Did Android Really Look Like BlackBerry Before the iPhone?

Re:Did Android Really Look Like BlackBerry Before the iPhone? by salem on Wednesday October 26, 2011 @09:33PM (#3161262)

Well, if you go back to 2003, there was the Motorola A760, which looked a lot like current android phone but without capacitive touch (resistive touch/stylus, no keyboard though). Oh, and it ran linux, and apps via java.

http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_a760-392.php

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Re:Did Android Really Look Like BlackBerry Before the iPhone? by wmf on Thursday October 27, 2011 @12:37AM (#3161666)

Yeah, I had a P800 running UIQ back in the day. But I think the bottom line is that if you put a UIQ phone, a WinCE phone, an iPhone, and a G1 in a lineup, the G1 would be a lot closer to the iPhone than the others. And the similarity has only increased over time.

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Re:Did Android Really Look Like BlackBerry Before the iPhone? by Causification on Thursday October 27, 2011 @01:19AM (#3161758)

Know what would be a heck of a lot closer? A Clie TH55.

http://reviews.cnet.com/sc/30733801-2-440-front-2.gif

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Re:Did Android Really Look Like BlackBerry Before the iPhone? by sbuk on Thursday October 27, 2011 @06:19AM (#3162368)

Which is not dissimilar to a Palm Treo, and Palms OS was very similar to Newton.

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Re:Did Android Really Look Like BlackBerry Before the iPhone? by kalleboo on Thursday October 27, 2011 @12:25AM (#3161633)

And Steve Jobs himself reportedly used to use the 2002 Sony Ericsson P800 http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_p800-pictures-326.php

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