444455550000 t1_iy6vg3y wrote on November 29, 2022 at 4:31 AM

Reply to comment by KoastPhire in TIL about the TwitterPeek, a Twitter-only mobile device introduced in 2009 that allowed users to send and receive tweets...and nothing else by wilymon

Probably because people didn’t want to carry another device. At that time people would’ve had on them a phone, laptop, keys, and wallet.

3210atown t1_iy8f38m wrote on November 29, 2022 at 3:05 PM

Some people at that time might have still had the flip phone/ipod combo.

444455550000 t1_iy8qmgo wrote on November 29, 2022 at 4:26 PM

My old iPod is the only device I miss and want again.

IAmDisciple t1_iyb0aqa wrote on November 30, 2022 at 1:37 AM

The G1, the first Android phone, was out in 2008, as was the iOS App Store. The people who wanted to buy a Tweeting device (and didn’t want to text 40404) would just buy a smartphone

444455550000 t1_iyb3m3l wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:03 AM

Yep. The average person would have just a smartphone. No need to buy another device. My job (like other jobs) required me to have multiple devices. Same deal, no need for another device. I could tweet from my phone.