Inventions in Computer History (2005-2015)

  • Apple iPhone

    Apple iPhone
    The iPhone was the first small portable device to not only be a touchscreen phone, but a music player, camera, gps, with web access and the ability to download other apps. Computer History Museum
  • Amazon Kindle

    Amazon Kindle
    Released by Amazon, the Kindle is an electronic reading system which now allows us to access content wirelessly. With it, we can read and/or listen to thousands of books from a single device. Computer History Museum
  • MacBook Air

    MacBook Air
    The first light, thin laptop was released by Apple. To reduce its size, “the traditional hard drive was replaced with a solid-state disk“. This made it more easily portable for consumers like us while still having all components of previous Apple computers. Computer History Museum
  • Apple iPad

    Apple iPad
    The iPad was released by Apple. This is a good in between of a phone and a laptop. It doesn’t have the cellular aspect of a phone but is even more portable than a laptop and allows for more creative use such as playing games, making music, movies, and art.
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  • Apple Watch

    Apple Watch
    Apple released a watch which has most of its iPhone’s capabilities but also includes health monitoring. This made phone operations even more easily accessible and convenient for people- mostly during work or fitness activities.
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