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In the current era, something like an abacus seems very basic and out of date. However, it is said that an abacus was the 1st computer...
In the future, technology that currently seems "cutting edge" might be looked on in the same way we look at an abacus nowadays.
Even a mobile phone from the late 20th Century already looks quite heavily dated...
This page features some tech which is already starting to look in between "slightly" and "quite heavily" dated...
The Sony Walkman was one of the earliest portable music players.
The Nintendo GAME BOY was an early portable videogame console.
The "Speak &" series were early educational tools.
Portable calculators were some of the earliest electronic computers, although the one above is a much more recent model.
The Philips PET320 was a portable DVD player shaped more like a "Discman", which was a portable CD player. As the diameter of the device was not much bigger than the optical disc DVD which was inserted into the device, it was about as compact as possible.
Blackberry was an example of an early smartphone, featuring a physical button full keyboard rather than a touchscreen.