The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years

[kgsilvas]

The Complete List of PC World's 50 Greatest Gadgets (http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,123950,pg,7,00.asp)

1. Sony Walkman TPS-L2 (1979)
2. Apple iPod (2001)
3. (Tie) ReplayTV RTV2001 and TiVo HDR110 (1999)
4. PalmPilot 1000 (1996)
5. Sony CDP-101 (1982)
6. Motorola StarTAC (1996)
7. Atari Video Computer System (1977)
8. Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera (1972)
9. M-Systems DiskOnKey (2000)
10. Regency TR-1 (1954)
11. Sony PlayStation 2 (2000)
12. Motorola Razr V3 (2004)
13. Motorola PageWriter (1996)
14. BlackBerry 850 Wireless Handheld (1998)
15. Phonemate Model 400 (1971)
16. Texas Instruments Speak & Spell (1978)
17. Texas Instruments SR-10 (1973)
18. Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300 %281998)
19. Sony Handycam DCR-VX1000 (1995)
20. Handspring Treo 600 (2003)
21. Zenith Space Command (1956)
22. Hamilton Pulsar (1972)
23. Kodak Instamatic 100 (1963)
24. MITS Altair 8800 (1975)
25. Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 (1983)
26. Nintendo Game Boy (1989)
27. Commodore 64 (1982)
28. Apple Newton MessagePad (1994)
29. Sony Betamax (1975)
30. Sanyo SCP-5300 (2002)
31. iRobot Roomba Intelligent Floorvac (2002)
32. Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (1999)
33. Franklin Rolodex Electronics REX PC Companion (1997)
34. Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 10 (1998)
35. Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)
36. Iomega Zip Drive (1995)
37. Magnavox Magnavision DiscoVision Videodisc Player (1978)
38. Milton Bradley Simon (1978)
39. Play, Inc Snappy Video Snapshot (1996)
40. Connectix QuickCam (1994)
41. BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator (1993)
42. Motorola Handie Talkie HT-220 Slimline (1969)
43. Polaroid Swinger (1965)
44. Sony Aibo ERS-110 (1999)
45. Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997)
46. Learjet Stereo-8 (1965)
47. Timex/Sinclair 1000 (1982)
48. Sharp Wizard OZ-7000 (1989)
49. Jakks Pacific TV Games (2002)
50. Poqet PC Model PQ-0164 (1990)

[Sirrich3]

Gotta say...and admit, that I owned some of those!

[molecularfire]

Man... the only thing I owned on that list is the zip drive.

[Grimm]

How come the Comadore64 only placed 27th?

There is no way the Handspring was a greater gadget...

[molecularfire]

No kidding. There are some on there that didn't make sense to me... like why the Razr is so highly ranked. I haven't owned one (or for that matter all except one of them on that list) but I haven't really seen anything on the Razr that makes me wanna go out and get one.

[Memo]

The Razr shouldn't be on there.

[zero2dash]

The Complete List of PC World's 50 Greatest Gadgets (http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,123950,pg,7,00.asp)

7. Atari Video Computer System (1977)
11. Sony PlayStation 2 (2000)
26. Nintendo Game Boy (1989)
27. Commodore 64 (1982)


No NES? No SNES?
Come on!
Oh wait...this is "PC World" we're talking about. :pfft:
Towards the end of the Atari days when the gaming market nearly disappeared, Nintendo came along with the NES and saved everyone's butts. Without the NES, 11 and 26 would not have been possible.

:shrug: Again...PC World...*sigh*

And for the love of...why is the Betamax on there? The thing flopped miserably AFAIK... *double sigh*

[Grimm]

And for the love of...why is the Betamax on there? The thing flopped miserably AFAIK... *double sigh*
BetaMax belongs there.
It was the better format, a great technological achievment. The first oppertunity for a normal person to be able to record broadcast shows. VHS became more popular only because it was cheaper. BetaMax was a better system, it was just a bit too expensive.

[bachviet]

Sony gets so many on the list! :eek: I :agree: that the Rarz shouldn't be on the list.

[KIISQueen]

Gotta say...and admit, that I owned some of those!


Hey you =) I also admit I owned some that stuff on that list