1988 vs. 2008: A Tech Retrospective

[KitKat]

     It's funny now to see the original cell phones.

http://www.pcworld.com/pr.../id,142550/printable.html

[Ginafish]

My father-in-law had one of those huge cell phones. He even had a back up battery that was the size of a briefcase.

I'm amazed that the only thing that has remained steady in price is the game system. I'm thinking I need to wait about 10 years before buying any flat screen high def tv's. Maybe the price will be half what it is today??

[Mus.]

In ten years HDTV will be ancient technology when they start selling those TV's with semi-3D screens.

Also, why did they use the iPhone as an example? It's not even starte-of-the-art I guess it just looks so good.

Also: "64 kb should be enough for anyone".

[Hunter]

I think I love this stuff more because I use to own most of it.

On to some points.
Flat screens are already out of date (not obsolete, just out of date. )
Buy a holographic tv today!
Or you can <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/wd7NClJOUOI&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/wd7NClJOUOI&rel=1</a>

Um, speaking of gaming systems...... <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/62936/metacafe.swf" target="_blank">http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/62936/metacafe.swf</a>!!

And BTW, you thought 80's cell phones were big compared to what we have now? Check this out!

[ZeroG]

Playstation 9? No way!

Where is the off-switch when you start to feel motion sickness?

[Mus.]

Those holographic screens look really cool. I walked past some store in Helsinki today and they were using that projector thingie on a window. Looks cool when there's just like a TV in the middle of a window.