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game consuls
The Atari 2600 was launched in 1977 with an 8-bit processor, 160x190 pixel resolution, 128 RAM and 128 colours. -
cds
The humble CD was a strongly contested invention, with both Philips and Sony working feverishly to be the first to produce them prior to the 80s -
the video cassette recorder
Until the VCR, that is. While the VCR was available and usable in the 1970s it was only in the 1980s, when cheap microprocessors and low-cost manufacturing impacted their cost, that VCRs became cheap enough for consumers to easily afford. -
mobile phone
The concept of the mobile phone had been bandied about for several years, but limitations placed on the allocation of frequencies by the FCC hampered research until AT&T introduced the idea of the cellular system -
personal computer
Slapping the title of Personal Computer onto the 5150, IBM took the PC out of niche and into mainstream. -
the zx spectrum
Launched in April of 1982, the ZX Spectrum was a chic computer that you could have with either 16Kb RAM or 48kb RAM. Clive Sinclair, the brains behind the machine, created it in response to losing out to Acorn in a deal with the BBC. -
the camcorder
It was in 1983 that 8mm movie cameras finally met their doom. This was the year when Sony and JVC launched the first ever camera-recorders, camcorders to you and me. -
disposable camrea
Disposable or single-use camera is a simple box camera meant to be used once. -
the walkman
People used it to listen to music while on the move and teenagers everywhere rejoiced at its ability to drown out the sound of their parent's voices. -
smart phones
People didn't start using the term "smartphone" until 1995, but the first true smartphone actually made its debut three years earlier in 1992. -
tablet
Your age probably determines when you think tablet computers were invented: 'Millennials' (a.k.a. Generation Y) are unlikely to look further back than Apple's first-generation iPad in 2010; Generation X types may recall Microsoft's 2002 Tablet PC launch and subsequent releases; and Baby Boomers (myself included) with . -
andoroid
HTC officially announced the Dream on 23 September 2008. It would first be released by T-Mobile as the T-Mobile G1, starting in the United States. -
ipad
The Wi-Fi version shipped on April 3, 2010 in the U.S. The Wi-Fi + 3G version followed on April 30, and the international rollout on May 28. While some dismissed the iPad as "unimaginative" and as "just a big iPhone", it turned out consistency and being an iPhone gone IMAX was exactly the point. -
iPhone 6s
The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are now available to buy from Apple, following their 9 September launch, subsequent 12 September pre-order kick off day and 25 September release day.
