Fancy new cell phones might allow users to access the Internet, 2000
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Published 2020-09-08
David Ticoll, an author and consultant, believed that the rolling out of wireless access would help the internet achieve its full potential as the year 2000 heads to a close.
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All Comments (21)
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I don't think this will ever take off. Invest in newspapers instead.
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I remember the first time I saw a Net enabled phone: Circa 2002, a coworker told me his phone could access the Web. I flat out challenged him on it, because of course I knew you could only access Web from a computer. He whipped out his phone, typed in the URL, and loaded ABC News website. My jaw dropped.
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Then only 7 years later the iPhone came out, crazy.
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I love this archived stuff.
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imagine lockdowns in this era.
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It’s amazing how quickly technology has evolved
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Imagine going into past and showing off your smartphone casually 🤣
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I was 12 in 2002 when i got my first phone - WAP browsing is where i cut my teeth on the internet. Living in a rural area without dedicated internet access through computer, my cell phone was the savior! I could use MSN messenger while i sat on the beach in 2003! It was incredible!
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I guess the lower prices never came to Canada
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And here I am, 23 years later, watching this ON my internet connected cell phone, lol.
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So why do i feel like i have less free time now than i did before
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Then the IPhone came out in '07
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So I'm currently on the internet on my cell phone right now watching this
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I remember when WAP stood for Wireless Application Protocol :D
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And it was called - WAP
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I almost forgot how technologically primitive the early 2000s were.
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Lool the pixels on that webcam
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* Hold up, he implies that in the future cable bills would be $23 * did anyone catch that?
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I very rarely talk on my phone anymore. It’s all about the net.
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I swear my older brother looked up info about the bulls/Utah game 6 in 1998. Forget what type of phone he had then but he was able to load ESPN on it
