#Pager

Further readings: Mobile devices that used to be popular Palm Pre with WebOS Pager “When you wanna page me it’s okay,” goes the Kim Possible song. Pagers were what we have in the 1980s and 1990s to send and receive messages. While pagers have strayed away from the hands of many electronics consumers, they managed to find continued purpose in hospitals, where phone signals are still regarded to potentially affect critical care equipment. In addition, smartphone use in hospitals raise concerns about confidentiality and privacy, among other issues, providing reason for preference to the simple communication technology of pagers. Pagers Pagers were the devices used to shoot quick messages to another person, way back before smartphones became a thing. There were one-way pagers that could only receive messages, while two-way pagers and response pagers could read, reply, and send out messages. Just like with the payphones, pagers became obsolete as mobile phones made text messaging and chat messaging accessible. Although, it should be noted that some emergency services still use pagers alongside their smartphones. Read more in our articles including "5 Tech Product Lines that Got Lost in Time" and "Devices we no longer use because of smartphones".