argh_another_username 45 points 2 years ago

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PrimeErective 22 points 2 years ago

There were pip boys in fallout 1, no? That was '97

Edit: I just engaged my imagination and realized you might mean the precursor in our timeline

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Jessica 4 points 2 years ago

Going to the comments is always a humbling experience. I literally had your exact train of thought before I opened the comments lol

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bdonvr 37 points 2 years ago

For warehouse workers right?

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Klanky 19 points 2 years ago

I’ve seen devices just like this in picking warehouses, usually attached to a finger-worn scanner.

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Signtist 11 points 2 years ago

Yup, I had one while working at FedEx. It was pretty neat - I would pretend it was a raygun when I didn't have any packages coming down the line.

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Lookorex 5 points 2 years ago

I did that too!

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peto 3 points 2 years ago

You can at least describe your previous work experience as 'corporate cyborg with finger laser'.

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Empricorn 2 points 2 years ago

Pew pew!

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Lookorex 2 points 2 years ago

You can see the cable going to the finger scanner in the picture, too

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Poot 28 points 2 years ago

God, these things get uncomfortable after a bit. And they smell. We would pull them of the rack and they would still be wet with the previous shift's sweat.

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chicken 4 points 2 years ago

What are/were they used for?

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sibannac 12 points 2 years ago

I used them when I worked in warehousing in recieving and in picking. They also had a scanner module that was worn on a finger and connected to the device. They were neat at first but they never cleaned or replaced the straps and everybody sweats.

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bizzle 1 point 2 years ago

Well, not Bruce Lee

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wabafee 1 point 2 years ago

Porn

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CoffeeJunkie 3 points 2 years ago

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Dasus 26 points 2 years ago

"Looks a lot older."

No, it doesn't.

Colour screens on mobile started becoming a thing in the early years of the 00's. I think my first colour phone was in 2002, a tiny resolution, and it was rather bougie tbh compared to the phones my classmates had.

And this in Finland, so we were a bit ahead when it came to getting mobiles.

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The_Picard_Maneuver 7 points 2 years ago

That does seem a bit ahead. I remember being excited about different color backlights around 2004, maybe.

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Dasus 9 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it was right when it hit the market. We weren't rich, so having one bougie item others were jealous of was kinda fun for a change.

It was the improved model of a Nokia 3510, 3510i. This is a rare thing, but you'll have to translate the article as Wikipedia didn't have an English article on that. Oh it was marketed as the Nokia 3595 in the States, announced in 2003.

So yeah, this post is one of those "ohgodimold" feels because the current generations views on how old things from my childhood look like are coming out.

Hell, one day someone guessed my age. They guessed "a bit shy of 40?" and at first I was offended but then I remembered they are technically correct and it was rather depressing of a feeling. "No, haha of course I'm not... wait... yeah, actually.... that is correct (screaming internally)."

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ColeSloth 1 point 2 years ago

The first color phones were also small and didn't have a screen that looked more like a black and green computer monitor from the 1970's. This things design looks closer to a calculator watch from the 1980's than it does from a phone today.

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Dasus 1 point 2 years ago

Genuinely no offense, but were you actually there in the early noughts? Like with enough age to have a cognition about what went around you?

Because I have a few things here which would disagree with you.

How does would this fit that description of yours?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

Colour screen, not that small a device

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

2004 model

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ColeSloth 3 points 2 years ago

I'm old enough that I had one of the wristwatch calculators back in the 80's. We'd put stuff on layaway at Kmart and if you owned a cell phone it's because you were like a lawyer or something and it had to be carried in a bag, so most of us had pagers, or nothing.

Yes. I remember the stuff in your links. Notice the colors are more than green and black. Also, those weren't popular devices, either. It was all about the Motorola razr back in 2004. It stayed that way, or you had a blackberry until android and iphones started to come out around 2008, for the most part. It was fun watching phones get smaller and smaller and smaller, and then bigger and bigger and bigger.

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Dasus 1 point 2 years ago

The first color phones were also small and didn't have a screen that looked more like a black and green computer monitor from the 1970's.

Communicators aren't small, and the "black and green screen" is the non-colour version.

These look remarkably similar to the wrist device, and definitely aren't small.

Yeah, they were for pretentious businessmen. But also, I am from Finland, and they were much more popular here in Europe whereas they were a niche item in the US markets.

I kind clearly said I'm from Finland and we were a bit ahead in these things, what with Nokia and all.

HTC Dream came out in 2008 and looks like this

Also rather similar to the image in the original post.

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abcdqfr 24 points 2 years ago

Did some time in a warehouse that had wrist mounted scanners like these. Had a little laser that also velcro'd to your fingers for easy scanning. Granted it was just so you could move boxes like a mule without dropping your scanner anywhere, but it was amusing to use while fallout 4 had just released. The conveyer even sounded just like the vault doors every time it started... Was prime low-key larping time.

