Typewriters

IBM Selectric

Sep 3, 1961

Seletric The seletric typewritter no longer used bars to strike the page it used a ball. This helped increase typing speed and acuracy. This also brought the use of colored ink. The type balls could be removed and replaced easily to change fonts.

Magnetic Tape

Sep 4, 1964

Magnetic TapeThe first MT/ST was made. The Seletric had already been made but the magnetic tape allowed corrections to be made with out retyping the entire page.

Daisy Wheel Concept

Sep 3, 1970

Daisy WheelThe typewriter made a full circle of characters resembling flower petals

The first portable computer

Sep 5, 1981

Typewriter into laptop
Osborne 1: the first laptop. weighed 24 pounds, had a five inch screen, and it costed $1795

The ending of an era

Sep 5, 1982

Ending of an era
In the late 1970's and early 1980's the typewriter sells plumted as the computer started to become more popular.

The first smartphone

Aug 16, 1992

Simon The first smart phone, Simon, became open to the public in 1994. Yet they had already been showing it off for 2 years. Costed between $899 & $1340

First Iphone

Jun 29, 2007

First Iphone
our modern day typewriter, was first released to the public on June 29, 2007. From type wrtters to this.. What could come next?

Modern Day Typewriter

Sep 5, 2011

Typewriters are still in use today, though computers and phones are more popular. Typewriters can be used for for filling out forms where the paper can be aligned to type in a particular spot, or in areas where electricity and computers are not available. This typwriter sells for 400 dollars online.