This is an installment in a series of posts looking back on show cars that we feel deserved a little more attention than they got. If you have a suggestion for a Forgotten Concept topic, please shoot us a line or leave a comment below. Plymouth Voyager III First Shown: 1990 Chicago Auto Show Description:...
Both PalmOS devices and Blackberries had an app ecosystem before the iPhone did, and I don’t really give a shit about the capacitive touch screen. I will grant you that’s basically what the iPhone’s selling point was, Steve Jobs stood in front of an audience on the edge of their fucking seats and boldly proclaimed “You can use your finger.”
Things like the N-Gage and the Sidekick predate the iPhone and frankly were more interesting. That’s the part of “You could get a phone to fit your lifestyle.” “I text a lot, so I want the Sidekick with the QWERTY keybaord.” “I like music so I want the LG Chocolate.” Then the iPhone came out, and it was a jewelry rectangle. And then everyone else quickly either exited the market or also began making jewelry rectangles.