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You buy a fancy cellphone at this time, and a cooler one will come out tomorrow and make yours out of date. Can you remember which of those iconic products appeared available on the market first? The primary Polaroid digicam or the primary Kodak Instamatic? The primary handheld calculator or the first digital watch? The first battery-powered handheld calculator was the Sharp QT-8B, introduced in 1969. Three years later, Hamilton unveiled the Pulsar -- the primary digital watch. The Sony Walkman or the Atari 2600? The Atari 2600, which got here out in 1977, has two years on the Walkman. Macintosh iBook or Sony VAIO? The VAIO entered the lightweight-laptop market in 1996, about three years earlier than the colorful iBook. PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox or Nintendo GameCube? The PS2 edged out its rivals by a couple of 12 months. Blu-Ray or HD-DVD players? HD-DVD players beat Blu-Ray to the market in 2006, however Blu-Ray has officially come out on top in the high-def disc wars.

Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle? The Kindle has gotten essentially the most media attention (and sales) since its debut in 2007, but the Reader came out a yr earlier. Blackberry 6210 or Motorola Razr V3? DiskOnKey flash drive or Iomega Zip drive? The 100-megabyte Zip storage system got here out in 1995