Why is iPhone not considered a smartphone?

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Originally Posted by schettj

Well, anyone who used a computer before 1996 had plenty of experience connecting modems (you know, those whacky things that connect your computer to your phone) scanners, printers, and whatnot via serial cables. Heck, you could even connect your TeleVideo terminal that way, so you could, you know, interact with your computer.

Ah, good times.

So, no, I and anyone else over 35 might not noyersayin'

Wow, I must really be old then, my Commodore 64 had a 300 baud modem, it couldn't even dial on it's own. I had to wait till the phone rang and disconnect the rj11 cord out of the handset and plug it into the back of the modem before the BBS hung up on you.