Brian Swetland

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Brian Swetland

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Writes the codes. Recovering OS Engineer (BeOS, HiptopOS, Android, LK, Fuchsia). Embedded systems hacker. Hobbyist Digital Designer. Player of video games. Etc.

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In 2002, the Danger Hiptop launched (as the T-Mobile Sidekick). It was an always-on mobile device with email, IM, and web browsing, running on T-Mobile's GPRS network. A sort of proto-smartphone with a 240x160 black and white display and great keyboard.

A coworker of mine set up a group blog thing for folks to share the launch day experience -- I just found my backup of this:
http://frotz.net/hiptop/sidekick-launch-blog/

Also, screenshots of the 1.0 UI:
http://frotz.net/hiptop/screenshots-1.0/

#danger #hiptop #sidekick #launch

In 2002, the Danger Hiptop launched (as the T-Mobile Sidekick). It was an always-on mobile device with email, IM, and web browsing, running on T-Mobile's GPRS network. A sort of proto-smartphone with a 240x160 black and white display and great keyboard.

A coworker of mine set up a group blog thing for folks to share the launch day experience -- I just found my backup of this:
http://frotz.net/hiptop/sidekick-launch-blog/

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Like 11 May 2023 at 22:30 | Open on chaos.social

Back when Danger was in stealth mode, pre-launch, the website just showed a random teaser flash animation. I found the SWF files and through the magic of WASM and something called Ruffle (ruffle.rs), you can now experience these in all their rotoscoped glory!

http://frotz.net/hiptop/danger-animations/

#danger #animation #hiptop

12 May 2023 at 1:09 | Open on chaos.social

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