• Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    This was a unique point in time when people had cell phones but had to carry a phonebook because there was no mobile internet. Some time between 1992 and 2005?

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      2 months ago

      I remember in 2005, pulling over and calling my sister for directions on my flip phone because I got lost.

      I didn’t get mobile internet until like 2010. Not because I couldn’t, but because it was wildly expensive for a bad experience, since “mobile-friendly” was non-existent.

      This was also during the era when Google Maps was a brand new website, not a app. I think I was still MapQuesting.

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      2 months ago

      Even in 2005, mobile internet was so shit, it might as well not have existed. 2007-2008 was when 3G was starting to get rolled out I believe, but even that was pretty damn slow and expensive. 3.5G in ~2010+ is when things were usable enough that you could perform a Google search without giving up before the your first result loads.