Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world by storm but didn't?

Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by wrinkl3 on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:39AM (#15720845)

Around 2010 I assumed it would a matter of a couple of years until we were reading comic books on our Kindle Color ink tablets.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by deusum on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:30AM (#15721101)

Still waiting on that E-Ink phone that lasts a month between charges.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by frik on Friday November 17, 2017 @08:16AM (#15721694)

I bought a Motorola F3 phone like 10 years ago for relatives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Fone

E-ink display, good for elder people, you can drop it from 100 feets height, or run a tank over it, drop it in a pool. It will survive.

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Re:Ask HN: What tech were you convinced would take the world... by lucaspiller on Friday November 17, 2017 @08:07AM (#15721652)

The Motorola F3 is that phone, if all you care about are phone calls (it can’t really do SMS). You are probably better getting a similar era Nokia though, as the battery life was about the same and they were a lot more functional.

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