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And Blackberry 7200s.

RIM proved that there was demand for smartphones long before the iPhone hit the market.

I had a remaindered tytn 2 as well. Even with a walk through configuring the mobile internet was a bizzare tricky maze. On an iPhone you just inserted a SIM, put in the APN and everything worked? I can see why the iPhone won.

Not to mention the irony that Microsoft quickly abandoned its own platform so the only people keeping it a useable device were Opera, Gmail and Google maps. The Microsoft browser couldn't even cope with the Microsoft website.

The HD2 from around that era was also a stand out. I still remember seeing one for the first time and just being floored by the 4.3" form factor.