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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by forbiddenvoid on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:14AM (#27591179)
I think fewer people would have mocked it if it were in anyway accessible to ordinary folks. They set the wrong price point, which made it an easy target for ridicule because only 'rich' people with sufficient disposable income even had them.
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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by mcv on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:29PM (#27598712)
It makes sense that the first version of something like that is going to be expensive, though. And compared to some of the high-end smartphones of today, it wasn't even that outrageous, was it? It was aimed at early adopters, which makes sense. If successful, prices would drop, cheap knock-offs would appear, and more people could afford it.
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Re:Ask HN: 90s programmers, what did you expect the future o... by treeman79 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:09PM (#27613081)
The built in camera had a huge creepy factor to it.
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