Portable Music Players then:

Portable Audio Cassette Players:
"Walkman"

• bulky and heavy
• buttons would break easily
• required multiple batteries 
• battery life would often be short
• music quality was often low
• radio stations were often full of static

Cassette Tapes:

• cassette got destroyed easily 
• rewinding and fastforwarding would take forever

Portable CD Players:
"Discman"

• heavy and bulky
• radio stations would not come in very clear
• required multiple batteries
• battery life was fast

Compact Discs (CD):

• would often get scratched
• purchasing multiple cds was expensive 

Portable Music/Media Players now:

iPOD and Zune:

• sleek and thin
• long battery life
• saves over a thousand songs
• able to access internet
• check email
• can store games
• can watch TV and movies
• camera applicable
• easy to rewind and fastforward through songs
• easy to skip back and forth through songs
• can access song of choice through menu screen
• can listen to radio stations
• access the weather

The devices I mentioned are only a few of the many positive technological advances that has occurred in the world. Although I only pointed out the negative aspects of the "then" items, I know at the time I was not complaining much about them and was grateful to have them. The intentions of my blog is to show the positive aspects of the evolution of technology. In my opinion all of the previous mentioned devices are better "now" than they were "then".