By Sean P. Aune |
As another version of Android is reportedly being prepared for release, it seems only fitting to take a look back at the version of the operating system that really seems to have been the turning point for its adoption. Android 2.3, also known as Gingerbread,…
By Sean P. Aune |
2007, the year cell phones changed. Say what you will about the iOS/Android war, there really is no way to say that we would be where we are with smartphones today without the introduction of the original iPhone. As we’ve been traveling back through the…
By Sean P. Aune |
There was a time in the tech blogging world where we all speculated on the idea that Google was working on a phone. We kept calling it the “G Phone,” because we didn’t know what else to call it, and we figured it might go…
By Sean P. Aune |
The RAZR ended up being both a blessing and a curse for Motorola, but there is no question that it changed how we thought about cell phones forever. How was such a hugely successful phone a curse for a company? Easy. Motorola hung on to…
By Sean P. Aune |
It was an awkward size with a huge antenna nub, but you have to tip your hat to the Palm Treo 600 for what it did for the smartphone market. As Jon Rettinger has recently been counting down his 10 favorite phones of all time, there…
By Sean P. Aune |
There was a time where BlackBerry – known as RIM at the time – ruled the smartphone world, and that was due in part to the BlackBerry Pearl line. Jon Rettinger has recently been counting down his 10 favorite phones of all time, and it…
By Sean P. Aune |
The Nokia 5110 was released in 1998, and to hear the members of the TechnoBuffalo staff that actually carried one talk about it, it was the greatest phone ever released. Jon Rettinger has recently been counting down his 10 favorite phones of all time, and…
By Sean P. Aune |
Voyager 1 appears to have finally left our solar system. Should an alien culture ever find it and play the infamous golden disc, what sounds will they hear? Ever since Voyager 1 launched on Sept. 5, 1977, we have always heard about “the golden disc”…
By Sean P. Aune |
Is someone going to finally deliver a speech recognition system that knows what I’m saying? This commercial is from a project IBM was working on back in 1986. It is now 2013 and I still have yet to find a 100 percent reliable speech program.…
By Sean P. Aune |
In this week’s Flashback Friday, we’re going to a personal place for me with my all time favorite computer, fondly referred to as “Frankenstein.” As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, my first computer was a Commodore 64, and while it ignited my love for computers, it was…
By Sean P. Aune |
Who knew that Mel Brooks was a futurist and knew that everyone would someday have a portable phone that could ring at inappropriate times. Most of you have probably at least heard of the television series Get Smart – if not the original 1965 to…
By Sean P. Aune |
With the PlayStation 4 having been unveiled this week, it only seems fitting to take a look back at the PlayStation 3. On May 16, 2005, Sony took the wraps off of the PlayStation 3. It was the eve of E3 2005, and although the…
By Sean P. Aune |
Oh you kids with your smartwatches! Back in my day… There has been a lot of talk this week about smartwatches. Whether it be rumors of the iWatch, leaked images of a Samsung device or even the CooKoo we’re giving away, smartwatches are on everyone’s…
By Sean P. Aune |
It’s time to face facts: If you run a company that lives primarily on selling physical media, your days are numbered. Blockbuster Video is closing more stores. HMV in the U.K. is bankrupt and closing 66 stores. Things are not good in the world of…
By Sean P. Aune |
I really can’t believe that Philips is exiting the consumer electronics field. Earlier this week it was announced that Philips would be leaving the consumer electronics industry to focus on the medial technology field. “Since we have online entertainment, people do not buy Blu-ray and DVD…
By Sean P. Aune |
Microsoft’s new advertisement for Internet Explorer is a salute to every fad you can think of from the 1990s. What executive at Microsoft thought it was a good idea to compare one of their premiere products no fads that no one wants to remember? Technology…
By Sean P. Aune |
Blockbuster isn’t done and dusted quite yet, but it is sure starting to feel that way. Earlier this week the Blockbuster stores in the U.K. filed for that nation’s version of bankruptcy. There are supposedly some third-parties interested in buying portions of the company, but…
By Sean P. Aune |
If there was any over arching theme at CES 2013, it was that televisions are getting thinner, shinier and smarter. What a long way we have come from the olden days. As this 1950′s commercial for DuMont televisions tells you, your most important choice at…
By Sean P. Aune |
Can 21st kids handle 1980s technology? Apparently not. I have no clue where this originally aired, and I hate to be hard on kids, but seriously? How could they not figure out how to fire on an Atari 2600? It had one button! I can…
By Sean P. Aune |
Having trouble convincing your family that you need a Wii U? Well, try going back to 1991 and talking them in to buying a Super Nintendo. From the sounds of this local news report, the Super Nintendo was about the worst thing to ever happen…
By Sean P. Aune |
In 1982 nothing could sell you on buying a Commodore 64 like a looped program of graphics set to Christmas music. In the early part of the 1980s, computers were still mysterious devices to most people. What could you really do with them? To try…
By Sean P. Aune |
Let’s travel back in time nearly 32 years and take a look at what was on display at CES. This segment comes from a late night show in Florida in the 1980s called The NightLife Show, and this particular clip features some coverage of CES…
By Sean P. Aune |
Oh, the Sony Trinitron … you once had the entire world at your feet. During Tim Cook’s Rock Center interview on this past Thursday, he discussed Apple’s “intense interest” in televisions. During that portion of the interview, the amazing Sony Trinitron line was mentioned, and…
By Sean P. Aune |
Did you know the Vic 20 was “the wonder computer of the 1980s?” I mean, it must have been, right? William Shatner said it enough times in this commercial. What I find so funny is that the Vic 20 and the Commodore 64 were on…
