Smartphones
I thought the smartphone was the most interesting innovation of technology. They have made almost every aspect of our lives easier. From using the Maps feature instead of a actual physical map and looking up anything on the internet at anytime the smartphone has made many great quality of life improvements.
On January 9th, 2007 Steve Jobs announced the very first generation of Iphone. The Iphone was a revolutionary piece of technology. It seemed like it could do everything a computer could do. For the first time we had a computer in our pocket. The touch screen was probably the biggest feature of the phone. While not the first phone to feature a camera, you could then send the pictures you took to other people via messenger. You could watch videos on the built in web browser or on Youtube. You could also browse the internet, check your email, send text messages, and make phone calls. With all these features this made the Iphone a very versatile piece of technology.
HTC Dream
Now lets look at a non Apple smartphone. The HTC Dream was released on September 23, 2008 by the Taiwanese company HTC. The HTC Dream was the first smartphone to use the Android operating system. Unlike the Iphone the Dream lacks a touchscreen but has a physical keyboard. It also featured physical buttons and a trackball for scrolling. It required a extension that plugged into the charging port to use headphones much like modern Iphones. It had a camera like the iphone but could also record video which was added with Android 1.5. It also had a basic web browser. It came with most google features such as maps, gmail, and youtube preinstalled. While lacking in appearance the HTC Dream could do almost everything the Iphone could.
The smartphone market would look a lot different if android hadn't come on the scene. When it first released android held six percent of the market share. Today android holds over seventy percent of the market share.
https://www.androidauthority.com/first-android-phone-t-mobile-g1-htc-dream-906362/
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/can-firstgeneration-iphone-26793.html
https://mashable.com/article/first-iphone-keynote-15-year-anniversary
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