Replying from this account because I can’t see your comment with my other one.

Related to the break-up text, that’s why I put it in quotes - I didn’t mean it in a “together” way, but in a “not even a continued friendship” one.

Honestly, that’s what I feel, too. If I look at it rationally, there’s really no other possibility…

Thank you!

This is why I didn’t and still don’t want to bring it up.

(still me, replying from my .world account because I can’t see your comment with my .blahaj)

I actually did try this, twice. First I mentioned something about it when we were still doing the “intro bit” (exchanging the contextual elements), but she skipped over it. Pretty much just like she did in high-school, honestly.

Then I tried doing an inside joke in reference to a relatively intimate moment, but that one may have been a bit too subtle on my part, so irrelevant.

I’m doing my best to just be open and honest. All I know right in the here and now is that I’m genuinely happy to be chatting with her again and that I’m feeling hints of starting to develop something more again. I’m not opposing or encouraging it, I’m doing baby steps and seeing where things go.

Ooh, nice! That was the point when I jumped on the Android bandwagon, the death throes for Nokia were kinda’ showing by that point…

Yeah, I remember the closed nature of their system was the main thing which killed any planned OS updates for the 5800 - they were planning on adding more video support, but nothing through which to deliver it, so they just kinda’ dropped the whole thing. I was left with Symbian 60, I believe:-?

And by the time they did start opening it up, with the Es, it was already too late, because the Marketing Wars began.

I haven’t seen the Blackberry movie, thanks for recommending it! I remember those being a big thing, too, mum always wanted one (and a PT Cruiser, so take it with a grain of salt) and I seem to remember pretty much everyone giving a Blackberry-like a shot. Nokia certainly had a full physical QWERTY model, one of my exes had one. But I remember it being, like… no different than the standard keypad Nokia at the time, except with a wider screen and a keyboard.

Jeesus, that genuinely sounds painful!:( I’m very sorry I honestly don’t know what to say… I mean, I understand it’s just A Thing™, but some things are more than just “things”…

That was my Goal Phone, yes! Either that, or the N8, but the 5800 was the only thing I could afford at the time:))

They were really nice phones, properly into “smartphones” by that point - the 5800 was more like a… clever phone:))

Oh, nooo!:( I’m so sorry, that’s how I lost my 5800, too! Got mugged at night, ffs…

Which, honestly, was another thing I’ve come to love about the old Nokia! They weren’t just phones, they were accessories as well! Every model had a clear personality and a target audience! I remember my mum had a thing for changing her phone often, especially with models only found in other countries (she would find THE weirdest salespeople, who brought in phones from friggin’ Spain and such, and they were way cheaper than retail), and… while I don’t agree with her somewhat rampant consumerism, I gotta say, every single model had a Vibe!

Besides my 5800, my other favourite from Nokia was my 6303 Classic. That was a downright sexy phone, and rugged to boot!

Well, I can’t speak for that one as I’ve never used it (nice though, looks like a proper Nokia should, gone through war and still running fine!), but the 5800 was a completely new experience for me in terms of phone-mounted speakers. Like, this was like a miniaturised sound system. The levels were unexpectedly balanced, the speakers were mounted well apart (at either end of the phone lengthwise), the stereo definition was very clear and dynamic, and it was loud enough to use as background music generator for a light social gathering, like a dorm room mini-party, setting the mood for… other activities, etc.)

Oh, maan… I still remember my 5800, I loved that phone to pieces… Excellent speaker system for the time (it was genuinely stereo and had a bit of meat on the sound, too!), my first touchscreen (which was a bit frustrating due to my thick logs, but worked perfectly with the stylus), and it was also my very first experience with multiplayer on a phone! Used to play that default racing game with a year mate in Uni, and it was very fun! And the OS was as an OS should be: so smooth as to not even register with the user!