Let's all close our eyes and go back to 2009 so we can feel the thrill of typing our first email on the go.

Let’s all close our eyes and go back to 2009 so we can feel the thrill of typing our first email on the go.

  • kbal@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    Keyboards exist. And computers with built-in keyboards. And phones. And phones with buttons on them. And mobile computers with keyboards on them. Keyboard on a phone? Totally new invention, let’s patent it.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      3 days ago

      I mean, people did think it was impossible before that. The idea that you can type with thumbs instead of hands was novel.

      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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        3 days ago

        My friend had a phone that turned landscape to use a built-in kbd in 2005 or so. I couldn’t understand the appeal at the time. But I also didn’t buy into sms before having a qwerty kbd on the first iPhone, so what did I know.