From computers that required trucks for transportation to those which snugly fit on our palmtops; it really has been quite a journey. Most people, over twenty years of age, would have witnessed an absolute renaissance in technology through their lifetime. Not long ago, people would go out into parks, have fun with their families and spend quality time with their loved ones. All leisure times would be well spent talking and chatting with your household members. But, who would have thought, in a matter of a few years people would be giving way more time to their gadgets than their closest friends, that the only playing would be on smartphones or tablets and that, the only socializing would be on Facebook and Twitter?
Here’s a flashback of where we were in the 90s and where we are today.
- The computer- one of the greatest personal devices -
Whatever gadgets we have in hand today are all brainchildren of the computer. The idea of giving a machine processing capabilities came from the computer. Today, the cell phones are mostly smart, but we have entered into an age where even the TV has been given some brains of its own- Smart TVs. The computer previously was home to a monitor which was the perfect cube with sharp edges- at least that is what Steve Jobs aimed for in his Nexus. Even the slowest smartphones have the 1 GB RAM today, as compared to just 64 MB of the 90s. And, not to mention the pointing device, it consisted of a ‘stick’ that would be maneuvered around its pivot to move the cursor on the screen. Today, we have the mouse, something that underwent its own evolution, from ball to optical sensing.
- The phone- now portable, smart and entertaining -
The phone might have been invented in 1876 to connect people separated by geographical distances, giving them an instantaneous means of two-way communication. Now the device which we call the phone has much more to offer than just connectivity. It is mobile- we can carry it anywhere we want. It’s portable, it fits in our pockets and it’s full of utility and entertainment. calendar, calculator, the clock and now the world of internets all inside the phone. At first, the world was introduced to cordless phones with the antenna. Soon the antenna faded away and the aesthetics became better.
- The incredible transformation of the World Wide Web -
Who would have though shared information from one location on earth to the other would be possible without physically carrying the message? Let alone pictures, videos and all other kinds of multimedia, just text alone was a major source of information for people to view on the internet. There were no websites back in the 90s, there were just web pages and the king of search engines was Yahoo! We all know now that today the term ‘search’ has been replaced by ‘Google’.
- Tablets or planners? A complete revolution of concept -
Don’t even bother thinking what the tablet was before the mark of the twenty-first century, it was just a simple planner with pockets to put visiting cards in. They also contained pen holders. Today the tablet is more than just a planner of meetings and organizer of schedule. It is a complete PDA and an incredible multimedia device. It is the amalgamation of the PC and the cell phone, and possibly a successor to them.
Author Bio -
The author of this blog post, Arabellaalice, is one of the highly valued contributors at Websberry.com who has helped our readers unravel the mysteries of the tech industry. She may be very techie, but her words are free of jargon and simple for the common man to gain an understanding of the technological advancements happening around and how they affect us.
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