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Get Known PlayStation History

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The first conceptions of the PlayStation date back to 1986. Nintendo had been attempting to work with disc technology since the Famicom, but the medium had problems. Its rewritable magnetic nature could be easily erased (thus leading to a lack of durability), and the discs were a copyright infringement danger. Consequently, when details of CDROM/XA (an extension of the CD-ROM format that combines compressed audio, visual and computer data, allowing all to be accessed simultaneously) came out, Nintendo was interested. CD-ROM/XA was being simultaneously developed by Sony and Philips. Nintendo approached Sony to develop a CD-ROM add-on, tentatively titled the “SNES-CD”. A contract was signed, and work began.

Nintendo’s choice of Sony was due to a prior dealing: Ken Kutaragi, the person who would later be dubbed “The Father of PlayStation”, was the individual who had sold Nintendo on using the Sony SPC-700 processor for use as the eight-channel ADPCM sound synthesis set in the Super Famicom/SNES console through an impressive demonstration of the processor’s capabilities. …continue reading Get Known PlayStation History » »

Nokia NSeries History

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Nokia announced a new line-up, going by the name of Nseries in April 2005 – these devices we aimed to become the corner stone of the new handsets positioning concept. The company introduced three phones in the context of the first wave – N70, N90 and N91. The first model appeared to be a maximum approach to the existing smartphones, and as a result the most available of the new line-up. At the same time Nokia N90 was called upon to become the best photo-solution by the company, since it was the first device armed with a 2 Mpix camera. The novelty attracted pretty much attention and was met with enthusiasm on the market – in fact there were serious debates on superiority of glass optics by Carl Ceiss over a standard one incorporated into Sony Ericsson K750i. At any rate, one could draw a parallel between these two devices. Nokia N91 was planned to be the first handset world-over with a hard disk onboard. Considerable storage size initially moved the device to the category of music phones. That’s why the developers focused on this very function – all other capabilities were maintained on the level of other devices, and a bit later the company declined the idea of high-resolution screen, similar to Nokia N90, it was matched to the products of those times. On the whole, the handset turned out to be an innovative solution and drew the audience’s attention in a moment, so it got highly anticipated and discussed. A few manufacturers could boast of attracting such wide attention in a very short time span. Underestimation of Nokia brand has already cost many manufacturers dear, because frequently the slightest miscalculations resulted in decrease of sales volume. And once again, the brand loyalty of consumers to Nokia let the company delay release dates in order to achieve the desired functionality, stability etc.

Nokia N91 followed this very route as well – the first announcement, made in April, featured the release date of the end of 2005, according to the intentions of the managers, this device had to become a hit of Christmas sales. However due to several technical reasons, the release was re-scheduled for the first quarter, and again in February the developers postponed the date, this time to the second quarter. These frequent changes gave rise to a number of rumors, according to which the model would hit the shelves in the third quarter. Noteworthy, that in the very moment when the general public discussed the product’s further destiny and its release dates, the company launched the production (it has happened just now). The sales start is scheduled for April, though retail stores will get the device shipped only in the end of April – beginning of May. That’s why many will have a natural question, whether the model is released in due time. As a matter of fact, 4-5 months in the conditions of the modern market of the mobile devices is a long period, which often defines knockout of competing models and price brackets shifts. As to me, having changed the product’s price, the company has secured its attraction. At the same time, the potential of this solution is very high, so it can be considered as the first sign of a whole new line-up of smartphones armed with hard disks. Involuntarily this can remind of first the Symbian representatives, Nokia 7650 in particular. It may seem strange enough, but this handset is still in use.

Did you know? first computer mouse look ?

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Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart is the one who found the first Computer Mouse. He never received any royalties for his mouse invention, partly because his patent expired in 1987, before the personal computer revolution made the mouse an indispensable input device, and also because subsequent mice used different mechanisms that did not infringe upon the original patent. During an interview, he says

“SRI patented the mouse, but they really had no idea of its value. Some years later I learned that they had licensed it to Apple for something like $40,000.”

first computer mouse, originally uploaded by Holmgren.

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