[commandersaki]

In 2004 you'd be shit outta luck trying to backup a mobile device as most were self contained and didn't interface to pc/mac. Also mobile devices back then had limited storage, didn't have cameras, weren't Internet connected, etc.

In 2025, it's near impossible to access your handset as a filesystem that you can simply sync off to your own storage.

[unilynx]

> In 2004 you'd be shit outta luck trying to backup a mobile device as most were self contained and didn't interface to pc/mac.

True but ..

> Also mobile devices back then had limited storage, didn't have cameras, weren't Internet connected, etc.

which also means they didn't have a lot of data worth backupping

2004 mobile devices are usually either MP3 players or PDAs. Both synced over either a USB cable (or fancy infrared stuff) and were mostly just downloading from a PC. Not much was lost if the device crashed except your Bejeweled progress.

[fujinghg]

I don't keep anything I can't replace on my phone.

Hell I still use paper for some stuff...