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paupowpowsleepover (2007). i would like to thank my teenager self for thinking that this scene was worth photographing
James Richardson@paupowpow And I bet nearly every one if them used a different charger....
Phillip K Name@tokenwizard I see three sony ericcsons there. They have the same proprietary charger, also shockingly replaceable screens. (toolless if you have fingernails)
The phone very much in vogue around here at that time.
@griibor Yeah, Sony Ericcson was my JAM back in those days. I think I owned 5 over the course of a few years.
Estarriol, Terrorist Dragon@paupowpow I had that phone, in pink, it only got replaced after I spilled tea all over it in 2020!
Wolf480pl@paupowpow back when phones were still small...
ghostdancer@wolf480pl As the old meme said we went to smaller phones till we discovered we could watch porn on the phone. @paupowpow
Advanced Persistent Teapot@ghostdancer @wolf480pl @paupowpow having been a phone forensicator I can attest that people were perfectly capable of getting lots of porn onto phones with smaller screens
@http_error_418
I know had friends with collections of it but nohing compares to watch it at 4K 60fps on a 7' screen 🤣
@wolf480pl @paupowpow
I know had friends with collections of it but nohing compares to watch it at 4K 60fps on a 7' screen 🤣
@wolf480pl @paupowpow
@ghostdancer @http_error_418 @paupowpow
how can your eyes see 4k pixels on a 7 inch... wait, you mean 7 foot screen? well that'd explain a lot
how can your eyes see 4k pixels on a 7 inch... wait, you mean 7 foot screen? well that'd explain a lot
@wolf480pl
I always laugh at people talking about their 4K capable phones for that same reason. It's stupid.
@http_error_418 @paupowpow
I always laugh at people talking about their 4K capable phones for that same reason. It's stupid.
@http_error_418 @paupowpow
Sophie 🏳️⚧️ 🌜@paupowpow I still have the charm I had on my phone back in the day, hung on the wall next to my desk.
ENIGMATICO 
@paupowpow It's a picture that represents the best this world had to offer once upon a time
Lynda Delph@paupowpow I’ve got the one to the furthest right in blue, and it still works great. Notice it is not plugged-in in the photo — that long,narrow hole on the bottom is for charging. Bose made a speaker/charging station for them, which is how I use it.
Hisham@paupowpow 2007. The last fun year for phone design. Our last year before the Black Slab.
Ozzelot 
@paupowpow It was. Thank you.
Jan D
forrest@paupowpow rat king
Esteban 🦦@paupowpow I can hear Linkin Park/Avril Lavigne on this photo
Moose Jolly Holcomb@paupowpow slightly more phones than music players, I think they says something. Also kudos to 2007 you for thinking to take the picture.
fatboy 
@paupowpow Frame it
Milo@paupowpow Oh! I had that SonyEricson W750!
@jmilo14 @paupowpow Nitpick: idk if that model existed. Pictured are two K750s and what seems to be a W700 (which was the W800 in a different color and without the autofocus). The K750, W700, W800 and D750 (T-Mobile only) were firmware compatible. Unless a W750 was a nickname for a K750 crossflashed to W800 (which I myself had), there is no evidence of a device by that name.
@jmilo14 @paupowpow Huh, never saw that resemblance. :D
the people's eva
mafe en españa@paupowpow Look at that! Not 11x the same thing with a different logo, no! Even different shapes on devices woth the same logo!
Good ol' times.
Good ol' times.
Thomas Beagle@paupowpow Ah, those halcyon Sony Ericsson and iPod days.
Irenes (many)@paupowpow it captures an era
Andrew Barker@paupowpow We used to be a country. A proper country.
Vivi, The Heinous Witch@paupowpow damn, my first phone is in this pic twice
Kyrylys@paupowpow I once made one with my friend's and my Nintendo DS / lite.
Good times and a beautiful memory from a good game night.
