Personal Technology Timeline

By cmendozd
  • First form of e-mail developed

    First form of e-mail developed

    Computer engineer Ray TomlinsonIdea sends the first mail message. Idea was sparked/inspired by the telegraph. Has forwarding, filing, and replying options.
  • First Cellphone is invented

    First Cellphone is invented

  • Ultrasound while in womb

    Ultrasound while in womb

    I was the only one out of my siblings whom my parents were able to 'see' because ultrasounds by this time were more available to pregnant women.
  • First Tamagotchi (4-5 yrs old)

    First Tamagotchi (4-5 yrs old)

    The Tamagotchi is a handheld digital pet mostly housed in a small egg-shaped computer with an interface usually consisting of three buttons, although the number of buttons may vary. My parents wouldn't let me have a pet, so they bought me this. I would forget to feed it every day.
  • First Walkman (6-7 yrs old)

    First Walkman (6-7 yrs old)

    A Walkman is a portable personal stereo audio cassette player. I used it to listen to Barney songs and songs from Mexian television kids' shows, that's the only way my parents would shut me up.
  • First time playing with a Nintendo video game system (7-8 years old)

    First time playing with a Nintendo video game system (7-8 years old)

    I secretly sneaked into my brothers' room and played a Mario Brothers game for the first time. We had the very first game console and I had an awesome time.
  • First portable CD player (8 years old)

    First portable CD player (8 years old)

    Got my first portable CD player because it was cooler to use CDs now instead of cassettes.
  • First mp3 player (12 yrs old)

    First mp3 player (12 yrs old)

    It was great being able to carry multiple albums in one little device without the hassle of carrying a portable CD player.
  • Lauch of Facebook

    Lauch of Facebook

  • First E-mail account (13 years old)

    First E-mail account (13 years old)

    In 8th grade middle school they made us make an e-mail account in my computer class. My username was/is crystalmen33 (didn't realize how ridiculous that sounded until later, but too attached to it to get rid of it).
  • YouTube is established and Launched

    YouTube is established and Launched

  • First cellphone, Motorala Razr (15 yrs old)

    First cellphone, Motorala Razr (15 yrs old)

    My parents are not too fond of technology so they took awhile to get a cellphone themselves, so they got me one for my Quinceañera (didn't have texting or internet though).
  • First iPod nano (15 years old)

    First iPod nano (15 years old)

    During the Summer, I worked and at the end of it I decided to get myself something so I got my first iPod, I loved it until it unexpected stopped working.
  • Facebook Profile Activated (17 years old)

    Facebook Profile Activated (17 years old)

  • First smartphone (18 years old)

    First smartphone (18 years old)

    I got my first smartphone, a Palm Centro from Sprint.