<p>Welcome to Episode 7 of <a href="http://anchor.fm/0g" target="_blank"><strong>0G, A History of Forgotten Phones</strong></a>! 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.</p>
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<p>0G is hosted by two people who were there: <a href="https://backstagecapital.com/crew/christie-pitts/" target="_blank"><strong>Christie Pitts</strong></a> (now at <a href="https://backstagecapital.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Backstage Capital</strong></a>), who started her career selling phones at a Verizon store, and <a href="https://roj.as/" target="_blank"><strong>Peter Rojas</strong></a> (now at <a href="https://betaworksventures.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Betaworks Ventures</strong></a>), founder of <a href="https://gizmodo.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Gizmodo</strong></a>, <a href="https://www.engadget.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Engadget</strong></a>, and gdgt.</p>
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<p>In Episode 7 we take a look at the phones of 2009, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Pre"><u>Palm Pre</u></a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_Storm_2"><u>BlackBerry Storm 2</u></a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Kin"><u>Microsoft Kin 1 & 2</u></a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Droid"><u>Motorola Droid</u></a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_HD2"><u>HTC HD2</u></a>. </p>
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<p>Want to contact us? Christie is<a href="https://twitter.com/imchristiepitts" target="_blank"> <strong>@imchristiepitts</strong></a> and Peter is <a href="https://twitter.com/peterrojas" target="_blank"><strong>@peterrojas</strong></a> on Twitter. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the show.</p>
