 30 seconds.
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they also thought that people would have to use a different tablet for each report. i couldn’t find the picture but i remember a ds9 episode that had sisko with a pile of tablets on his desk and him complaining about all the work.
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Or the timothy zahn star wars novels where people kept stacks and stacks of data cards to hold their libraries. Instead of using server architecture.
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I effin’ LOVE this video series 
Motorola StarTAC ,first released on 3 January 1996
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80’s even (barely)…
I fondly remember this bad boy…
(No, I didn’t habitually upholster and flip it open like Captain Kirk. I don’t what you’re talking about. Lies!)
ETA: ninja’d by @MrHarley.
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I had a Nokia 8110 so I could pretend to be in The Matrix.
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You can actually buy an updated 4G compatible unlocked version of the 8110 now. It’s only $75 on amazon.
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Yeah I’ve seen it. But I don’t think it runs android apps. I need them at the moment.
What do you mean… “pretend”?
I love the weird Paul Easter egg in there. Hahah
