Timeline: Technology Timeline

Nov 17, 1995

My first Gameboy

Oct 14, 1996

First used a computer for school

Apr 24, 1998

Gameboy Color

Nov 14, 2000

First CD player

Sony Model D-E301 Discman
only played classic rock!

Dec 25, 2003

Palm Zire

This is the device that started my obsision with mobile computing
2 MB of storage
16 MHz CPU
monochrome resistive touch screen

Dec 25, 2004

Palm Tungsten E

I used mine as a color touch screen mp3 player as well as an organizer for school. 32 MB of memory (nonvolatile flash memory)
expandable SD memory up to 2GB (FAT16 )
backlit color resistive touch screen
speaker on the back
126 MHz CPU
infrared data transmission
3.5mm head phone jack

Apr 17, 2005

Palm Tungsten E2

This was the device that crystallized my obsession with customizing tech. I loved the interface out of the box but nothing compares to making the device exactly what you want it to be. My understanding of computers increased in response to the joy of hacking the E2. 32MB internal (nonvolatile flash memory)
200Mhz CPU
backlit resistive touch screen
infrared data transmitter
speaker on the back + 3.5mm headphone jack
Bluetooth 1.0 data transmission

Expandable SD memory up to 1.5GB

Apr 22, 2005

First Cell Phone

A nothing special SANYO sc200 speakerphone. (Dual-wielding a cell phone and a PDA, those were the days)!

Apr 26, 2006

First smartphone Sprint Palm Treo 700p

This thing was built like a tank. running the last revision of the PalmOS. this was the golden age of smartphones in that you didn't need a data plan in order to use them. 312 MHz CPU (overclocked briefly to 520MHz)
128 MB (only 64MB usable after all the phone software!) internal nonvolital flash memory
expandable SD memory up to 4GB SDHC (initial FAT32)
led backlit front facing keyboard
blue tooth 1.2
infrared
rear speaker
1.3MP rear facing camera
masive 1800mAh battery