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Not all tech products succeed once on the market, and some are killed off with little warning. Flashback looks back at failed tech products to see what we can learn by studying their demises. Hosted by Quinn Nelson and Stephen Hackett.

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On PC Clones & The End of the Road for IBM’s Personal Computer Business

2022/01/06

IBM quickly lost control of the market it had helped create, going from industry-leader to quietly exiting the personal computer business in just a couple of decades.

Later IBM PC Models

2021/12/03

The first IBM PC kicked off what would be a line of computers that would be sold through the 1980s. This week, Quinn and Stephen hit the high points of this beige wave.

IBM's Search for an Operating System

2021/11/23

With its PC built, IBM needed to find an operating system that would run on it. Its choice would change the computer industry forever.

Building the Personal Computer

2021/11/04

The IBM Personal Computer was developed in a shockingly short period of time. This time, Quinn and Stephen discuss the machine's hardware as well as some of the company's earlier attempts at personal computers.

The International Business Machines Corporation

2021/10/21

This season on Flashback, Quinn and Stephen are covering the rise — and fall — of IBM's PC business, but first: some background on the enormous company that Apple and so many others lived in the shadow of back in the 80s.

Windows Vista

2021/06/03

The story of Windows Vista is a complicated one. Born from a long and troubled development cycle, it wasn't free of problems at launch, but hardware OEMs and others didn't do much to help its reputation.

The Apple Lisa

2021/05/21

In the early 1980s, Apple launched a computer with a GUI and mouse ... that wasn't the Macintosh.

The Google Graveyard Draft

2021/05/06

Google has a knack for shutting down products. This episode, Stephen and Quinn talk about a handful of them.

The Palm Foleo

2021/04/22

A phone. An email terminal. A web-browsing portable companion. A phone. An email terminal. A web-browsing portable companion. Are you getting it? These are not three devices. It's two devices, and we're calling them your Palm phone and Foleo.

ROKR: The iTunes Phone

2021/04/08

A year and a half before the iPhone was introduced, Apple took the stage to announce a very, very different product: the iTunes phone, built in partnership with Motorola and Cingular.

The Motorola RAZR

2021/03/25

This week, Quinn and Stephen talk about one of the world's first cool phones, and how its parent company was bent on destroying its good name.

OS/2

2021/02/19

In an effort to keep Microsoft from controlling the PC software industry, in the 1980s, IBM created OS/2, an operating system meant to give its computers a competitive advantage.

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4.8 out of 5

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★★★★★

James887 2021/11/12

Entertaining!

A very enjoyable podcast with lots of information and a reflection of the tech past

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Rishió 2021/05/28

Magic Cap

Love this podcast! Having owned a Newton, Magic Link and Palm Pilot back in highschool, I’m brought back to to the genius of these devices, what we br...

★★★☆☆

Gilligan887 2021/10/13

Great concept, so-so execution

I love the concept of this show, and do find it enjoyable overall. The hosts have a lot of energy and their choices of topics is solid. However, in ev...

★★★★★

Lord person the 3rd 2021/05/02

So enjoyable

I love listening because there is no other podcast like it. One of my top favorite podcasts.

★★★★★

Jrhd437 2020/08/27

Great show

I really love retro tech. This show is well done, entertaining, and reminds me of tech of old (and not so old). I wish they were still releasing new e...

★★★★★

_GABO_ 2020/05/03

Love it!

Interesting content, great hosts, just wish it came out more often. Need a Pebble episode!

★★★★★

Ehnjay 2020/05/03

Stay snazzy

Haven’t listened to a single pod yet, but if the pods half as good as the YouTube channel, I’m sure it’ll be great; entertaining and informative. Don...

★★★★★

QuilChaser 2020/04/27

It just keeps getting better

I love listening to Stephen Hackett’s podcasts, so I thought I would check this one out. After listening for a few episodes, I lost interested. Then, ...

★★★★★

Finuppdx 2020/04/26

Love this show sooo much!!

there is ONE flaw, still no episode on the most successful kickstarter products (pebble ect..), and I am mad 😠. For real though, this podcast claps....

★★★★★

Alanaktion 2020/04/13

Excellent reviews of interesting stuff

I’ve followed Quinn for a long time and always liked his niche interests, and this podcast does a great job detailing really interesting aspects of th...

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