Electronics in the 2000's

By Meliza85

  • First Camera phone introduced

    First Camera phone introduced
    Japan's SoftBank introduces the first camera phone, the J-Phone J-SH04; a Sharp-manufactured digital phone with integrated camera. The camera had a maximum resolution of 0.11 megapixels a 256-color display, and photos could be shared wirelessly.

  • BitTorrent

    BitTorrent
    BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing service, is launched by BitTorrent, Inc. It was developed by Bram Cohen and was initially an open source program. BitTorrent enabled users to upload and download files, typically music and movies.

  • Blue-Ray Disc

    Blue-Ray Disc
    Blu-ray optical disc is released. It was intended to be the successor to the DVD, and was designed to store high definition video at 1080p, while older DVDs were only capable of 480p resolution.

  • Nintendo Wii

    Nintendo Wii
    The Wii Remote combined advanced gesture recognition into gaming, using accelerometer and optical sensor technologies to interact with the user. These advances allowed for games to incorporate a wide range of player physical movements.

  • First IPhone

    First IPhone
    Apple launches the iPhone - a combination of web browser, music player and cell phone - which could download new functionality in the form of apps from the online Apple store. The touchscreen enabled smartphone also had built-in GPS navigation, high-definition camera, texting, calendar, voice dictation, and weather reports.