Summary: Episode 31 - the week of March 12, 2017 **Intro - On THIS episode: ** * Guess what's turning 10 this year? The iPhone! No we won't be having smartphone cake and iOS ice cream, but we'll be taking a look back at life when it debuted....in 2007. Great Scott,Marty! It's time to generate 1.21 gigawatts of podcasting electricity! We're going back... to the future! Right here...on BPM: Tech! 10-year anniversary o' the iPhone. What was life like back in 2007? Technology in 2007 * According to Flickr.com, Canon Rebel XT, 8 megapixels! * Second Life. * Webkinz. * Skype. * Amazon Kindle. * Macbook, black or white color. * Mac OS 10.5 Leopard. * ASUS EEE netbook. * Windows Vista debuted, as did Microsoft Office 2007 with the ribbon! * Microsoft Zune. * Vonage voice over IP phone service started 2007 (both Chris and AJ cringe at their video ad!) Life in Bellingham back in 2007 * Nimbus was the Top of the Towers * Flatiron Woods was non-existent * Canadian $$ had a 30-year high to the American dollar. (Costco prospered) * Housing bubble started to deflate. Median house price = $303k * Zillow 303k median today 351K * 260K according to the chamber https://bellingham.com/whatcom-county-home-prices/ * WWU President Morse announced retirement. * Trader Joe's debuted in Sunnyland. Chris' Personal Tech Gear in 2007 * Self-built desktop PC computer. * 14” square monitor. * Blackberry Pearl phone. * iPod first generation. AJ's personal tech gear in 2007 * Compaq laptop, dual-booting Windows XP and Linux * Motorola RAZR phone... in blue! * Motorola V3 Razr to a BlackBerry Pearl (both prepaid) * The **V3** was released in Q3 2004 * (.3-megapixel) camera with VGA 4 zoom On This Day: http://www.onthisday.com/date/2007 Flickr - today 2017 iPhone 6 and 6S at the top in 2007 (Rebel Xt 8 Megapixels) Adobe CS3 was the rage https://www.cnet.com/products/adobe-creative-suite-3-design/preview/ Cameras * EOS 5D is a 12.8 megapixel **22 August 2005 ** * The Mark II 21.1-megapixel full-frame workhorse still wouldn't be in my hands util 17 September 2008. GAMING * XBOX 360 November 22, 2005 (2013 was the One) * PS3 Released on November 17, 2006 * Gamecube DISCONTINUED 2007 * PSP March 24, 2005 (PSP 2000 a slimmer version annocuned at E3 2007) * Nintendo Wii kill'n it on the charts Computers * The Apple MacBook "Core 2 Duo" **2.16** 13-Inch (White) features a **2.16** GHz Intel "Core 2 Duo" processor (T7400), with two independent processor "cores" on a single silicon chip, a 4 MB shared "on chip" level 2 cache, a 667 MHz frontside bus, 1 GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300) installed in pairs (two 512 MB modules), a ... * Thin-and-light (4-6 lbs.) * NETBOOKS! Launched in 2007: Ending in 2008 the report was that the typical netbook featured a 1.4 kg (3 lb) weight, a 9 in (23 cm) screen * The 11.6-inch MacBook Air (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Air), introduced in late 2010 Connect With Us * AJ: patreon.com/ajbarse (http://patreon.com/ajbarse) or follow me on Twitter/Instagram both are @ajbarse * Chris: Quiet Conversations newsletter at bit.ly/quietchris (http://bit.ly/quietchris), The Quiet Music Project at quietmusic.net (http://quietmusic.net/) or you can find me on Twitter, Instagram, and Medium as @mnmltek. Be sure to also tune into us on Bellingham KMRE 102.3LP at 9:00 am on THURSDAYS and 1:30 pm on SATURDAYS. Leave us a voicemail: 201-731-8324 (tel:2017318324), that's **201-731-TECH.**Ask us a question about technology or anything else about Bellingham —ASKED NICELY, of course —we may include it in one of our future shows. Thank You for Joining Us Subscribe to us on iTunes, Google Play Store, Soundcloud, Spreaker, or wherever else you podcast. And check out our website at bellinghampodcast.com (http://bellinghampodcast.com/)
