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QOTW: What's the oldest gadget you still use?

by Parm Mann on 8 February 2013, 16:30

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Old gadgets can be tricky items, can't they? They probably won't fetch much on eBay, they're too nostalgic to just throw away, and if you associate old with solid build quality, there's a good chance you've not yet found a suitable replacement.

Whatever the reason, we want to know what's the oldest gadget you still use?

Whether you're still using a microwave from the '80s or you're waiting for LaserDisc to make a comeback, let us know which ancient gadgets you refuse to let go of. And of course, pictures are always welcome.

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Posted by brasco - Fri 08 Feb 2013 16:39
I'm no hoarder, in fact, I'm quite brutal with older gadgets, if it takes up space it's out.
So with that in mind, I think (no joke) my old iPhone 3GS which I use soley as a vessel for iPlayer :)
Posted by ajones - Fri 08 Feb 2013 16:41
But mini-disc IS the future….
Posted by Shooty* - Fri 08 Feb 2013 17:05
I loved Mini-disc. What wasn't to like? CD-size storage in a protected medium. It was ace.

I was in a hospital the other day, and delighted to see that they carried out checks and audits with HP iPaqs. I used to love my iPaq. (as an aside, have apple ever sued HP for using the i? Not that I want to give them ideas…).

So… anyway… the oldest gadget I still use… interesting one… And, indeed, thinking philosophically, the question has highlighted a dependance upon gadgets that I hadn't properly considered before.

Porbably my 80gb Ipod, which is one of the ones with a wheel and a little screen. 3rd gen? Or my kindle, which is a keyboard one, and which my kids get terribly confused about coz you can't swipe the screen.
Posted by crossy - Fri 08 Feb 2013 17:23
Shooty*;2814309
Porbably my 80gb Ipod, which is one of the ones with a wheel and a little screen. 3rd gen? Or my kindle, which is a keyboard one, and which my kids get terribly confused about coz you can't swipe the screen.
Ditto here - iPod Video 5th Gen. Sound quality is head and shoulders better than the cut-down iPhones that Apple punt these days. :p

Nokia 770 still gets a whirl every so often, and my windows PC still has a cassette tape drive in it - to get my old C90's converted into MP3s.

Shame this question wasn't asked last year - then I could have said “Palm Tungsten T3” - unfortunately I got B-Folders on my S3, so didn't need the old T3 for encrypted password storage any more.
Posted by JSanders - Fri 08 Feb 2013 17:23
apple i. can't do much stuff though…

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