Mercychen:


Yeah yeah.. .

That was then. I'm just glad I was opportune to witness the technology of that time and can say a thing or two. Truth is in a few years from now, a lot of gadgets that we're crazy about will be old school. Remember LG Chocolate or the BlackBerry phone and the Samsung Slide or flip phones? Its technology. Enjoy it while it last if you can afford it.

Mercychen:
Wow! A whooping 47 views and no one can relate? Hm.. now I know how to catch the smallies on here lol...

Let me see anybody talk when I talk .

Or could it be a case of lack of exposure? Hmmm...
Well I was exposed quite early in life to so many things except immorality..

Anyways, just Educate yourself with the post if you can't relate. .

I was aware well before pagers were invented, never really owned one though. In those days the device was commonly associated with drug dealers.

Yes... Its a pager! Its value as at 1999 was #11,000 and my dad had planned to buy 2! For himself and for mumsie! I was like wow! That's a lot of money!!!!!!
That was back then....

WaterWalker5:
That was then. I'm just glad I was opportune to witness the technology of that time and can say a thing or two. Truth is in a few years from now, a lot of gadgets that we're crazy about will be old school. Remember LG Chocolate or the BlackBerry phone and the Samsung Slide or flip phones? Its technology. Enjoy it while it last if you can afford it.

Small challenge if you don't mind. Can you guess what will be the dominant technology in personal comms. about 25 years from now? Even a wild guess will do here.

Snitch24:
What's it used for
Tell us
In my opinion
I think it looks like a portable FM radio

I already stated what it's used for in my original post.
Please enjoy!

jaszplus12:
Yes... Its a pager! Its value as at 1999 was #11,000 and my dad had planned to buy 2! For himself and for mumsie! I was like wow! That's a lot of money!!!!!!
That was back then....

You're right. That was the year it trended up till early y2k.

Mercychen:


Who's old?

Dragnet, please, for wider view let see if there are people who still remember this device or even use it.

This is a pager na. You could fasten it to your belt as a means of holding it.

You think say na everybody wey dey here grow for upstairs.
Some of us never use handset up till 2010 or so.

mabea:
This is a pager na. You could fasten it to your belt as a means of holding it.

Yep, on the belt. You're right.

Thebwoy:
You think say na everybody wey dey here grow for upstairs.
Some of us never use handset up till 2010 or so.

Lol..at least there are some who know it.

Mercychen:


I'm not old.

Yeah. That was my first job after secondary school and awaiting result.

Which year was that?


I only see it in American movies of yesteryears.

oyatz:



Which year was that?


I only see it in American movies of yesteryears.

So you can calculate my age. Right?
No way!

Someone already mentioned the year here. Browse through to find it.

Mercychen:


So you can calculate my age. Right?
No way!

Someone already mentioned the year here. Browse through to find it.

Calculate your age? For what reason pls?

Mercychen:


Don't worry. I know that look. You don't know it.

the way Napoli fans dey shout victor osimhen name ennnn, just dey give me goosebumps.... mehn they got love for that guy

Shout out to all the ghetto child

Like u don't know there are lots of children on NL ....especially romance and sports

Kingcalls:
Like u don't know there are lots of children on NL ....especially romance and sports

Mercychen:
Wow! A whooping 47 views and no one can relate? Hm.. now I know how to catch the smallies on here lol...

Let me see anybody talk when I talk .

Or could it be a case of lack of exposure? Hmmm...
Well I was exposed quite early in life to so many things except immorality..

Anyways, just Educate yourself with the post if you can't relate. .

ma'am you don old o I wonder what you are doing here, you should be in the kitchen cooking for your husband if I guess right you should be like 50-60years old.. What the hell are you doing here, go greet our aunties on Facebook or something, nairaland is for mannerless degens like myself...

Now you are making me feel bad for insulting some people

Anyway I know about this pager, doctors still use them to this day

Methuselah, dem plenty for here sha.

I no use am. And i don't know what it's used for.

I was born in the 80s and presently middle-aged. You can guess my age. I saw this utilised for only 2 years in Nigeria. Rap videos of 2006 and a little later still featured these devices. Someone born in 1995 (Indomie generation) was 11 years old at the time. This is not about being old, I think exposure really played a part.

Indomie Generation?
Indomie Don start to dey sell before 1990 ooo

ibawon:
Indomie Generation?
Indomie Don start to dey sell before 1990 ooo

I said "Indomitables" not indomie.

meobizy:
I was born in the 80s and presently middle-aged. You can guess my age. I saw this utilised for only 2 years in Nigeria. Rap videos of 2006 and a little later still featured these devices. Someone born in 1995 (Indomie generation) was 11 years old at the time. This is not about being old, I think exposure really played a part.

Wow really?

Yes, it wasnt used for long in Nigeria.

Yeah, I already mentioned the fact that a lot of people were not exposed to it as at the time it was being used.

RedMac:
the way Napoli fans dey shout victor osimhen name ennnn, just dey give me goosebumps.... mehn they got love for that guy

lol, I just finished watching it now, it was refreshing.

jagorinho:

lol, I just finished watching it now, it was refreshing.

Come... Here be like football viewing center?

Please you two should not derail my post.

I have no idea what this is.

I think it was an SMS machine before hand like 3300 or Nokia floricent took over. . . It started getting popular but handset (SMS) killed it.

AlusiNkeIzizi:


Small challenge if you don't mind. Can you guess what will be the dominant technology in personal comms. about 25 years from now? Even a wild guess will do here.

25 years is too far. Because we're entering the age of Quantum science and Artificial Intelligence. So by that time technology will be seamless. There won't be phones as we know them today cos at that time due to AIs and Quantum Science, nobody will need to carry bulky phones around anymore. Just like we used to stay at home and stay by our Analog phones to recieve calls, so it'll be then. Cars will take over the airways, Commercial airlines will Run not by human Pilots but by AIs. Long story short. 25years from now, The world would be so transformed that the stuff we use now will be museum artifacts

falcon01:
That's a pager, didn't use it but I know when it was used

Same here. Had no reason to use it, we had a functional land line in the house but i had uncles that were always putting it by their trousers, it looked more like a fashion accessory than anything meaningful then.