Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe alarm clock industry was collateral damage in the smartphone wars.message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down14
arrow-up1238arrow-down1message-squareThe alarm clock industry was collateral damage in the smartphone wars.Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareMr_Crash_Davis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-222 hours agoThis is true. Looking more broadly there’s a bunch of industries that have been affected by smart phones. Here’s just some of the devices you no longer need thanks to I-phone / Androids:
minus-squareResurectra@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoStrictly speaking the replacement for the gameboy is not iPhone / Android. It’s the Switch / PSP / other similar handheld consoles. I would love to have that red phone with the number dial though, for decorative purposes :)
minus-squaredragonlobster@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoPhones are powerful enough to emulate those devices via software
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoHard to get a game of bones going with just a smart phone.
minus-squareMr_Crash_Davis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoI’m sure there’s a dice app that adds the “clickity clack” effects. After that it’s practically the same lol.
This is true. Looking more broadly there’s a bunch of industries that have been affected by smart phones.
Here’s just some of the devices you no longer need thanks to I-phone / Androids:
Strictly speaking the replacement for the gameboy is not iPhone / Android.
It’s the Switch / PSP / other similar handheld consoles.
I would love to have that red phone with the number dial though, for decorative purposes :)
Phones are powerful enough to emulate those devices via software
Hard to get a game of bones going with just a smart phone.
I’m sure there’s a dice app that adds the “clickity clack” effects. After that it’s practically the same lol.