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luv 2 date boys posted:e: just last year I was living in Japan and was rocking this badass phone: flip phones were really cool and I've considered importing one from Japan. What was the OS like? What applications did it come with, and could you download more/write your own?
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Just cus every time it comes up people gush, I'm going to point out that most physical keyboards on phones were dumb and I'd gladly give up that bulk considering it provided basically no benefit. Also, swype-style keyboards are dumb, and I hate everything. (No, seriously, I just think on screen keyboards are done really well, and there might be a lot of comparison to at-the-time onscreen keyboards, which were poo poo at the time?)
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Dec 16, 2016 22:19
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Due to a work-related thing I just had to use an old-style Nokia phone to text for the first time in, like, 10 years. Without thinking, I just began to smash out text like it was 2001 and I had my old 3210 at my fingertips. Some things really are like riding a bicycle.
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Dec 16, 2016 23:01
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Neito posted:Just cus every time it comes up people gush, I'm going to point out that most physical keyboards on phones were dumb and I'd gladly give up that bulk considering it provided basically no benefit. My Samsung U470 wasn't so bad. It was the last phone I had before I got my first smartphone.  The screen could be opened like that for full keyboard support or opened like any old clamshell phone when making calls. ez pz
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Dec 16, 2016 23:42
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T9 predictive text worked really well and could be done (well, had to be done) one handed, and could even be done without looking once you became proficient at it. I kind of miss it.
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Dec 16, 2016 23:44
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Neito posted:Just cus every time it comes up people gush, I'm going to point out that most physical keyboards on phones were dumb and I'd gladly give up that bulk considering it provided basically no benefit. From this post I can only assume you have tiny, child-like hands.
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Dec 16, 2016 23:51
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I've posted it before and I'll post it again gaze upon your physical-keyboard-smartphone god-king, the Droid 4: 
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Dec 17, 2016 00:16
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CaptainSarcastic posted:From this post I can only assume you have tiny, child-like hands. Exactly. My blackberry keyboard was the best thing ever. Touch screens are in no way better, its just the price you pay for getting a full size screen. Just try to play a game that has an on-screen dpad and buttons. It works but is not comparable to actual buttons.
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Dec 17, 2016 00:23
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Those keys look cramped as hell. I was rocking one of these back in 2010 or 2011 Much better spacing and size on the keys. They were a bit spongy but writing text with this thing was an absolute breeze
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Dec 17, 2016 00:29
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Let's just get this over with.
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Dec 17, 2016 00:34
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CaptainSarcastic posted:From this post I can only assume you have tiny, child-like hands. Sad! I liked the old cellphones more too. They also weren't empty after doing crazy things like making two ten minute calls.
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Dec 17, 2016 00:38
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i liked using palm grafitti with a stylus
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Dec 17, 2016 00:49
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To this day I sometimes write notes for myself in Palm OS Graffiti.
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Dec 17, 2016 02:26
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goose willis posted:I never had one of those and I always wondered how the hell you were supposed to type on those tiny keys Really easy actually. I had sidekicks long enough I could touch type on them, which was really funny to do while firing off a quick message and looking at someone talking. It was almost always weird them the gently caress out. They'd stop mid sentence and ask me if indeed yeah I was replying to someone else and listening to them. I miss the dumb things so much, pure touchscreen phones are so blah.
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Dec 17, 2016 02:44
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Pham Nuwen posted:flip phones were really cool and I've considered importing one from Japan. What was the OS like? What applications did it come with, and could you download more/write your own? Sorry I can't be a whole lot of help with this, mostly because everthing on the drat thing is in Japanese. I just pulled it out to take a look. The apps it came with are all mostly standard fare for a flip phone like that: camera, web browser, calc, kanji dictionary, some game demos and the like. It does have access to a web store to download new apps and games, and I'm not sure if you can load your own, it had a data cable available but I didn't bother to buy one. One interesting thing is it had a suite of services all tied into Yahoo!, including some strange TV streaming service I never got to work. I had a pay as you go plan over there, so I didn't have a data plan really, but the phone was actually totally free with my $10/mo no contract plan so you could probably take the plunge and find that model online for extremely cheap.
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Dec 17, 2016 03:33
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Cojawfee posted:Let's just get this over with. As an owner of this, it actually is extremely rad.
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Dec 17, 2016 04:17
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DoctorWhat posted:As an owner of this, it actually is extremely rad. Was it useful for anything besides PSO?
