Brian Swetland on Nostr: In 2002, the Danger Hiptop launched (as the T-Mobile Sidekick). It was an always-on ...
In 2002, the Danger Hiptop launched (as the T-Mobile Sidekick). It was an always-on mobile device with email, IM, and web browsing, running on T-Mobile's GPRS network. A sort of proto-smartphone with a 240x160 black and white display and great keyboard.
A coworker of mine set up a group blog thing for folks to share the launch day experience -- I just found my backup of this:
http://frotz.net/hiptop/sidekick-launch-blog/Also, screenshots of the 1.0 UI:
http://frotz.net/hiptop/screenshots-1.0/#danger #hiptop #sidekick #launch
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