2010 Search

25 reconstructed results for storage in the 2010 exhibit.

1. MacBook Air (late 2010) - Flash storage only, and an 11-inch model for $999

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/macbook-air-2010

   On 20 October 2010 Apple reintroduced the MacBook Air in 11-inch and 13-inch sizes with flash storage instead of a hard drive, instant wake and no optical drive. At $999...

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2. Gmail - Conversations, labels, and 7 GB of storage

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/gmail

   Gmail had left beta in 2009 and by 2010 was the email of choice for anyone under 35, with conversation threading, labels instead of folders and more than 7 GB of free...

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3. Dropbox - A magic folder that synced, 2 GB free

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/dropbox

   Dropbox gave you a folder that synced across your computers and phone, with 2 GB free and more if you referred friends. In 2010 it was the way students moved essays...

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4. iPhone 4 - Retina display, FaceTime, and the antenna you could not hold

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/iphone-4

   Announced on 7 June 2010 and on sale on 24 June, the iPhone 4 introduced the 960-by-640 Retina display, a front camera for FaceTime video calls, a 5-megapixel camera...

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5. iPad - A 9.7-inch tablet nobody knew they needed

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/ipad-1

   Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad on 27 January 2010 and it went on sale in the US on 3 April, selling 300,000 on the first day and a million within a month. It ran iPhone...

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6. A typical 2010 Windows laptop - Core 2 Duo, 4 GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive and a DVD burner

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/typical-2010-laptop

   The mainstream laptop of 2010, from Dell, HP, Toshiba or Acer, ran Windows 7 Home Premium on an Intel Core 2 Duo or the new Core i3, with 3 or 4 GB of RAM, a 250 to 500...

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7. Google Docs - Word processing in the browser, shared with a link

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/google-docs

   Google Docs let students write group projects in the same document at the same time, which felt like magic in 2010. In January it began storing any file type, and in...

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8. HTML5 - Native video, canvas and the end of plugins, still a draft

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/html5

   HTML5 was a working draft in 2010, but the fight over Flash made it a household word. YouTube launched an HTML5 player beta in January, Apple published a showcase in...

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9. MP3 culture - Ripping CDs, LimeWire folders, mislabelled tracks and the 4 GB iPod

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/mp3-culture

   In 2010 music was files: ripped from CDs, downloaded from LimeWire or torrents, bought from iTunes, traded on USB sticks, and organised (badly) in iTunes or Winamp. A...

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10. iPhone 3GS - The 2009 iPhone that most iPhone owners still carried

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/iphone-3gs

    For the first half of 2010 the iPhone 3GS was Apple's flagship, and after June it stayed on sale at $99 as the entry model. Its plastic curved back, 3.5-inch 480-by-320...

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11. Nexus S - Gingerbread and the first NFC Android phone

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/nexus-s

    The Samsung-made Nexus S launched on 16 December 2010 as the first phone with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and an NFC chip, years before contactless payments mattered. Its...

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12. Samsung Galaxy S - The start of the Galaxy dynasty

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/samsung-galaxy-s

    Samsung's first Galaxy S launched in June 2010 with a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and a fast Hummingbird processor, sold in the US under four carrier names (Vibrant,...

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13. Nokia N8 - A 12-megapixel camera and the last hope for Symbian

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/nokia-n8

    The Nokia N8, released in October 2010, had the best camera on any phone, a 12-megapixel sensor with a Carl Zeiss lens and HDMI output. It ran Symbian^3, which reviewers...

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14. Amazon Kindle (3rd generation) - $139 e-reader, the one that made Kindle mainstream

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/kindle-3

    The third-generation Kindle, later called the Kindle Keyboard, shipped in August 2010 with a sharper E Ink screen, a smaller body and a $139 Wi-Fi-only price. Amazon...

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15. Barnes & Noble Nook Color - A $249 colour reader that hackers turned into a tablet

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/nook-color

    Released in November 2010, the Nook Color was a 7-inch LCD e-reader running a locked-down Android. Because it cost $249, tinkerers immediately rooted it into a cheap...

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16. Netbooks - Tiny, cheap Atom laptops at their peak, then killed by the iPad

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/netbooks

    Netbooks, the 10-inch, $300 laptops with Intel Atom chips that had exploded in 2008 and 2009, peaked in 2010. They ran Windows 7 Starter or XP slowly, had cramped...

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17. Cr-48 Chrome OS notebook - Google's unbranded laptop that was only a browser

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/chrome-os-cr48

    On 7 December 2010 Google unveiled Chrome OS and shipped the matte-black, logo-free Cr-48 to testers in a pilot programme. The laptop ran nothing but the Chrome browser,...

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18. Xbox 360 S - The slim, glossy 360 with built-in Wi-Fi

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/xbox-360-s

    Announced at E3 in June 2010 and in stores days later, the redesigned Xbox 360 S was slimmer, quieter, had built-in Wi-Fi and a 250 GB drive, and included a port for...

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19. iPod touch (4th generation) - An iPhone 4 without the phone, and the teenager's first iOS device

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/ipod-touch-4

    The September 2010 iPod touch borrowed the iPhone 4's Retina display, A4 chip and FaceTime camera, starting at $229. For millions of teenagers it was the first App Store...

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20. iPod nano (6th generation) - A tiny touchscreen square that people wore as a watch

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/ipod-nano-6

    The 2010 iPod nano dropped the click wheel and video camera for a 1.5-inch multitouch square with a clip, the size of a postage stamp. Watch-strap accessories turned it...

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21. The point-and-shoot camera - 12 megapixels, a 3-inch screen, and an SD card full of party photos

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/point-and-shoot-2010

    Most 2010 photos were still taken with compact digital cameras like the Canon PowerShot and Sony Cyber-shot lines: around 12 megapixels, a 3 or 4x zoom, 720p video, and...

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22. USB flash drives - Sneakernet in your pocket

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/usb-flash-drive

    In 2010 a 4 or 8 GB USB stick was how files moved between school, home and the print shop, before cloud sync was universal. Drives came free on lanyards at conferences,...

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23. Hard drives and the first SSDs - A terabyte for under $100, or 80 GB of flash for twice that

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/hard-drives-2010

    In 2010 a 1 TB desktop hard drive cost under $100, but solid-state drives were still exotic: an 80 to 128 GB SSD cost $200 to $300. Enthusiasts installed them as boot...

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24. Apple TV (2nd generation) - A $99 black puck for renting shows and streaming Netflix

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/apple-tv-2010

    The second-generation Apple TV, announced on 1 September 2010, shrank to a tiny black box with no storage, rented TV episodes for 99 cents and films from $3.99, streamed...

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