🎙️ Did you know the microphone in your phone traces back to one inventor?

James West’s electret microphone technology powers ~90% of modern microphones—and most people have never heard his name.

This clip from AwesomeCast 766 digs into why that matters.

🔗 https://www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesomecast-766-adobe-firefly-goes-free-for-now-switch-2-upgrades-pittsburgh-lego-set

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Nokia 5230
(2009)

Šis telefonas nusipelno atskiro paminėjimo dėl vieno esminio skirtumo, kuris jį pavertė vienu geriausiai parduodamų telefonų istorijoje (apie 150 mln. vienetų) - tai telefonas, kuris nužudė popierinius žemėlapius ir atskirus GPS navigatorius. Nokia pakeitė iš pagrindų visą rinką pasiūlydama Ovi Maps navigaciją visame pasaulyje nemokamai ir veikiančią offline.

3,2 colio TFT jutiklinis ekranas, Symbian OS v9.4 su S60 sąsaja, 434 MHz ARM 11 procesorius, 128 MB RAM, 70 MB vidinės atminties (plečiama microSD iki 16 GB), 2 MP kamera (be blykstės), GSM su GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0, FM radijas, stereo garsiakalbiai, 3.5 mm audio lizdas, 1320 mAh Li-Ion baterija (iki 7 val. pokalbių, 438 val. budėjimo), dydis 111 x 51,7 x 15,5 mm, svoris 115 g.

#retrofaktai #1eyereview #TechHistory #SmartTechEvolution #retromobile #retrophones #Nokia5230 #XpressMusic #Nokia

HTC HD2
(2009)

Kodinis pavadinimas Leo tapo legendiniu Windows Mobile telefonu, dažnai vadinamas nemirtingu. Entuziastai pavertė jį universaliausiu telefonu istorijoje.

4,3 colio TFT jutiklinis ekranas, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 procesorius, 448 MB RAM, 512 MB vidinės atminties (plečiama microSD iki 32 GB), 5 MP kamera su LED blykste, Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional su HTC Sense, GSM/HSPA, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, FM radijas, metalinis korpusas, 1230 mAh Li-Ion baterija (iki 6,5 val. pokalbių, 490 val. budėjimo), dydis 120,5 x 67 x 11 mm, svoris 157 g.

Kai Microsoft ir HTC nutraukė palaikymą, telefonas turėjo mirti, bet nutiko priešingai - programuotojų bendruomenė (ypač XDA Developers) pamilo šį telefoną. Windows Phone 7, Linux, Windows 95 ar 98, jokių probelmų, net ir šiandien, praėjus virš 15 metų, kažkas bando į jį įdiegti naujausią Android versiją.

#retrofaktai #1eyereview #TechHistory #SmartTechEvolution #retromobile #retrophones #HTCHD2 #WindowsMobile

A fascinating look back at 1994: Bud Tribble explaining the pivotal alliance between NeXT and Sun Microsystems.

It’s incredible to read how OpenStep was pitched as the "mature" object-oriented solution back then—laying the groundwork for the architecture we still use today in macOS. Real engineering history.

#RetroComputing #NeXTSTEP #SunMicrosystems #TechHistory #Unix #OpenStep #Apple

https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/nextworld-interviews-bud-tribble

NeXTWorld Interviews Bud Tribble (1994)

They discuss NeXT's OpenStep, open standards, and more.

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Those of you interested in the history of cellular phones and cellular networks: There is a book on the subject "Cellular: An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry" published by MIT Press, and the book is also available as PDF via Open Access: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5457/CellularAn-Economic-and-Business-History-of-the #techhistory #networkhistory #vintagecomputing #cellularnetworks
Cellular: An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry

Tracks the evolution of the international cellular industry from the late 1970s to the present.The development of the mobile-phone industry into what we kn

MIT Press

...completa para prototipado IMP-16P.

En 1974, fue el corazón de la Adams IMP-16, considerada por algunos como la primera computadora doméstica de 16 bits del mundo.

#retrocomputingmx #retrocomputer #IMP16 #TechHistory

El National Semiconductor IMP-16 fue un pionero en la computación, reconocido como el primer microprocesador multi-chip de 16 bits comercializado, lanzado a principios de 1973.

Tenía 5 chips PMOS:
4 chips RALU (Register and Arithmetic Logic Unit) de 4 bits que totalizaban los 16 bits
1 chip CROM (Control and Read-Only Memory) de almacenamiento y control.

National Semiconductor vendía la placa de CPU IMP-16C, o como la microcomputadora...

#retrocomputingmx #retrocomputer #IMP16 #TechHistory

Edison vs. Tesla: The Autonomy War Echoes Today! #shorts

History repeats: AC/DC battles mirror today's LIDAR debates. Diverse approaches, not one 'winner,' solve complex problems. Competition fuels innovation. Don't bet on a single path. #LIDAR #AutonomousVehicles #TechHistory #Innovation from Tesla In The Gong

https://teslainthegongyt.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/edison-vs-tesla-the-autonomy-war-echoes-today-shorts/

Edison vs. Tesla: The Autonomy War Echoes Today! #shorts

History repeats: AC/DC battles mirror today’s LIDAR debates. Diverse approaches, not one ‘winner,’ solve complex problems. Competition fuels innovation. Don’t bet on a singl…

Tesla In The Gong

I always love to read what I call “deepreads”: long reads that go into the history, design, era, and personal circumstances of the creators (and contributors!) of innovative things.

And this one is not even that long!

How Markdown took over the world https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/how-markdown-took-over-the-world/

#tooling #techhistory #webdev #markdown #foss #opensource

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