We begin 2005 similar to the way we ended it, with thousands of video game enthusiasts waiting in line. Sony's Playstation Portable, the PSP, launched and sparked a whole new battle for that spot in your hands during the morning commute.
With a vivid widescreen display, the PSP became the first widely adopted device that plays cutting edge games, movies and music.
CVS Pharmacy made tech news by making available the first disposable video camera. Users can shoot up to 20 minutes per camera, but must return it to the pharmacy to get their take-home DVD.
The Slingbox, one of the most highly touted innovations unveiled at the big Consumer Electronics Show at the beginning of the year, hit store shelves. The unit allows you to watch your home TV, DVD player, DVR - whatever sits in your living room - on your computer from anywhere in the world.
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Sling Media would later unveil an upgrade allowing customers to also watch on select cell phones.
There were three huge announcements at a huge annual gaming convention in Los Angeles, the Electronics Entertainment Expo, E3. Sony unveiled plans for the Playstation 3, Microsoft the Xbox 360, and Nintendo the Revolution. All promise lifelike graphics designed for high definition TVs as well as several online features that make the devices almost as much about entertainment in general as they are about gaming.
Only the Xbox 360 would make it out in time for the winter holidays.
Apple does it again, unveiling a whole bunch of new iPods - the Shuffle, the Nano, and eventually the iPod Video. The video also launches with big name content on iTunes from ABC, including episodes of the popular series “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives.”
NBC, USA and the SciFi Channel later announce similar deals. This signals the beginning of legal, mobile video on demand.
Computer viruses are spreading as feverishly as ever, though now with a more disturbing trend. This year, more and more viruses seem to have been written with the intent of stealing data and information. In the past, we could often just write them off to bored computer whiz teens in far off lands.
A new variant of the Sober virus, which first started spreading in 2003, is expected to strike again next month.
Howard Stern, set to make the jump to satellite radio, made 2005 the year consumers en mass start considering their pay for radio options. Final numbers won't be in until after the holiday season, but it is expected to be a record year for both Sirius and XM Satellite Radio.
Deja vu, as video gamers wait in lines again, some for more than 24 hours, this time to get their hands on the first batch of Xbox 360s. The systems sell out immediately, becoming the must-have hot gifts this holiday season.
In some cases, too hot; some unsatisfied gamers report the systems are overheating, causing games to freeze.
And we end the year with a cliffhanger. With millions around the U.S. waiting to see if they'll lose one of their most prized, most relied upon pieces of technology, their Blackberries. Research in Motion, maker of the portable emailing device, is facing a patent lawsuit that, if lost, could signal and quick and sour end for Blackberries everywhere.
