What Happened to MP3 Players? The Category’s Real Story
MP3 players died in two steps: the smartphone took the object, then streaming took the library.…
What Happened to HTC Phones? The Full Story
HTC built the first Android phone, led the US market in 2011, fought Apple in court,…
What Happened to Sony Xperia Phones (Still Made in 2026)
Sony Xperia isn't dead. The sales collapse, the 2019 market pullback, 2025 outsourced manufacturing, and why…
What Happened to TomTom and Garmin GPS Units
Smartphones killed the dashboard GPS unit, but not the companies. Garmin got bigger, TomTom got smaller,…
Why Phones Lost the Headphone Jack
Apple didn't remove the jack first, and didn't say all of it either. The dated record:…
What Happened to Phones With Physical Keyboards?
Touchscreens didn't kill keyboard phones. Here's why nearly every maker exited within years of each other,…
The Smartwatches Before the Apple Watch
Apple didn't invent the smartwatch. From Microsoft's SPOT in 2004 to Pebble's 2012 Kickstarter, here is…
What Happened to the Flip Video Camera?
Cisco bought Flip's maker for about $590 million in 2009 and shut it down two years…
What Happened to Palm and webOS?
HP bought Palm for $1.2 billion in 2010 and killed webOS 49 days after its flagship…