Ed's Boomer Technology Timeline

By ednegrin

  • First ATM

    First ATM
    "On September 2, 1969, America’s first automatic teller machine (ATM) makes its public debut, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Centre, New York." https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-atm-opens-for-business

  • First Walkman

    First Walkman
    "The metal-cased blue-and-silver Walkman TPS-L2, the world's first low-cost personal stereo, went on sale in Japan on July 1, 1979, and was sold for around ¥33,000 (or $150.00).[9] Though Sony predicted it would sell about 5,000 units a month, it sold more than 30,000 in the first two months." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman

  • First CD Player

    First CD Player
    "The first CD player, released by Sony on Oct. 1, 1982. The first CD player, the Sony CDP-101, cost about $1,000 in 1983.The first album to be released on CD was Billy Joel’s 52nd Street, that reached the market alongside Sony’s CD player CDP-101 on October 1, 1982." https://cdxdvd.com/cd/when-was-the-first-cd-player-invented.html

  • First Cell Phone Sold

    First Cell Phone Sold
    "The world’s first mobile phone Motorola Dynatac was made available to the public in 1983. It had a price tag of $3995 and weighed almost 800 grams, with a battery life of just 18 mins." https://dazeinfo.com/2014/04/11/world-first-mobile-phone-motorola-dynatec-price/

  • First DVD Player Sold

    First DVD Player Sold
    "Toshiba releases the world’s very first DVD player in Japan for approximately $700. The first two DVD titles released in the region are two “long-form” music videos from artist, Eikichi Yazawa, selling for between $30 and $50." https://homevideohistory.org/timeline/toshiba-sd-3000-dvd/