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the type writer was invented
the first commercially successful typewriter was made in 1868 by Christopher Latham, and Carlos Glidden it was used to put only uppercase letters on paper -
Landline phones were invented
In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell the landline phone so people could make long-distance calls since before the landline it was impossible to communicate long distances conveniently -
Debut of Public Payphones
in 1889 payphones were introduced to the public and they were just like a telephone where they can make calls but needed payment to work -
the Invention of the Pager
the pager was invented in 1921 and used by the Detroit Police department they were used to give or receive voice messages that would be displayed in the screen -
The Polaroid Camera was invented
the Polaroid camera was invented in 1948 which would take a picture than print it for the photographer to see -
The Typewriter start to become popular
When Electric models started to be introduced in the 1900s by the 1950s they became common in every office -
VCRs Were Invented
In 1956, Charles Anderson revealed the Vrx-1000 later becoming the first commercially successful videotape recorder -
The Telephone Fax Machine was invented -
The Fax Machine was invented by the Xerox company and it sends messages through the phone line to the printer which can print out the message on paper -
Public Pay Phones Became a Common Sight
During the '60s and '70s Public Pay Phones started to become even more common because of some cities going through with some renovations to try to look more modern and it was kind of convenient for some situations -
Polaroid Cameras peak years
During the 0s it became popular because of how easy it was to take a picture and then within a short time see the same photo -
The Telephone Fax Machines Peak years
During the 1970s, the fax machine was the most popular because of its ability to connect from a phone line and fax it on the machine making it very common in every office -
Typewriters become obsolete
Typewriters became obsolete because of the introduction of computers and how they were overall superior to the typewriter -
Blockbusters Debut
the first blockbuster was opened selling movies to the public. Blockbuster was a store rental service where you can go inside and rent or buy any movie they have in stock -
Blockbuster becomes popular
Blockbuster was at its peak from the late 80s to the early 90s they grew to be popular because of their quick checkout times and diverse and wide selection and in 1987 they became the 5th largest video rental store -
Fax Machine becomes obsolete
During the 80s and '90s, the fax machine eventually became obsolete because of the Internet so it made people use more stuff on the Internet like email but certain places still use them like places in law or medical institutions -
Pagers become popular
Pagers became widely used in the '90s because of their small compact design and they were overall pretty cheep compared to the competition -
Panasonic AG-1980
Panasonic tried making VCRs and in 1996 they made the Panasonic AG-1980 which was regarded as one of the greatest Panasonic machines made for playback -
Landlines reached its peak popularity
Landlines became a common household item in 1997 where 82% of households had one since the ability to make long-distance phone calls with a service -
The PDAs Debut
The PDA was made in 1992 by John Sculley and apple and available to the public in 1993. PDAs were used to store contact info, manage colanders, communicate by email, and handle spread sheets and documents usually with the help of a computer -
VCRs started to become obsolete
VCRs started to decline in popularity because of the introduction of CDs and DVD recorders started to drop in price -
PDAs Peak
in 2000, Apples PDA sold over 12 million units people continued to buy them because of their portability and how they were new user friendly and anybody could just buy and almost instantly know how to use them -
Public Pay phones Become obsolete
Public Pay phones started to become obsolete when cellphones started to be introduced making public payphones useless since no one really wanted to keep paying to call a person once -
Pagers become obsolete
Pagers started to become obsolete because of the cellphones ability to send and receive text messages almost seamlessly -
Ipods debut
Apple made the first I pod touch which was basically a mini compact mp3 player which had a huge music library and up to 10hrs of battery life -
Sony SLV-R5UC
Sony also tried to make VCRs and then made the Sony SLV-R5UC which was known for its ability to play digital audio cassettes which was a rare option at the time -
Blockbusters decline
In 2004 Viacom decided to part ways with the company and the emergence of Netflix would eventually kill blockbuster -
The iPod Becomes A World Wide Hit
The iPod reached its peak in 2004 selling over 2 million iPods with their newest line up of the iPod photo, iPod touch, and iPod mini and with the ability to play music anywhere at anytime for long period of time made people fall in love with the device -
Polaroid Cameras become obsolete
In 2008 Polaroid decided to stop making cameras over the time marking the end of polaroid cameras. they started to become obsolete since the introduction of phones and how they had better cameras and polaroid didn't try to get better tech into theirs -
Death of Blockbuster
Blockbuster would file for bankruptcy because of the increase in competition and bad company decisions like getting rid of late fees making them lose even more money -
The Death date of the landline
Since the invention of the smartphone, the landline has been declining rapidly and in 2025 they are planning to shut down the old copper phone network -
PDAs become obsolete
in the early 2010s PDAs were discontinued because of smartphones and how much more capable they are and how much better they looked compared to PDAs -
Death of the VCR
In July 2016 Funai Electronic announced that they were no longer going to make VCRS anymore marking the end of VCRS -
The iPod gets discontinued
With the release of the iPhone apple decided to try to market that more than the iPod because they can do what iPods could do and more but the real thing that killed the iPod is how music streaming services came around basically making the iPod a slightly less capable iPhone so apple decided to slowly kill of the iPod with their final release being the 7th Gen iPod touch before completely axing them off