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CANON POCKETRONIC CALCULATOR
In 1970 Japan's Canon Inc. and in 1971 Texas Instruments introduced the Pocketronic calculator to the market. This was the first hand held calculator no bigger then a paper back book.
Finally, it was easy to calculate what 3+3 equaled on the go. -
INTEL 4004 MICROPROCESSOR
contracted by Japanese calculator maker Busicom to build a chip to reduce the costs of their calculator intel was just any other company before they made the 4004 microprocessor -
THE FIRST CELL PHONE CALL
Martin cooper -
THE ALTAIR 8800
was the first commercially successful microprocessor-based computer. -
APPLE COMPUTER COMPANY
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak,
and a rather unfortunate Ronald Wayne, who sold his founder's equity stake in the world's most valuable company for $800. -
SONY WALKMAN
in 1979, when Sony introduced the Walkman The Sony Walkman was designed in 1978 and introduced to the world in 1979. The original Walkman introduced a change in music listening habits, allowing people to carry music with them.
