33 Things That Looked Like The Next Big Thing But Were Very Quickly Forgotten

Agree

In the UK was the Nokia 3310. Snake!

The way you open the lid with a finger-move and start talking was so charismatic

Like the Ducati of cell phones, sexxy as f.

I had it and still miss it! It was the best phone i had as a design!!

Hah I had that gameboy. The day I got it I was so excited I almost exploded

I miss this aesthetic so much. :( Bring it back!!!

Ah, nostalgia...

Prisons use see through televisions. Stops weapons being hidden in them and you can see if any pieces have been romoved.

I still love them <3

Hey, this is cool!

Destroyed your fingers

I still get those, the finger pain is worth knowing if it’s the battery or the device that’s dead.

That actually used battery power to do so

Would break my lil fingers squeezing it

Hotels used those a lot and as time went on they ended up in thrift stores when the hotels upgraded

these last forever

Oh dudes, so a friend of mine and her brother were talking about pot one day and their parents walked in. My friend, without skipping a beat says, "And that is why they call it a clock radio; cause it's a clock and a radio." In a way that made it so obvious that she was talking about something far more scandalous two seconds prior. So from that day forward, when I want to make it clear I was just talking about something I didn't want you to hear I say "And that is why it is called a clock radio; cause it's a clock and a radio." Everyone instantly knows you were talking about something else and it is magic!

Wait... I think my dad might still use his!

At least it makes no noise. The clocks before this had tiles that flipped over once a minute and made a clicking noise that could keep you awake.

VCRs with built in screens and TV capablities.

I have one. Why? I still have some VHS tapes. Works fine.

Loved this back in the day, seemed like such luxury!

I bought one of these as a university student, had to pay it off in installments :D. I was so excited that I could program it to record a show if I was out!

I have a vhs/dvd player

And it was the "internet", so pointless and hard to use, not just like a web browser

Happened to me once. The bill was 450€ (540$) My mother almost killed me, took away my phone for six months! 😱😭

I never used the internet on phones back then. Too crappy and small

With this being shortly after an MP3 post it made me think of paying for mp3 ringtones instead of just making them yourself and they were always the crappiest parts of the song