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Why did they not use it? Was it that the idea was inherently flawed or that the implementation didn’t live up to the promise? Remember how people said the iPod was just another music player, the iPhone wasn’t much different than earlier touchscreen devices or PDAs, etc.?

Circa 1998-1999 I was using a mobile device with a touchscreen and wireless broadband to surf the web and send email while sitting outside. Clearly the idea was good even if Handspring and Ricochet never managed to deliver it with few enough compromises to see mainstream success.




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