But many older devices do not rely on security updates or perhaps even much or any software at all.
Kitchen gadgets were built to last, with a number of 20-, 30-, 40- and even 50-year-old whisks and mixers proudly shown off, along with a 20-year-old Breville sandwich toaster, a rice cooker from the early 1990s and a 33-year-old Braun juicer.
A surprising number of Nintendo Game Boys (launched in 1989) and the occasional NES (Nintendo Entertainment System, launched in 1983) are still being put through their paces too along with other computers and music players.
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My favorite obscure gadget that I still have is the 1996 Radioshack EC-396 electronic planner/organizer. At a time when cellphones only held about 10 phone numbers in memory, an electronic organizer was necessary for organizing hundreds of email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, calendar reminders, calculator, etc… It was the right product at the right time.
My favorite obscure gadget that I still have is the 1996 Radioshack EC-396 electronic planner/organizer. At a time when cellphones only held about 10 phone numbers in memory, an electronic organizer was necessary for organizing hundreds of email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, calendar reminders, calculator, etc… It was the right product at the right time.
My favorite obscure gadget that I still have is the 1996 Radioshack EC-396 electronic planner/organizer. At a time when cellphones only held about 10 phone numbers in memory, an electronic organizer was necessary for organizing hundreds of email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, calendar reminders, calculator, etc… It was the right product at the right time.
My favorite obscure gadget that I still have is the 1996 Radioshack EC-396 electronic planner/organizer. At a time when cellphones only held about 10 phone numbers in memory, an electronic organizer was necessary for organizing hundreds of email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, calendar reminders, calculator, etc… It was the right product at the right time.