http://doubleawesome.com/2009/07/nintendo-game-boy/ one awesome is awesome. two awesomes is doubleawesome Mon, 23 May 2011 16:00:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://doubleawesome.com/2009/07/nintendo-game-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Peter Beacom Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:36:46 +0000 http://doubleawesome.com/?p=154#comment-33 There was a classmate of mine in elementary school with overly generous parents who had one of the original Game Boys. Your mention of the Game Boy paving the way for mobile Apple products is spot on. The Game Boy was the first portable electronic device I remember to come with ear bud head phones that became ubiquitous with the launch of the iPod. It may not have been the first device shipped with such head phones, but it was likely the first highly coveted device shipped with such head phone. There was a classmate of mine in elementary school with overly generous parents who had one of the original Game Boys. Your mention of the Game Boy paving the way for mobile Apple products is spot on. The Game Boy was the first portable electronic device I remember to come with ear bud head phones that became ubiquitous with the launch of the iPod. It may not have been the first device shipped with such head phones, but it was likely the first highly coveted device shipped with such head phone.

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