What's cool in technology then (80's) and now (2015)

[Newell Steamer]

Oh WOW,.. XBox > NES....

Man. These people have just announced to BRING IT.

 

[poofyhairguy]

There was no worse version of smart phones in the 80's. The comparison of the brick to an iPhone is terrible.

There kinda was, just not in a single device. But there aren't many things a smartphone can do that is completely "new."

A smart phone is these following 80's items rolled into a single device:
-A computer with a modem
-That brick cell phone
-1989's Gameboy
-The Walkman
-A compass
-A video camera
-A regular camera
-A pedometer
-A calculator

 

[njdevilsfan87]

Today is like a combination of the 80s and 90s.

80s = all the devices
90s = the internet going mainstream
today = all the devices + the internet in one

 

[Ichinisan]

unless you consider GoPro to be a camcorder, which I don't

I don't know anyone with a GoPro. Despite its popularity with active people, probably 1/100 Americans have one.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The classic yellowed NES. That's from people smoking in the house.

 

[dougp]

I don't know anyone with a GoPro. Despite its popularity with active people, probably 1/100 Americans have one.

I only know 1 person who has an actual camcorder, but I know 5 people with a GoPro.

 

[Ichinisan]

I only know 1 person who has an actual camcorder, but I know 5 people with a GoPro.

I'm sure the numbers are like that in many social groups. For example, if you hang around skateboarders or motocross people.

They all own smartphones.