Techs that didnt survive the 2000s by jonathan Gualberto

Technologies that didn't survive the 2000's

The technology advances in a surprising way. Can you imagine that the first iPhone was released in 2007? That is, just over 10 years ago? And what social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, also came to be popularized only in the last decade? It seems like it's been a long time since we lived with technologies like these, but they are new and have not lived long enough to be forgotten.

But this has not always been so. In the not too distant past, some technologies have been slow to die and still remain in the imagination of many people. Whoever was born after the 2000s will probably never know some of the technological pearls that have passed through the world and that have definitely revolutionized the industry as we know it today.

In this article we will take a trip back in time and learn about some technologies that died before the 2000s and that marked the epoch. These are gadgets, services and products that were present in the lives of those born and raised in the 1980s and 1990s. If you fall into this category, you will surely miss some of the following items.

1. Sega Game Gear Manufacturer: SEGA Type: Portable console Release year (Brazil): 1991 Discontinued (Brazil): 1995 The first item on the list is the iconic Game Gear. This is a portable console launched by SEGA in 1991 (in Brazil) in response to the devastating success of Nintendo's Game Boy. This was also the first video game owned by Jonathan Gualberto. With 8-bit graphics, this video game belonged to the so-called 4th generation consoles, also rivaling Atari Lynx and TurboExpress.

When it was released, many considered Game Gear to be a portable version of Master System, another iconic SEGA product. However, the laptop had a larger color palette (4096 colors), although it only displayed 32 tones at the same time. The relationship becomes even more evident if we take into account that there was an accessory capable of making Game Gear run the games of the console table - while the opposite was impossible.

However, the SEGA laptop did not avenge. While the Game Boy was only discontinued in 2003, Game Gear saw its end come in 1995 in Brazil and South Korea. Although it lasted a little longer in the United States, it was soon overtaken by Nintendo's competitor.

And SEGA was really disappointed. After all, Game Gear had superior technical specifications when compared to the Game Boy. However, a number of factors made the notebook come to an end quickly, such as:

Need 6 AA batteries to work; Screen with internal lighting and high power consumption; Released a year after the Game Boy; Great compared to competitors.

Because of these reasons, hardly anyone who was born after 2000 will have memories of Game Gear in his memory.

2. Cassette tape Manufacturer: Philips and other brands Type: audio storage Release year (Brazil): 1970s Discontinued (Brazil): 1990s The cassette tape is a real landmark for the music industry. That's because, during the 70's and 80's, this was one of the most common means of storing recorded audio (along with the vinyl record). The standard of magnetic tape (technology used in tape) was originally released in 1963 by Philips, but gained popularity in the following decade when several manufacturers began to enter the market.

Its operation was quite simple. The cassette was composed of 2 reels, the magnetic tape (which stored the audio signals) and the movement mechanism of the tapes. All this was wrapped in a plastic housing, which facilitated the handling and use of the product. Reproduction was performed on machines that turned the reels and converted the audio signal from the tapes.

At first, the cassette could not store more than 30 minutes of music (15 minutes on each side).

However, with the advancement of this technology, it was possible to arrive at impressive (for the time) 120 minutes, which represented a great leap in that period. What helped to blow up this pattern was the launch of Sony's Walkman in the 1970s. It was during this time that many people really started to get in touch with technology.

But the decline was inevitable from 1990 with the rise of a new format much more efficient and easy to work with. The CD (compact disc) quickly replaced the cassette as the predominant format, and reigns today as a format acceptable to the music industry (with its variants such as DVD and Blu-ray). Although it was gradually discontinued in the 1990s, it is still possible to find successors of this technology being used on a small scale.