"Dedicated Mp3 players. Going from a walkman to a discman to an mp3 player was huge. “I can have ALL my albums on this one device!?” These days people look at me funny for not just using my phone. But the ipod classic is still the best music device I’ve ever found."
Midge, probably the specific GPS devices is what they are referring to here. Picture a Nokia 6xxx with a slightly larger screen. Cr#ppy black/white pixelated stuff. Those are long gone. We all have the GPS in our phones and cars now. :-)
#4 Cordless phones - flash forward A COUPLE OF YEARS? More like 20 years
#10 IR is used in many smartphones today as a universal remote controller
#18 GPS industry is HUGE even today
Long story short, whoever wrote this article knows very little about technology
It is just entertainment, ... chill.