How quickly we forget! Before the internet and computers in our pockets we had other devices in our pockets. Can you explain to a young person what these 4 offline devices were and why people used to value and cherish them?
Answers, clockwise from upper left:
1. Pager
Before mobile phones could do much of anything but place calls, there was a nifty device called a pager. When you called your friend Bob's pager and punched in your own phone number, Bob would hear a beep, see your number, go find a phone booth and call you back. This really happened.
2. Portable cassette player
Ten songs in your (very large) pocket! Before the iPod, the Sony Walkman cassette player let you listen to a whole album of taped music on the go.
3. PDA, or Personal Digital Assistant
Back when phones were dumb and event planning was done on paper, along came PDAs. Write notes, watch your calendar, make to-do lists, all in paperless, electronic style, but don't try to get on Facebook. That and the mobile internet didn't exist yet!.
4. Transistor radio
Before the Walkman, the transistor radio let you listen to terrestrial radio stations. If you put the antenna up and twisted the device around a bit you might get better reception. AM and FM radio ruled the world of music, and a single ear bud was all you needed and all you got to hear it all.
Give yourself 25 points for each correct answer. If you scored 100, you are OLD.
Answers, clockwise from upper left:
1. Pager
Before mobile phones could do much of anything but place calls, there was a nifty device called a pager. When you called your friend Bob's pager and punched in your own phone number, Bob would hear a beep, see your number, go find a phone booth and call you back. This really happened.
2. Portable cassette player
Ten songs in your (very large) pocket! Before the iPod, the Sony Walkman cassette player let you listen to a whole album of taped music on the go.
3. PDA, or Personal Digital Assistant
Back when phones were dumb and event planning was done on paper, along came PDAs. Write notes, watch your calendar, make to-do lists, all in paperless, electronic style, but don't try to get on Facebook. That and the mobile internet didn't exist yet!.
4. Transistor radio
Before the Walkman, the transistor radio let you listen to terrestrial radio stations. If you put the antenna up and twisted the device around a bit you might get better reception. AM and FM radio ruled the world of music, and a single ear bud was all you needed and all you got to hear it all.
Give yourself 25 points for each correct answer. If you scored 100, you are OLD.
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