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[–] RagingHungryPanda@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now there's some 'member berries

[–] 3FingersOfMilk@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

'memeber sharing ringtones with your friends via Bluetooth?

[–] RagingHungryPanda@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oh yeah, and giving each person their own ringtone

[–] mruniverse@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Remember when snake was the best mobile game. lol.

[–] StalksEveryone@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Many ringtones were basically memes in audio format. Like arnold shwarzeneger talking or akon and lil wayne lyrics. MIKE JONES!

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 2 points 1 year ago

218-330-8004.

[–] 3FingersOfMilk@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Anyone else assign someone the ringtone "silent" ?

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can still do that on Android.
You know, if you wanted to.

[–] KiofKi@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Can't remember the last time I heard a ringtone. Don't even know what ringtone I have. The world has turned awfully quiet in that regard.

[–] johnthedoe@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

That 8 bit tone of Sweet Child O Mine

[–] papabobolious@feddit.nu 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] jetsetdorito@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

This thread has two different layers of feeling old

[–] cma3246@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Unlimited mobile to mobile, free nights and weekends. 500 minutes per month. Good times.

[–] outdated_belated@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh shit, I forgot they used to do unlimited minutes only to the same carrier, so long-distance gf and I had to coordinate our carrier choices

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I only had 200 minutes, but it was 30 bucks, so I couldnt complain.

[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

After inflation that's like $700 today though.

[–] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I still live like I have limited minutes, and can honestly say I don't think I've used more than maybe...20 minutes a month? Maybe less. I just checked my last 3 bills, and t-mobile doesn't list minutes anymore.

[–] EddieTee77@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember when some friends had unlimited inbound calls. I'd get texts to say call me so they wouldn't have to pay for minutes lol

[–] painfulasterisk@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I had contacts that called, let the phone ring once or twice in order to ensure a missed call on my end, end the call and wait for me to return the call.

[–] fixmbr@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I remember having unlimited texts in the evenings and weekends. It used to pop off after 7pm

[–] Encromion@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hot damn look at that sidekick. What a perfect machine right there. So good the team got hired by Google to port their Hip OS and turn it into Android.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Sidekick is still my all-time favorite phone. I bought the first Android phone, the g1, solely because of the Danger team being involved in it's development. I still use an Android phone but it's never been as exciting as that Sidekick was.

Oh is that why the first android phone was so good? I had a developer edition of that and it slapped. Keyboard was amazing

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I remember waiting until 9:01 just so those bastards couldn’t try to charge me shit

[–] rostby@lemmy.fmhy.net 11 points 1 year ago

Kanye South

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had one of those Sidekicks!

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same! I loved it. Flip flip flip.
Did you know it had a video out jack on it? You could plug it into your TV and watch YouTube! Lol

[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

No way that's wild

[–] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait what kind of Jack? HDMI wasn’t out then right?

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Correct. You could plug a yellow video cord into it. Like how you'd hook up a camcorder to your tv

[–] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did that carry audio?

You’re talking rca right? So did you get audio through the phone?

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I think, and mind you how long ago this was, but I think it was either mono or maybe just the phones speaker. I only tried it once so I'm not really sure on that.

[–] agentshags@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You guys remember bag phones

[–] SirBwennan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My parents have told me...