A more functional alternative Universe.

A (probably geeky) part of me still yearns for 2007, the year of the iPhone, to not have existed. What a world it would be with the consumer technological landscape competing between sweet clamshells, functional keyboards. Sure, the allure of a minimalist touchscreen-only paradigm still stands.

Would instead of cutting-edge app design, we see vendors continuing to outdo each other with hardware design, an age-old trend?

In that alternate Universe, I'd be awaiting (I think patiently) the successor to the E72. It rocks Symbian and does Pokémon Java emulators!

Perhaps Nokia would reign triumphant and take over the world with their industry-leading optics (Carl Zeiss?), great design and stunning build quality.

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