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By Vien Dimaculangan Photomanipulation by Nicole Mendoza he year is 2005.
reminiscing about it now brings feelings of
Your older siblings and cousins brag
nostalgia. As gadgets became thinner and screens
about their newly purchased flip phone,
became higher and higher definition, technology
showing off the front and back camera feature that
incorporated itself onto our daily lives providing
captures a pixelated photo. You hear your relatives
convenience and entertainment.
talk about getting on Facebook and signing up with
Despite all the more technologically-advanced
their PC’s or bulky laptops. Your classmates bring to
gadgets available in the market today, these bulky
school different types of video game consoles like
blocks and massive round discs continuously attract
PlayStation Portables (PSP) and Gameboys flaunting
collectors in our society. People are always on the
the games like Tetris, Tekken 5 or Grand Theft Auto
lookout for what’s next from the big tech brands but
(GTA): Liberty City Stories. Youtube is just on the rise
some feel content with the classic and functioning
and it’s where you would download Avril Lavigne or
hardware they’ve had for years.
2NE1’s songs and import it to your MP4 player.
Tried and tested, these are among the pioneering
It was during this decade when personalized technology
was
fast
becoming
a
trend
and
gadgets that influenced the way we now play games, listen to music, and take photos: