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IBM’s 5150 PC completely changed the industry making personal computers accessible to consumers and businesses. Don Estridge lead the project and announced on August 12,1981, a new PC was rolling out with a price of $1,565, which made it significantly more achievable for the average consumer to attain a personal computer.
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The words camera and recorder mixed together creates camcorder. Sony released the industry's first camcorder, the Betamovie, in 1982 with the patented work of Jerome Lemelson.
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The Family Computer by Nintendo, also known as Famicon, was a system using replaceable disks to play games. Masayuki Uemura designed Famicon, releasing it on July 5, 1983.
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In September, engineer Martin Cooper was granted approval on the world’s first consumer cell phone. Despite the whopping price tag of $3,995, it was incredibly in high demand.
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The release of the first handheld gaming console by Nintendo completely changed the game. Released in August, 1989 it was sold out in just weeks.
