0G: A History of Forgotten Phones

Peter Rojas and Christie Pitts•podcasters.spotify.com

A limited-run podcast about how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the day. Hosted by Christie Pitts of Backstage Capital and Peter Rojas of Betaworks Ventures.

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Episodes

Bonus Tablets Episode!

Hi everyone, welcome to what is likely the final episode of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones ! We are wrapping up our limited-run podcast with a special bonus episode on tablets. Yes, there were plenty of weird and wonderful tablets from produced in the years before (and even after) the iPad! For this episode we take a look back at Intel's Web Tablet, Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and Windows Smart Display, the Nokia 770, the Pepper Pad 3, the ill-fated Crunchpad/Joojoo, the original...

Apr 19, 2019•1 hr 10 min

Episode 7: 2009 - Pre-empted

Welcome to Episode 7 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones ! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital ), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures ), founder of Gizmodo , Engadget , and...

Mar 25, 2019•55 min

Episode 6: 2008 - The Storm Arrives

Welcome to Episode 3 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones ! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital ), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures ), founder of Gizmodo , Engadget , and...

Mar 11, 2019•37 min

Episode 5: 2007 - The Last Year of Blissful Ignorance

Mar 04, 2019•51 min

Episode 4 - Special Guest: Jason Gordon (Handspring, Microsoft, Motorola, HTC)

Welcome to Episode 4 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones ! On this episode, we have a special guest, Jason Gordon, who worked at Handspring, Microsoft, Motorola and HTC and was on the front lines as smartphones went from barely usable to indispensable. We chat with Jason about what goes into phone development and launches, including the history of devices at Handspring , Windows Mobile , Mobius , the Motorola Q , the Motorola MPX , the HTC G1 , the HTC Diamond , the HTC Incredible and the HTC T...

Feb 25, 2019•53 min

Episode 3: 2006 - The Year Palm Wanted to Arrest Peter

Feb 09, 2019•44 min

Episode 2: 2005 - Before the Fyre Festival, Ja Rule was Really Into Phones

Welcome to the Episode 2 of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures), founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, and ...

Feb 09, 2019•50 min

Episode 1: 2002-2004 - The Misty Dawn of the Smartphone Era

Welcome to the very first episode of 0G, A History of Forgotten Phones! 0G is a limited-run podcast where we look back at how weird and wonderful smartphones were back in the days before iOS and Android took over and your only option became a rectangular slab running one or the other. 0G is hosted by two people who were there: Christie Pitts (now at Backstage Capital), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and Peter Rojas (now at Betaworks Ventures), founder of Gizmodo, Engad...

Feb 09, 2019•48 min

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