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minus-squareIced Raktajino@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 days agoI loved the simplicity of it. It did one thing, and did it well enough. They had an early mobile app (BREW I think), but it was pretty awful. I think SMS gaining popularity killed it, and they were too early for the “What’s App” era that ultimately killed SMS in a lot of places.
minus-squarealmost1337@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoI remember selecting a pre-android phone specifically because it had a physical keyboard and supported AIM.
minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoLol there was definitely an AIM mobile app for flip phones that I installed soon after getting a flip phone like freshman year of high school and then my parents realizing the bill I had unknowingly built up
I loved the simplicity of it. It did one thing, and did it well enough.
They had an early mobile app (BREW I think), but it was pretty awful.
I think SMS gaining popularity killed it, and they were too early for the “What’s App” era that ultimately killed SMS in a lot of places.
I remember selecting a pre-android phone specifically because it had a physical keyboard and supported AIM.
Lol there was definitely an AIM mobile app for flip phones that I installed soon after getting a flip phone like freshman year of high school and then my parents realizing the bill I had unknowingly built up