Mystery solved, I suppose!
helenslunch
FUCK
E: $6.6B, according to NYT
Useful ones?
Sure but there are other countries that also have cheaper manufacturing rates.
So...essentially just because they're cheap?
I can see maybe businesses that don't want/need to buy full-blown smartphones for their employees. These things probably cost $50? vs. $700 for a smartphone.
That's great but, honest question: why?
E: LOL downvotes for asking a question. Never change Lemmy.
the government shouldn't do anything?
I didn't say anything that remotely resembles that. You need to read better.
I mean, it sounds cool if you don't understand why servers exist...
I don't know how anyone used those things. I could never hit any specific key, I would push like 3 at a time. I was able to type much faster and more accurately just using T9.
Doctors that work in hospital bunkers? Do pagers not use cellular signals?