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HylianFox
11/09/23 11:41:02 PM
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Sure, you couldn't make calls with it, but it did have a large number of "games" that were basically just apps

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royic
11/09/23 11:49:43 PM
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I think the PSP fit that niche better tbh, as far as devices without mobile data or phone calling can

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DrizztLink
11/09/23 11:51:49 PM
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The abacus was the first smartphone

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008Zulu
11/09/23 11:55:25 PM
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DS came out in 2004. Smartphones were around since the 90s.

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BakonBitz
11/10/23 12:14:16 AM
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Lol this. A phone is inherently to make calls.

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StealThisSheen
11/10/23 12:16:36 AM
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The Game.com did the whole "app" thing like 7 years before the DS.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/dd9de231.jpg

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Chicken
11/10/23 12:17:37 AM
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Pile of small rocks in cave was first smartphone. Ugg ugg.

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Starks
11/10/23 12:20:06 AM
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N-Gage came out in 2003. Phone and apps.

Don't forget about Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm, etc.

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Zwijn
11/10/23 12:20:25 AM
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BakonBitz posted...
Lol this. A phone is inherently to make calls.
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CassandraCroft
11/10/23 12:20:56 AM
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I think the Nokia N-Gage would like to say hello.

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StealThisSheen
11/10/23 12:24:03 AM
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And TC was never seen again.

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VeggetaX
11/10/23 1:05:50 AM
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That's ok TC Nintendo is still considered the grand daddy of handheld games and that's a good enough title

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ssjevot
11/10/23 1:06:55 AM
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The Vita actually had a data plan and could make calls on Skype.

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Incredible
11/10/23 1:08:05 AM
#16:


HylianFox posted...
Sure, you couldn't make calls with it

Flopic

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ProfessorKukui
11/10/23 1:28:13 AM
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https://blog.pjsip.org/2007/09/20/how-to-use-your-nintendo-ds-as-a-phone-and-make-free-calls/

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Ricemills
11/10/23 1:37:04 AM
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Lol fail. N-gage even produced before NDS

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Incredible
11/10/23 1:43:03 AM
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Anyone remember the gizmondo lol

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saspa
11/10/23 2:10:23 AM
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BakonBitz posted...

Lol this. A phone is inherently to make calls.

While this topic was made in jest obviously, I do want to comment on this post that smartphones' worst feature is actually the phone feature, or at the very least the speakers. Why is the audio so terrible were it's merely serviceable on its best days and straight up difficult to decipher what the other person is saying on it's worst days and those days are frequent.

It's like the phone part is an afterthought.

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Trumble
11/10/23 2:12:26 AM
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saspa posted...
It's like the phone part is an afterthought.
It probably is, these days.

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Lordgold666
11/10/23 6:08:12 PM
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rideshort
11/10/23 6:11:29 PM
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T-Mobile Sidekick says hi

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