CIS150 Timeline

  • Digital Camera

    Digital Camera
    Eastman Kodak and Steve Sassoon engineered the first digital camera in 1975. Kodak's first digital moment picture taken with digital camera. The camera, which was pieced together from other used camera parts, weighed in at a hefty eight pounds.
  • Apple II

    Apple II
    The Apple II was released in 1977, primarily developed by Steve Wozniak. The Apple II had limited things you can do on it this was the menu off option it had. Although preceded by the Apple I, the Apple II is the machine that laid the foundation for Apple's trajectory as a computer company.
  • Compact disc

    Compact disc
    Sony and Philips were the ones who made the Red Book CD in 1980. The first music album to be released on the format was Billy Joel's 52nd Street. CD on 1980 cost 40 dollars of today and had little to know space for you to save on them.
  • Cellular Phone

    Cellular Phone
    The first consumer cell phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, was launched in 1984. At launch the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X cost close to 4,000 dollars and you had to charge it for 10 hours so you can use it for 30 to 60 minutes before it dies. Despite its massive cost and low battery life, there was long lines of people waiting to buy this phone.
  • MP3 Player

    MP3 Player
    In the late 1990s, the first truly portable MP3 players were released. It retailed for $599 and was a commercial failure.and had 32 mb of capacity. The Saehan Information Systems MPMan launched in 1997 and the Diamond Rio PMP300 followed in 1998.