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JackGreenEarth 22 points 2 years ago

Looks like the thing Turunga Leela wears

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HeartyOfGlass 9 points 2 years ago

"I'll just look it up on my wristlojackimator"

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Empricorn 7 points 2 years ago

Her first name's Turanga??

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JackGreenEarth 2 points 2 years ago

Yes

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Empricorn 1 point 2 years ago

https://youtu.be/MkSV6367vXk

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thesporkeffect 22 points 2 years ago

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ChicoSuave 11 points 2 years ago

Motorola made the wrist LoJack-a-mater?!

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ech 11 points 2 years ago

Diy cyberdecks are definitely a thing. Hell, just strap a smartphone to your arm and you're 90% of the way there.

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Crikeste 6 points 2 years ago

That’s literally what the Fallout 4 collectors edition Pip Boy was. Essentially a ‘case’ you put your phone in then wear. It also had an app that connected to the game as well and let you change gear and take meds, etc.

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peto 10 points 2 years ago

Not sold after 2013 is overstating it a bit. The current equivalent is the Zebra WT6300, but you could probably build your own for less than 10% of the price.

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mark3748 4 points 2 years ago

Yep, the only reason Motorola stopped producing them is because Motorola sold that business out to Zebra. Hell, zebra still supports the 4000, the 6300 is quite literally just a newer version.

Same deal with the MC33 scanner. My warehouse has an assortment of Zebra and Moto branded devices and Zebra handles servicing them all. Embedded industrial PCs don’t change much.

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_lilith 10 points 2 years ago

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fraksken 8 points 2 years ago

Updated version: https://www.zebra.com/...

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MystikIncarnate 6 points 2 years ago

It's Windows CE. Unless you like to be frustrated, don't bother. I used Windows Mobile 5/6, which was fairly similar, and that was an exercise in patience at the best of times.

Not too long ago, I had to deal with CE/win mobile again for some symbol terminals and holy hell, nothing has changed.

If you want to have an idea of how bad it is, blend Windows 8's metro start menu/settings interface with Windows 3.1 visual styles and you won't be too far off, just add in pretty much everything you hated from every version of Windows...

It suuuuucccccccks

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stingpie 3 points 2 years ago

In the specs it says it's upgradable to Android 16, so I think you can use your own OS.

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FlyingSquid 3 points 2 years ago

Yep. I had a Vadem Clio, which was fucking awesome in terms of unique and usable form factor, but it ran CE, which sucked ass. I still used the hell out of it just for drawing and writing though.

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MystikIncarnate 2 points 2 years ago

I had a Dell axim x51v, which was a PDA that I personally bought for myself, prior to when smartphones were a thing.

At the time I was tinkering with my own exchange server and had it synced to my exchange server (over wireless b) to keep track of classes in college and stuff. I had a metal case for it and everything.... I think it still works, but I have no idea where it is now. Since security has marched forwards at a steady pace, I'm sure that the unit would be less than useful to do the same today since it wouldn't support the encryption used today.

It also had a contact list with all my friends and family's email, phone numbers and stuff in it, so I could look someone up, then call them on my flip phone.

The calendar was by far the most useful. I had one small device (by the standards of that era), which told me when my classes were, what building and room they were in, etc.

I was the nerd carrying a flip phone, PDA, and laptop, around the campus. Took notes on my laptop, used my PDA for scheduling, and my phone for calling/texting. The only paper I carried were course books.

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FlyingSquid 1 point 2 years ago

I vaguely remember the Dell PDAs. Didn't they run their own custom OS?

I had a couple of early PDAs. I had a Newton MessagePad 120, which I really loved. I used it to take notes in college all the time. But the screen cracked one in my backpack one day, despite the plastic protector, and I couldn't afford another one.

A while later, I had a PalmPilot. I want to say a III, but I can't remember. I didn't love it, especially the fact that any additional software I might have wanted cost a huge amount of money for a tiny selection, but I got so good at Palm Graffiti that I can still remember every character. I don't think I had another PDA until the smartphone era.

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Steamymoomilk 7 points 2 years ago

Orbital strike inbound!!

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FlyingSquid 7 points 2 years ago

Not quite the same, but many years pre the current tablet era, Fujitsu had its Stylistic line of pen-based tablets running Windows OSes and I wanted one so badly, but I couldn't afford one. I think their current line of tablets is still called Stylistic, but they're not special anymore.

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HootinNHollerin 6 points 2 years ago

Buzz Lightyear to Space Command. Come in Space Command

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DarkThoughts 6 points 2 years ago

There are also smartphone arm- and wristband holders. Usually marketed towards sport activities, but if you just want that pip-boy-esque experience...

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_Sprite 4 points 2 years ago

summon demons with that mf

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mtpender 1 point 2 years ago

[Angry Mechanicus noises]

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raynethackery 3 points 2 years ago

Electa Woman and Dyna Girl.