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Flashback Friday: Android 2.3

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,…


Flashback Friday: Original iPhone

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…



Flashback Friday: Nexus One

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…


Flashback Friday: Motorola RAZR

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…


Flashback Friday: Palm Treo 600

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…



Flashback Friday: BlackBerry Pearl

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…


Flashback Friday: Nokia 5110

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…



Flashback Friday: Speech Software

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.…


Flashback Friday: Frankenstein

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…


Flashback Friday: The Shoe Phone

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…


Flashback Friday: PlayStation 3

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…


Flashback Friday: Smartwatches

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…


Flashback Friday: Record Stores

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…


Flashback Friday: Philips

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…




Flashback Friday: 1950s TVs

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…





Flashback Friday: CES 1981

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…


Flashback Friday: Sony Trinitron

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…


Flashback Friday: The Vic 20

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…