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The First Camera Phone Introduced (J-SH04)
A mobile phone created by Sharp Corporation and released by J-Phone. Only was available in Japan during the time. It was also Japan's first phone with a built-in, back-facing camera. Cameras soon after became a significant part of most phones. -
Nintendo Releases the Wii
The Nintendo Wii transformed how video games how could be played, as well as WHO could play them! Different games influenced activity and included yoga, and aerobics that caught the middle-aged eye. Adults were now buying game consoles for themselves instead of their children. -
The Apple iPhone
Apple launches the iPhone, a touchscreen enabled smartphone with features of calling, browsing the web, and listening to music in a single device. It has been described as a revolutionary breakthrough internet communications device. -
The Amazon Kindle E-Reader
Amazon released the Kindle, created by Jason Merkoski, and one of the first e-readers to gain a large following of consumers. It featured wireless and remote access to electronic texts, books, news etc. -
Apple Retina Display
Created by Cheng Chen Shih Chang, Apple's Retina Display is a marketing term by Apple, referring to devices and monitors that have a resolution and pixel density so high that a person is unable to recognize the individual pixels from a normal viewing distance. Its first appearance was on the 4th generation iPhone The Retina Display is the current standard for most of the Apple product lines.
