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While we’re on the subject of mobile phones [pauses for deadpan look to audience], let’s talk for a bit about not the best mobile phones of all time but the worst ones. We’ll pause here once again for a quick disclaimer: This list is strictly a matter of opinion.

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While we’re on the subject of mobile phones [pauses for deadpan look to audience], let’s talk for a bit about not the best mobile phones of all time but the worst ones. We’ll pause here once again for a quick disclaimer: This list is strictly a matter of opinion. Yours and those of the manufacturers may adamantly disagree, and we respect that. In matters of opinion, many things are subjective and definitely “in the eyes of the beholder.” So, on with the show.

In no particular order whatsoever, here is our to-date list of the worst mobile phones in recorded history:

Tin Cans: While great fun, the video capability of this stationary or mobile device really tanks. Sound quality is poor, though privacy issues have always received high grades – except when you had to turn up the volume in a storm. However, it receives perennial high marks for a ‘green’ device and its extremely low energy recharging times. Usually, a PB&J and a tall glass of milk did the job quite well. Anyway, on to the serious stuff:

Garmin Nuvifone G60: This GPS-driven mobile phone never actually got far off the drawing board, much less solidly in the retail check-out lanes. Announced in January 2008, it took Garmin until December to gain FCC approval in the US. Barely ahead of the Mobile World Congress in 2009, Garmin forged a partnership with Asustek to build and market the device. That partnership fell through, and the 3.55-inch screen, traffic updates, route updates and other GPS-driven services in a dedicated phone device was back on hold. In September 2009, AT&T Mobility stepped up to market the device as of the next month, offering the mobile phone for 9 with a two-year contract and accounting for a 0 mail-in rebate, though the AT&T service was a paid subscription. In 2010, the Garmin-Asus partnership broke up, and the growing popularity and availability of free GPS services in smartphones, the G60 faded into obscurity.

HP iPaq H6315: Hewlett-Packard is justifiably well known for quality computers and peripherals, but did you know that they developed a pocket PC? Exactly. The HP iPaq H6315 was that attempt into integrating a PC functionality into a mobile phone platform in 2004, long before it bought Palm and the webOS platform. It supported Bluetooth(tm) technology, WiFi and other Internet connection options. It was fairly bulky, though, but it’s main claim to infamy was the detached keyboard. It had one: You just had to click it into place before you could use it on the device. Too many people damaged it, lost it, or just stomped on it for the hefty model could gain much traction.

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