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Sony Walkman
Launched in the US and UK in 1980, Sony's portable cassette player was simply the must-have gadget of the decade, allowing you to take your favorite tunes with you wherever you went. It can arguably be seen as the progenitor of the iPod and every other mobile music player that came after it. -
CD
They were launched in 1982 following joint development by Sony and Philips, and quickly took off in a big way. -
Motorola DynaTac 8000x
The 1980s, with its iconic brick phones, can be seen as the start of the smartphone boom, with Motorola's DynaTac 800x, released in 1983, probably the most famous or the early handsets. -
Apple Macintosh
First going on sale in January 1984, the original Apple Macintosh was designed by Steve Jobs, and named after colleague Jef Raskin's favorite variety of apple. -
Microsoft Windows
The world's most popular computer operating system can also trace its roots back to the 1980s, with the release of Windows 1.0 in November 1985.