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Gen X Technology
1985 Sony Walkman -The developers of the first Sony Walkman were Kozo Ohsone, general manager of the Sony Tape Recorder Business Division, and his staff, under the auspices and suggestions of Ibuka and Morita. -
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1992 Dial-up Internet
"Commercial dial-up Internet access was first offered in 1992 by Sprint in the United States and by Pipex in the United Kingdom. After the introduction of commercial broadband in the late 1990s,[7] dial-up became less popular. In the United States, the availability of dial-up Internet access dropped from 40% of Americans in the early 2000s to 3% in the early 2010s.It is still used where other forms are not available or where the cost is too high, as in some rural or remote areas." -Wikipedia -
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2000 Nokia 3310
Nokia 3310 is a GSM mobile phone. It was developed by the Nokia Corporation and launched in September 1999 at the Mobile World Congress. The worldwide release was on September 1st, 2000. -
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2001 iPod
Tony Fadell was a former employee of General Magic and Phillips who wanted to invent a better MP3 player. After being turned down by RealNetworks and Phillips, Fadell found support for his project with Apple. He was hired by Apple Computers in 2001 as an independent contractor to lead a team of 30 people to develop the new MP3 player. -
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2010 Powerful Smart Phones
The best phones of 2010 included the the HTC Droid Incredible, the T-Mobile G2, the BlackBerry Torch (complete with slide-out keyboard), and the Apple iPhone 4. Google started making its own phones with the Nexus One, which came with a 3.7-inch display, 512 MB of RAM, and 512 MB of on-board storage – all very competitive specs for 2010.