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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoReminds me of my old N-Gage Taking phone calls on that thing was so strange. You had to hold it like you’d hold a sandwich.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agohttps://sidetalking.com/original/
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago You hold your sandwiches like this? Weirdo…
minus-squarethehatfox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe N-Gage had a bunch of bizarre design decisions. The game cartridge slot was behind the battery - swapping games required disassembling the phone. The revised QD version fixed a lot of the mistakes but it was too little too late by then.
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Reminds me of my old N-Gage
Taking phone calls on that thing was so strange. You had to hold it like you’d hold a sandwich.
https://sidetalking.com/original/
You hold your sandwiches like this? Weirdo…
The N-Gage had a bunch of bizarre design decisions.
The game cartridge slot was behind the battery - swapping games required disassembling the phone.
The revised QD version fixed a lot of the mistakes but it was too little too late by then.
We called it “Sidetalkin’”.