My first smartphone was the Nokia 7610 that was gifted to me sometime in 2004.

It had a 176x208 screen with support for 65K colours. It had 8 MB RAM and 64 MB of storage.

It ran on Symbian Series 60 2nd Edition. I don’t think there was an app store. I remember getting J2ME apps/games off of third party stores. Note the presence of RealPlayer:

In terms of applications, I had a J2ME version of Google Maps, which was very impressive in 2004; this was when paper maps were still commonly used. The J2ME version of Gmail also felt very futuristic.

It had a browser that could access the regular web (not just WAP). Vast majority of websites had no mobile friendly views, but websites were somewhat simpler then. Google Search did have a good mobile web version as did Google News (if I remember correctly). Keypad navigation actually worked much better than you think it would.

I did listen to MP3s on the Nokia 7610, but you could only put a few on the phone. You technically could also watch videos, but I never tried it.

I believe I kept using this phone all the way till 2007-2008 when I switched to another Symbian device. I only switched to Android with 4.x when I got the HTC One X in 2012.

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    My dad had a P800 for a few years, he hated it almost as much as he hated the Blackberry he was forced to use for a few months…

    • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      My pocket was probably the safest place around when I was painting. My clothes were practically hard armor and I have had shorts that could stand on their own from all the primer, clear coat, and colors. Funny thing is that the type of spray guns I used most would typically leak a small amount over my fingers. I often had color and clear coat randomly over my fingernails. It wears off of most of the skin within half a day, but fingernails can last for weeks. Business cards, notebooks, and peripheral devices all got damaged and spilled on over time. So from that angle a small pocket device was ideal for me. I was already carrying a phone 24/7 anyways. The thing worked terrible in the sun though, and resistive touch was an inaccurate nuisance.