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8 gadgets from the 2010s you won't believe you actually used

Mary Meisenzahl,Tyler Sonnemaker   

8 gadgets from the 2010s you won't believe you actually used
Thelife1 min read

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  • It's amazing how tech gadgets that felt state-of-the-art in 2010 now look outdated and clunky.
  • The smartphone landscape has changed considerably over the past decade, and iPods and dedicated music players have become almost completely extinct.
  • These eight devices show what the tech world looked like ten years ago.
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Technology comes and technology goes.

If the past decade has shown us anything, it's that some gadgets ultimately have a short shelf life. Flip phones that seemed cutting-edge in 2010 were quickly upstaged in the smartphone era, experimental forms of gaming flopped, and old devices were replaced by faster and sleeker versions with more speed, storage, and features.

As 2019 comes to a close, we rounded up some devices from the past decade that - beloved as they might have been when first introduced - haven't aged well over the years.

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