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CaptainSarcastic posted:From this post I can only assume you have tiny, child-like hands. From wrist to tip my hands are an inch or two longer than my Nexus 5x. I don't spend a lot of time comparing my hands to other people's, so I dunno? I've just never really had a physical keyboard that was so noticeably better than any reasonably modern on-screen keyboard that I felt nostalgic for the days of my Samsung Intercept or this hilarious abomination. To me, there as much a hack as Side-talkin' was.
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Dec 17, 2016 04:56
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Neito posted:From wrist to tip my hands are an inch or two longer than my Nexus 5x. I don't spend a lot of time comparing my hands to other people's, so I dunno? So yes, you have tiny, child-like hands. I could type much more efficiently on my LG Envy 2 or Ally than I can using an onscreen keyboard, even with Swype. Also, losing screen space to have a keyboard is just a pain in the rear end in general.
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Dec 17, 2016 05:05
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This hand size chat is a proxy for talking about dick size, right?
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Dec 17, 2016 05:24
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Platystemon posted:This hand size chat is a proxy for talking about dick size, right? Sure.
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Dec 17, 2016 05:28
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Mak0rz posted:Was it useful for anything besides PSO? Does it need to be?
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luv 2 date boys posted:
Are the Japanese still rocking flip phones? I noticed they weren't all that into smartphones like the iPhone. I used to be envious of the Japanese market because they had cool phone tech the West could only dream of at the time.
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Dec 17, 2016 05:59
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Would you like a HDMI capable graphics card for your Commodore Amiga? Well now you can!  https://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Xcell-Daily-Blog/Upgrade-your-Amiga-PC-to-HDMI-with-this-FPGA-based-video-time/ba-p/736889
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Dec 17, 2016 06:45
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Humphreys posted:Would you like a HDMI capable graphics card for your Commodore Amiga? I never knew I wanted one, but yes, I would.
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Dec 17, 2016 06:58
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Humphreys posted:Would you like a HDMI capable graphics card for your Commodore Amiga? No, not really.
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Domestic Amuse posted:Are the Japanese still rocking flip phones? I noticed they weren't all that into smartphones like the iPhone. I used to be envious of the Japanese market because they had cool phone tech the West could only dream of at the time. Eh, I'm no expert. I only lived there for two years from early 2014 to the end of 2015 and just being out and about it seemed that iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones were extremely popular among the younger crowds, but it seemed that flip phones were still relevant as well. They had a huge selection of flip phones at the SoftBank I got my piece of poo poo at, and some of them were really robust, too, featuring touch screens, HD screens and other typical smartphone features. You don't really see that too much here in the US, but i think the flip phone is slowly but surely dying out over there as well.
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It's mostly just that phones were insanely awesome everywhere else in the world, and it's only now that the US has caught up. Finland, for example, has had an Apple/Android Pay-like system since the 90s.
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Dec 17, 2016 08:01
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It's a stretch - but does anyone here have personal experience with Laserdisk mastering? I wouldn't mind teaming up for a project. Unless I find a Panasonic TQ3031F and do it myself that is. EDIT: That Panasonic model number seems to be recycled to something unrelated nowadays. Humphreys has a new favorite as of 13:18 on Dec 17, 2016 |
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:To this day I sometimes write notes for myself in Palm OS Graffiti.
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Dec 18, 2016 00:06
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Good new thread title
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Dec 18, 2016 09:57
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Humphreys posted:Would you like a HDMI capable graphics card for your Commodore Amiga? If you could get one for the Amiga 1200 I'd be all over it.
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Dec 18, 2016 13:32
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Bargearse posted:If you could get one for the Amiga 1200 I'd be all over it. Unfortunately it's only for Amiga 2000/3000/4000 series.
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Dec 19, 2016 09:59
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There are Android flip phones. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ori...ee-d7fc3ee6df42 Samsung has made a few, too, and some of the other Chinese companies; those tend to be really expensive.
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Dec 20, 2016 19:21
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doctorfrog posted:i liked using palm grafitti with a stylus  Even after all these years, and on screen keyboards, there's something alien about not writing with a stylus.
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Dec 20, 2016 19:40
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VideoTapir posted:There are Android flip phones.  Jesus that is a sexy phone. If there was a Marshmallow update available, I would be setting up a little import business right as I write this.
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Dec 21, 2016 09:15
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barbecue at the folks posted:
Also no 3/4G. Only GSM. I'm sad.
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Dec 21, 2016 13:10
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VideoTapir posted:There are Android flip phones. is that... woodgrain veneer? 
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Dec 21, 2016 16:21
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Anybody have any experience switching back to a simple flip phone handset? Thinking Bout going that direction and just keeping a small tablet in by bag for any smart phone type tasks.
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Mak0rz posted:is that... woodgrain veneer? http://www.alexvaranese.com/work/alt1977
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