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Chapter 14 Flashcards

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When did PC sales start to drop?

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2010’s

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Iphone was launched in? What were its features?

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2007
- Portable browser
- $500 without taxes
- AT&T Exclusive deal
- Great camera
- Music on the go
- portable game machine

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Name an electronic address book and diaries in the 1980’s

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Yippies had Filofax

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When was “Psion Organiser II” released ? What were its features and when was its successor released?

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1986, had customised applications and a built-in diary. Series 3 its successor was released in 1991 with better screen, keyboard and more programs.

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5
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Who was Alan Kay and what was his idea?

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He was the person behind the Dynabook idea: to package a computer with a slate like screen with a tiny keyboard attached. His idea was to replace tiny keyboards with pens

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When and who founded GO Corporation? What was its product?

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Jerry Kaplan founded GO Corporation in 1987 and they developed the PenPoint OS. It was few years ahead of the hardware capabilities at the time.

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What product did Apple launch in 1993? When and why was it cancelled?

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Apple Newton MessagePad series.
Was not a commercial success
not easy to understand and work with, had problems in the handwriting recognition software.
Cancelled in 1998

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About Palm Pilot

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  • Launched in 1996
  • Commercial Success
  • Good handwriting recognition software using new alphabet called “Grafiti”, but one letter at a time.
  • Synced with Microsoft and later Macintosh
  • Initially used Motorola microcontroller and later ARM
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What was the mobile two way radio limited by?

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It was limited by the number of frequencies, Initially used by military then by 1950’s in Taxis and police cars as well.

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What year and where did the cellphones first arrive?

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Chicago 1978, and they could now automatically connect to the nearest cell tower, relied on digital tech rather than radios analog. Eg: Motorola DynaTAX 8000X:
- one hour of talk time
- 2 pounds in weight
- Called “The Brick”

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Example of a phone which could fit on the belt holster or pocket

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Motorola StarTAC

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About Second Gen phones

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  • Faster transmission, support for web browsing and emails
  • Spread faster because of special discounts and subscriptions by internet providers like AT &T.
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What is Symbian OS? Where was is used?

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Symbian OS is a descendant of the Psion personal organiser.

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Blackberry

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  • Introduced in 1999
  • Made by Canadian Firm RIM (Research in Motion)
  • Preferred by email users because of the keypad which allowed typing with both thumbs.
  • Evolved from pagers and was liked by Barack Obama
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What is GPS?

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Global Positioning System , made and controlled by the US Army. Normal version is available to the public however some features are exclusive for the army.
- EU: Galileo
Russia: GLONASS
China: BeiDau

BMW 7 series 1994 was the first western car to use GPS.

Dutch firm TomTom and American Garmin started selling their own navigation systems.

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What was the Treo series?

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the combination cellphone and PDA introduced by Handspring in 2002.

17
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When did Palm license Windows CE for its Treo model?

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2006

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When did iPhone introduce the front camera?

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2010

19
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Important games

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Angry birds
Candy Crush (2012): popularised the fremium model, eroded the market
Apple took 30% from purchases and banned sexual content and stuff

20
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Some applications that became hugely popular thanks to Iphone

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Facebook
Tinder, Lyft (2012)
Grindr (2009)
Instagram, Uber (2010)

21
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What was Bird?

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Bird was one of many services blanketing cities with dockable bicycles and electric scooters. The dockless vehicles were Chinese, and so where services such as Ofo and Mobike.

22
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Where was Siri developed?

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Developed in 2011 by SRI International a military tech and was purchased by Apple. It ran on cloud system but used data from calendar, email etc.

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Give the basic timeline of AI

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  • 1950’s: not successful at all
  • 1970’s: some rec due to good recognition in natural language parsing
  • 2010’s: stopped calling it machine learning and redefined AI.
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Give the timeline of Apple hitting some targets:

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2011: Displaced Nokia
2012: First company to reach half a trillion market valuation
2018: First to trillion

25
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When was Nokia-Microsoft phone abandoned?

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2016

26
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When was the iPad Launched?

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2010, did not have telephone capabilities, much bigger than iPhone. Peaked sales in 2014. Microsoft Surface won, and later apple replaced intel with ARM unit in 2020 for their chips.

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Android timeline and information

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2003: Started as a startup
2005: Purchased by google
- Open source
2011: Google bought Motorola
- Samsung pioneered phablets
- Google started making own phones with Nexus in 2010 and Pixel series in 2016 to showcase Vanilla android since phone companies destroyed or changed the original OS according to them.
- Outselling iPhones since 2011

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What was China’s “great firewall” ?

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Facebook: Weibo
Google: Baidu
Amazon: Alibaba
2011: WeChat, the everything app was a huge success in China.

29
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When did Facebook buy WhatsApp?

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Launched in 2009, bought by Facebook in 2014.

30
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When did iPhone start not showing its sales number in the financial reports?

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2018

31
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Fitbit

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2009, 100$, step counter

32
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Apple Watch was launched in ?

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2015 ($1000)

33
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When was the google glass project stated and why did it stop?

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2012 it started, but was later abandoned to due privacy concerns and strip clubs, casinos etc banned them.

34
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IOT

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Internet of Things: home automation systems like Philips hue bulb.

35
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How is the Computer everywhere and nowhere?

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Computer is everywhere and nowhere (normal people think of the pc they use at work or the laptop as computers but not their tablet , Fitbit, smartwatch or television. Vast majority of computers are hidden from their users.

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