1990s Technology

  • 'hypertext' system (web)

    'hypertext' system (web)
    A system for linking related text documents that allows the participation of multiple users.
  • PowerBook G4

    PowerBook G4
    Introduced featured a built-in trackball, internal floppy drive, and palm rests, which would eventually become typical of 1990s laptop design.
  • IBM Simon Phone

    IBM Simon Phone
    The first touch screen phone with multiple application features including call/text. The first mobile computer into the shape of a phone.
  • Fujitsu’s flat-screen plasma television

    At about 3 inches thick, about 40 pounds. It was the first large, flat TV that could be mounted to a wall.
  • Benefon Cellphone

    Benefon Cellphone
    Splash proof, load maps onto the phone, to trace their position and movement, and to call or send their coordinates .