PC World's "The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years"

  • 1. Sony Walkman TPS-L2 (1979)
  • 2. Apple iPod (2001)
  • 3. (Tie) ReplayTV RTV2001 and TiVo HDR110 (1999)
  • 4. Palm Pilot 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 (1998)
  • 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 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 1.0 (1998)
  • 35. Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)
  • 36. Iomega Zip Drive (1995)
  • 37. Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player (1978)
  • 38. Milton Bradley Simon (1978)
  • 39. Play, Inc. Snappy Video Snaphot (1996)
  • 40. Connectix QuickCam (1994)
  • 41. Bell South/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 (1988)
  • 49. Jakks Pacific TV Games (2002)
  • 50. Poqet Computer Corporation PC Model PQ-0164 (1990)

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