# Things that would have made no sense 20 years ago **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-would-have-made-no-sense-20-years-ago/1029369 "2026-04-18T20:31:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-would-have-made-no-sense-20-years-ago/1029369/41 "2026-04-20T20:50:41Z")
20 years ago was only 1 year before the introduction of the iPhone. And there had been phones based on the PalmOS with installable apps since at least 2001. > **[Handspring - Treo 180](https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/handspring-treo-180)** > > There were two versions of this early smartphone, the Treo 180 with a small qwerty keyboard, and the 180G which swapped the keyboard for a Graffiti hand... Definitely nothing completely alien about the concept of multimedmedia and internet connection on phones 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-would-have-made-no-sense-20-years-ago/1029369/42 "2026-04-20T22:38:13Z")
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