Prior to Android, all we had were closed source low
powered feature phones and Blackberries.
I...what? Even if we want to ignore the iPhone for whatever reason, the Palm Treo, Nokia N900, and Windows Phone were firmly established by the time Android started getting demoed--and that was the variant that was very much reminiscent of Windows Phone, with a strong emphasis on the cursor keys over a touchscreen.
The rest of your comment makes sense, but the cognitive dissonance of that sentence was so extreme I had to respond.
I missed a comma in that: closed source phones, low power feature phones, and Blackberries. The N900 is a different, rare breed that did not see widespread adoption.
Fun fact: the first Android phone was the sooner, and it looked and behaved much like a blackberry. Still have mine, in fact.
The rest of your comment makes sense, but the cognitive dissonance of that sentence was so extreme I had to respond.