Will be missed? Check out the 7 technologies that died in … – Tecmundo

The past year was marked by several losses and left the entire world shaken. It is not difficult to remember the name of a famous or celebrity who has left the world in 2016, as David Bowie, Carrie Fisher, Alan Rickman and many others.

However, not only were the actors and other important people who left us in 2016, as the technology also suffered this year, showing some problems that will make lack. The items listed below, some may have been part of their daily lives, while others never saw the light of day. We will now get to know the technologies that died in 2016.

1 – Samsung Galaxy Note 7

death most commented of 2016 in the universe of technology was certainly the Galaxy Note 7 and the cases in which it exploded. What is surprising is the fact of the death having been premature, since the smartphone was barely all markets, including here in Brazil. Until today it is still unclear the reason of the problems of the device, but it is certain that if this was something in the battery, which resulted in the burial of this unit.

Galaxy Note 7

2 – Pebble

Before you even see the watches smart out there, Peeble already existed. Once you have choked the market of smartwatches in 2013, the unit saw its in order to arrive in 2016. The company that was born and developed in the midst of the campaigns of crowd funding, was acquired by the Fitibit, which decreed the end of the line, and even cancelled an ongoing project on Kickstarter. Sad, isn’t it?

Peeble

3 – Google Nexus

With the arrival of smartphones of the line Pixel, the apparatus Nexus lost nexus (got the pun?) exist. However, no need to be sad, because the loss was so great as well, since the substitute came to be even better. The big problem here is that the Nexus devices offer a cost-benefit greater than the counterpart Pixel, that comes to compete against top of the line and the price, like the iPhones.

Line Nexus

4 – Project Ara

Although once you have seen the light of day, the smartphone modular Google has already been buried and overlooked by the Search Giant. Project Ara, as it was known, was cancelled in September and never enthused much the market that did not support much the idea of modules proposed by Google. However, what do you think? It would be cool to have a device modular?

Project ARA

5 – Microsoft Band

Other hardware that saw its end in 2016 was the Microsoft Band, something that was already expected that he’d have a premature death. The bracelet fitness company would not have surprised too at the launch of the first generation, which already was a harbinger for what was to happen. A little over a year after the second version, the Microsoft went public to say that there would be a third model to the market.

Microsoft Band

6 – Picasa

The editing service and store photos, Picasa no longer walked very well of legs in the last few years. The platform had been purchased by Google in 2004 and had been left to rot year after year, and gradually being replaced by the photo service’s own Search Giant. In 2016, the company finally decided to bury the Picasa redirecting all efforts to the Google Photos, which includes various online resources.

Picasa

7 – powered Smartphones manufactured by BlackBerry

While it has already been synonymous with mobile phones for the corporate crowd, BlackBerry has seen its ruin, to get to the few with the dominance of Google and Apple. In 2016, the company decided to give up to manufacture its own hardware, depending on other manufacturers to launch new models, as is the case of the new model with a physical keyboard.

BlackBerry

Bonus: entry to the headphone on smartphones

Still, you can’t tell who died, but some smartphones have reached without this input pattern that endures for decades and it seems that the fashion is catching on. Is that 2017 will be the year that we will not be able to use our headphones without an adapter?

Adapter phone

These were the technologies that died in 2016. Of these seven items, which you will feel more lack? And in 2017, do you have any forecast that you think will cease to exist? Comment here below and stay tuned to know who is still alive in the world of technology!