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Pip Boys could have caught on
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Communicators aren't small, and the "black and green screen" is the non-colour version.
These look remarkably similar to the wrist device, and definitely aren't small.
Yeah, they were for pretentious businessmen. But also, I am from Finland, and they were much more popular here in Europe whereas they were a niche item in the US markets.
I kind clearly said I'm from Finland and we were a bit ahead in these things, what with Nokia and all.
HTC Dream came out in 2008 and looks like this
Also rather similar to the image in the original post.
Except the keyboard stayed hidden away until you flipped it out. That was the first android phone. My first smartphone came out the following year and flipped out the other direction. The Samsung Moment. Also, both were much smaller than the wrist monstrosity that warehouse workers used.
The Dream was also codeveloped by one of the people behind the Danger Hiptop (T-Mobile Sidekick in the US). Which is why the Dream resembles the Hiptop line.