Invented in Europe in the first decade of the 1600s, Galileo (and later Kepler) wasted no time exploiting the new device for astronomical observations.

FORBES: The Best Book of 2011: Why Science Emerged in the West

No matter that the iPad Mini is a brand new device, it has iOS 6 and can be compared to the previous hardware.

FORBES: Watch Out For '200 New Features' On The iPad Mini

Although no single device will always satisfy everybody, these new products go a long way toward making the promise of wireless computing a reality.

CNN: Handheld Net gadgets get funky

More recently, Amazon told me I downloaded a book too many times and therefore couldn't read it on a new device, even though it was no longer on the old ones.

ENGADGET: Entelligence: Have we demonized DRM?

You can give information about a street which is not necessarily in the map set because it's brand new -- this is something that no device was ever able to do in the past.

ENGADGET: The Engadget Interview: Jocelyn Vigreux, President of TomTom USA

He said he was very busy: there was a deadline looming for the release of a new handheld device with a 3-D display that requires no 3-D glasses.

NEWYORKER: Master of Play

There was no new iPhone released in the April-June period, and RBC figures sales for the device may have slipped 6% from the prior quarter.

FORBES: RBC Sees 'Solid' Earnings From Apple, Eyes Big Things Next Quarter