Good times and a beautiful memory from a good game night.
bigiain@paupowpow I opened 4 of those devices. I _want_ to say 5, but the only iPod nano I ever owned I got given because it was broken and I never managed to fix it…
MOVED to @@paupowpow
What, no zoon?
What, no zoon?
neville park@paupowpow my god…it's beautiful… 
johansolo
Shaun McDonald@paupowpow one of the things that's changed is the lack of a modern day go to for a device that does just music. You had the Sony Walkman and mindisk, then the iPod, but since the iPod stopped being produced it's no longer possible to give a child a music device (that's well known) so they don't have access to unlimited videos and internet too. They exist but are they any good can any one name one?
Kim@smsm1 @paupowpow Last time I paid any attention (which was shortly after the demise of my Sansa Clip), runners had started strapping smartphones to their arms and dedicated portable music players had become an audiophile thing, with all that implies. I expect Sony probably still make one under the Walkman name.
An old phone is the de-facto budget option. Knobbling the connectivity to make it child-safe left as an exercise for the reader (and re-enabling it an educational experience for the child, presumably). Battery life will be rubbish, of course.
Or some random AliExpress-grade tat (other purveyors of poorly-engineered consumer electronics are available).
What's the current vogue in non-portable music devices? Smart speakers I suppose. They have their own issues...
An old phone is the de-facto budget option. Knobbling the connectivity to make it child-safe left as an exercise for the reader (and re-enabling it an educational experience for the child, presumably). Battery life will be rubbish, of course.
Or some random AliExpress-grade tat (other purveyors of poorly-engineered consumer electronics are available).
What's the current vogue in non-portable music devices? Smart speakers I suppose. They have their own issues...
@kim @paupowpow tempting to go down the route in using home assistant with NFC tokens for a music player. It's as though the eco system has been designed for adults and children have been forgotten.
Zimmie@smsm1 @paupowpow There’s Tangara. Open hardware running open software. Dual-core ESP, common JST battery connector, Bluetooth, 802.11b/g/n, SDXC slot for music storage.
@bob_zim @paupowpow that sure looks like an interesting device. Thanks.
Rich Holman@smsm1 @paupowpow I know this isn’t strictly a music only device but it’s a neat idea
Wildeng@smsm1 @paupowpow I can share my experience as a slightly older chap, in 2007 I already had my first son 😅. I resumed and old iPhone 5s on which most of the apps do not work anymore, changed the battery, thanks ifixit, and here you have a decent music player. Otherwise the other solutions that I found, and old iPod bought in a charity shop and a refurbished Sony Walkman to play cassettes. My youngest son is 11yrs old and enjoys the “retro” feel :)
contxtual@paupowpow That’s great :-) I had half over these devices over the years. SE W200 was a favourite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_W200
James Britt@paupowpow Sansa were awesome.
mjdxp@paupowpow that pink phone would go perfectly with the "everyone knows that" boombox
feld@paupowpow it's a very interesting display of personal technology choices
SouprMatt@paupowpow Ah yes, the famous 2007 orgy of phones and iPods. The children resulting from that amazing day grew up to be iPhones!
Kenneth@paupowpow Don’t recognize the artist...
Eddie@paupowpow wow, I totally forgot the sansa media player existed. Had one for a few years before getting an iPod, and honestly it was a pretty slick device. If I remember right, having radio in it was pretty cool at the time
Max Lee@paupowpow I had that Sansa MP3-Player :D Was one of the first to do video iirc.
_Pear 
@paupowpow we used to be a proper country
joël
Øssi™@paupowpow Oh, da liegt mein aktuelles Handy! ^^
luna the doggie 
@paupowpow oh I had that exact sandisk thingy as a kid
Trauergas@paupowpow My mp3 Player and my partners phone is on it. (the foldable Nokia and the player with the blue circle by Sansa I think, still have it somewhere)
kate@paupowpow I miss flip phones with charms so bad. I had one that lit up when someone called, and I'd leave my phone on silent and just look for the flash...
pizza terrorist reloaded@paupowpow love the lock screen on the Ericson, she was killing it