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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·18 days agoReminds me of my old N-Gage Taking phone calls on that thing was so strange. You had to hold it like you’d hold a sandwich.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·17 days agohttps://sidetalking.com/original/
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoHow have I not seen this before lmao
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 days ago You hold your sandwiches like this? Weirdo…
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoBroadly yeah, pinched between my thumb and fingers, though of course I don’t eat it vertically lol 🤌🥪
minus-squarethehatfox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·17 days agoThe N-Gage had a bunch of bizarre design decisions. The game cartridge slot was behind the battery - swapping games required disassembling the phone. The revised QD version fixed a lot of the mistakes but it was too little too late by then.
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Reminds me of my old N-Gage
Taking phone calls on that thing was so strange. You had to hold it like you’d hold a sandwich.
https://sidetalking.com/original/
How have I not seen this before lmao
You hold your sandwiches like this? Weirdo…
Broadly yeah, pinched between my thumb and fingers, though of course I don’t eat it vertically lol
🤌🥪
The N-Gage had a bunch of bizarre design decisions.
The game cartridge slot was behind the battery - swapping games required disassembling the phone.
The revised QD version fixed a lot of the mistakes but it was too little too late by then.
We called it “Sidetalkin’”.