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Re:An Elegy for the Landline in Literature by ghaff on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @12:07PM (#23988329)
Even early 00s is a bit early for "ubiquitous" in the US. I got a Treo in 2006 and, before that, I had cellphones but they were pretty much for emergency/backup. I'm not sure I ever texted on them.
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Re:An Elegy for the Landline in Literature by gumby on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @02:44PM (#23990198)
By 95 texting was pretty ubiquitous in Japan and Europe.
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Re:An Elegy for the Landline in Literature by lippel82 on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @02:54PM (#23990323)
That is not true, at least not for Germany in 95.
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Re:An Elegy for the Landline in Literature by gumby on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @09:48PM (#23993486)
Certainly true in France,Sweden, and Japan in my experience. I had a Nokia (of course) GSM phone and a PHS (DOCOMO) phone in Japan.
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