Hotel key: Again, it’s not universal yet, but I’ve stayed in hotels that let me download a room key onto my iPhone. Old school gamingĬar key: Only a few car companies let you do this now, but I’d imagine that more and more cars will let you start up your car with an app someday. Guitar tuner: Musicians can use apps like Guitar Tuna instead of physical guitar tuners.
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Metronome: This steady, adjustable beat is an essential musician’s tool that is easily replaced by an app like Pro Metronome.
Jukebox: The sock hops of my parents’ youth were powered by jukeboxes, but an iPhone with a decent playlist and speaker is all you need these days. Time marches on and we’ve said farewell to the iPod, too.īoombox: Romantic bedroom window serenades a la 80s classic film Say Anything wouldn’t work at all with an iPhone, but for most other purposes, a boombox is no longer necessary. IPod and other MP3 players: While early MP3 players did some damage to the Walkman and Discman, the iPod killed them off.
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Portable music! Headphones! Doesn’t get much cooler, right?ĭiscman: The Discman was marginally cooler but it didn’t last long. Walkman: All the cool kids had one of these. At least, we hoped it would be, since we’d already ditched our vinyl record and cassette tape collections (not to mention my parents’ 8-tracks.)
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Turntable: Everyone used to have a record player and record collection. You can now even make full scratch mixes and sets using apps on your iPhone.Ĭassette tape recorder/player: Low-tech mixtape - I used to wait for my favorite songs to come on the radio and quickly record them (hoping the DJ didn’t talk over it too much.)ĬD player: When the CD player came out, we figured it would be the last technology. Now it’s relegated to cars where many people don’t even use it. Radio: The standalone radio used to be a household necessity, especially before television. Of course, the tiny locks didn’t really keep our nosy siblings from snooping. Greeting cards: I still buy cards in some cases, but other times a cute text or e-card will suffice.Īrtists sketchbook: Yes, artists still sketch in sketchbooks, but when one isn’t handy, the iPhone will do in a pinch if an iPad isn't around.Īddress book: I finally ditched my physical address book recently, though I hadn’t actually opened it in probably 20 years.ĭiary: When I was a little girl, we all had diaries for storing our innermost thoughts.
Letters: I moved around a lot as a child, and long-distance phone calls were prohibitively expensive, so I kept in touch with a handful of friends in the pre-internet era exclusively via letters. Pens: While not as fast as touch-typing on a keyboard, the two-thumb iPhone typing is faster than writing with a pen. Sticky notes: I still have some Post-It notes around somewhere but can’t remember the last time I used them. Notepad: I used to have notepads everywhere (mostly by the phones to write down messages), but no more. Notebook: Of course, notebooks are still commonplace, but all the notebooks in my home have been replaced by the Apple's Notes app on my iPhone. (Image credit: Unsplash / Eugene Chystiakov)
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