Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)

Specs: 13.0 x 3.5 x 1.8 inches; 1.8 pounds; 30 hours talk/8 hours standby, 10 hours to recharge; 30-number speed dialing memory
Price: $3,995
On September 21, 1983, the DynaTAC 8000X became the first FCC-approved cell phone.

Apple iPhone 3G (present)

Specs: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches; 4.7 ounces; 5 hours talk / 300 hours standby, 4 hours to recharge; 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
Price: starting $199

Laptop:

Compaq SLT/286 (1988)

Specs: 13.5 x 8.5 x 4.0 inches; 14 pounds; 10-inch VGA LCD screen; 12-MHz 80C286 processor running either OS/2 v1.0 or MS-DOS v3.21 Rev. D; 1MB RAM (expandable to 3.6MB); 20 or 40MB hard drive; three-hour rechargeable NiCAD battery; removable keyboard, optional 2400 baud modem, optional docking station
Price: Model 40 $5,999, Model 20 $5,399
Compaq SLT/286 was the first battery-powered portable PC and the first with a true VGA display.

Apple MacBook Air (present)

Specs: 12.8 x 8.94 x 0.16-0.76 inches; 3 pounds; 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors; 1.86GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor running Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard or Microsoft Windows; 2GB of 1066MHz DDR3; 128GB solid-state drive; 4.5 hour lithium-polymer battery; Backlit keyboard ; Wi-Fi; Bluetooth
Price: starting $1,790

Digital Camera:

Apple QuickTake 100 (1994)

Specs: 1 pound; 1MB flash memory that could store up to eight 640 x 480-pixel, 24-bit color images, or 32 pictures at 320 x 240 pixels; an eyepiece viewfinder; built-in automatic flash; powered by three AA batteries
Price: $749
The Kodak-designed, binocular-like Apple QuickTake 100 was the first color all-digital camera designed for the consumer.

Sony Cyber-shot® T900 (present)

Specs: 5.2oz; 16GB Memory Stick; 3.5″ Xtra Fine touch screen LCD without viewfinder; 12.1 Megapixels ; Smile Shutter; Face Detection; HD (720p) movie
Price: $379

MP3 Player:

SaeHan Information Systems MPMan F10 from Korea (1998)

Specs: 91 x 70 x 16.5 mm; 2 oz; 32MB internal memory (10 to 12 songs)
Price: $250

Apple iPod shuffle (present)

Specs: 45.2 x 17.5 x 7.8 mm; 0.38 oz; 4GB (up to 1,000 songs); 10-hour playback time
Price: $79

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