Looking at screens is way too entertaining. It was less so when screens were smaller, less immersive and more tactile.

In retrospect I think this device was the optimal digital companion. It got whatever you needed done in terms of communication, looked snazzy, and didn’t suck people into a vortex away from really. Best of both worlds.

We need to bring something like this back.

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It was literally nicknamed crack berry so I think it did suck people in for sure

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Compared to a motorola razor sure. People are missing years of their life lost in TikTok

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Agreed. Socrates thought the youth were reading too much books and that that is a waste of time, we should just be raw dogging information and debate it. so I generally feel that every era has its own thing that people think is a waste of time