Flashback: the Motorola ROKR E1 was a dud, but it paved the way for the iPhone
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sealy, 09 Jul 2022go to ebay, good luck finding oneThis was my first cell phone, I loved it, not sure if it was this generation or maybe one after but mine came in black.
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Ns, 24 Nov 2019How to get this mobilego to ebay, good luck finding one
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- 27 Apr 2020
Those were the days...
...Alas in the present, we have nothing but a litany of iNotches. Surely if Steve Jobs was still around, if he would never have permitted this hideousness to occur.
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Ns, 24 Nov 2019How to get this mobileThis mobile is no more
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- 24 Nov 2019
How to get this mobile
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- 03 Sep 2019
I loved the E398. Really good battery.
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- 03 Sep 2019
FreezeGame, 01 Sep 2019Apple had a deal with Xerox, cheated the company out of mon... moreYep, that was 35-36 years ago, so it's absolutely not relevant anymore.
The business and startup landscape back then was VERY different to what we see today, and that's how things worked back then.
Kind of like pointing to a 35 years old person that they s**t their pants 34 years ago and because of that, you call them "pansh*tter" today.
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- 02 Sep 2019
This reminds me of my E398 flashed & upgraded to ROKR E1.. it was such a good (or shall I say the better) phone during those nostalgic yesteryears... Proud to have a sturdy & best music phone, along with the glowing (& color changing) side grills!
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- 02 Sep 2019
Its kinda cool, wonder if we buy it it could still work today... x-x
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- 02 Sep 2019
Kingslayer, 01 Sep 2019I should've waited for the Motorola RAZR V3i over the origi... moreYes you should have because the subsequent model was better in every way. It had more internal memory, a better second display, a better main camera, a bigger battery, a microSD card slot, and a dedicated iTunes key.
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- 02 Sep 2019
Ahh, good times. I remember my purple Motorola RAZR V3i with iTunes, it was an exquisite phone. I loved using it and I regret selling it too quickly. I used a few more flip phones and a jailbroken iPhone 3G before upgrading to my first Android smartphone, the Motorola Atrix 2. I'm glad the company is bringing back the old RAZR clamshell design, I just wish it wasn't so laughably expensive lol, then again all the new foldable smartphones are. I don't like the Galaxy Fold or Mate X so the only way I'll ever get one is if Motorola makes theirs a lot more affordable.
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- 02 Sep 2019
ROKR E1 was a dud because of apple and their 100MB music / 100 song limit. They feared for the ipod sales so they cripled this phone. Only advanced users had any point in buying this phone as one could fix it by flashing a custom firmware.
It's predecessor, the StereoMoto (E398) had no such limit and as such was a much better device for music. No wonder seeing as it was made in co-operation with MTV.
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- 02 Sep 2019
Kingslayer, 02 Sep 2019I used to own an iPod and I think it was one of the most ov... moreIt was the music labels that insisted on using Fairplay DRM to protect their revenues, not Jobs. He proactively lobbied against it.
You didn't need to purchase songs from iTunes to play them on any iPod or Mac, at all.
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- 02 Sep 2019
Anonymous, 01 Sep 2019Because that is exactly what they are regularly doing.
And... moreYeah, maybe do some research...
"Having acquired more than 100 companies since its founding more than 40 years ago, Apple is likely to continue to buy up companies which it believes could help to strengthen its brand and product offerings into the future."
It helped to make a few more millionaires, that's for sure.
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- 02 Sep 2019
http://www.slashleaks.com/l/iphone-xi-xi-max-first-look-leaks
No square ... but similar to s10+
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- 02 Sep 2019
I used to own an iPod and I think it was one of the most overpriced products of all-time. It did pave the way for the iPhone to succeed by following its success. The most important thing from Apple prior to the iPhone was actually iTunes.
It is iTunes that set up their overrated ecosystem that locked up everybody to only use Apple proprietary hardware and software.
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- 02 Sep 2019
FreezeGame, 01 Sep 2019Apple had a deal with Xerox, cheated the company out of mon... moreAs Jobs once said:
"Picasso had a saying - good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas."
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- 01 Sep 2019
AnonD-771260, 01 Sep 2019So.... if it's almost everything they release then you shou... moreApple had a deal with Xerox, cheated the company out of money, stole its STAR software, and walked away to create the Apple Lisa (which was a total market flop in 1983). Way to go, Apple.
Six years prior, Steve Jobs partnered with Chrisann Brennan to create Lisa Brennan-Jobs. When confronted about creation, he denied that he had anything to do with it, and even went as far as accusing someone else as being the creator. What a stand up guy he was!
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Anonymous, 01 Sep 2019Because that is exactly what they are regularly doing. And... moreSo.... if it's almost everything they release then you shouldn't have problems to mention some things what they stole from some company and went away...
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- 01 Sep 2019
AnonD-771260, 01 Sep 2019Based on your post Apple is doing that regularly. Could yo... moreBecause that is exactly what they are regularly doing.
And almost everything they release...