The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years
The following are The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years as selected by PC World magazine in 2005.
The list
|No. |
Product |
Manufacturer |
Year |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
50 |
Poqet PC Model PQ-0164 |
|
Poqet Computer |
1990 |
49 |
Jakks TV Games |
|
Jakks Pacific |
2002 |
48 |
Wizard OZ-7000 |
|
Sharp |
1989 |
47 |
Timex Sinclair 1000 |
Timex Sinclair |
1982 |
|
46 |
Stereo-8 |
|
Learjet |
1965 |
45 |
Mavica MVC-FD5 |
Sony |
1997 |
|
44 |
Aibo |
Sony |
1999 |
|
43 |
Polaroid Model 20 ("Swinger") |
|
Polaroid |
1965 |
42 |
Handie Talkie HT-220 Slimline |
|
Motorola |
1969 |
41 |
Simon Personal Communicator |
|
BellSouth/IBM |
1993 |
40 |
Quickcam |
Connectix |
1994 |
|
39 |
SnappyVideoSnapshot |
Play Inc. |
1996 |
|
38 |
Simon |
Milton Bradley |
1978 |
|
37 |
Magnavision Model 8000 |
|
Magnavox |
1978 |
36 |
Zip Drive |
Iomega |
1994 |
|
35 |
DynaTAC 8000X |
|
Motorola |
1983 |
34 |
Lego Mindstorms Robotics |
|
Lego Group |
1998 |
33 |
REX PC Companion |
|
Franklin Rolodex Electronics |
1997 |
32 |
IntelliMouse Explorer |
|
Microsoft |
1999 |
31 |
Roomba |
|
iRobot |
2002 |
30 |
SCP-5300 camera phone |
|
Sanyo |
2002 |
29 |
Betamax |
Sony |
1975 |
|
28 |
Newton MessagePad |
|
Apple Computer |
1994 |
27 |
Commodore 64 |
|
Commodore Business |
1982 |
26 |
Game Boy |
|
Nintendo |
1989 |
25 |
TRS-80 |
Tandy |
1977 |
|
24 |
Altair 8800 |
MITS |
1975 |
|
23 |
Instamatic 100 |
|
Eastman Kodak |
1963 |
22 |
Pulsar |
|
Hamilton Watch Company |
1972 |
21 |
Space Command remote control |
Zenith |
1956 |
|
20 |
Handspring Treo 600 |
|
Palm |
2003 |
19 |
Handycam DCR-VX1000 |
|
Sony |
1995 |
18 |
Rio PMP300 |
|
Diamond Multimedia |
1998 |
17 |
SR-10 calculator |
|
Texas Instruments |
1973 |
16 |
Speak & Spell |
Texas Instruments |
1978 |
|
15 |
Model 400 |
|
PhoneMate |
1971 |
14 |
BlackBerry 850 |
|
Research In Motion |
1998 |
13 |
PageWriter |
Motorola |
1996 |
|
12 |
RAZR V3 |
|
Motorola |
2004 |
11 |
PlayStation 2 |
|
Sony |
2000 |
10 |
Regency TR-1 transistor radio |
|
Industrial Development |
1954 |
9 |
DiskOnKey |
M-Systems |
2000 |
|
8 |
SX-70 Land Camera |
Polaroid |
1972 |
|
7 |
Atari VCS (Atari 2600) |
|
Atari |
1977 |
6 |
StarTAC |
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Motorola |
5 |
CDP-101 |
|
Sony |
1982 |
4 |
Pilot 1000 |
|
Palm |
1996 |
3 |
RTV-2001 |
|
ReplayTV |
1999 |
2 |
iPod |
|
Apple Computer |
2001 |
1 |
Walkman TPS-L2 |
Sony |
1979 |
Breaking down the list
By company
Only five companies that had products in the Top 50 had more than one product on the list.
|Company |
Products |
|---|---|
Sony |
7 |
Motorola |
5 |
Apple Computer |
2 |
By year
|Year |
Products |
|---|---|
1996 |
4 |
1999 |
4 |
1978 |
3 |
1982 |
3 |
1994 |
3 |
1998 |
3 |
2002 |
3 |
1965 |
2 |
1972 |
2 |
1975 |
2 |
1983 |
2 |
1989 |
2 |
1997 |
2 |
2000 |
2 |
1954 |
1 |
1956 |
1 |
1963 |
1 |
1969 |
1 |
1971 |
1 |
1973 |
1 |
1977 |
1 |
1979 |
1 |
1990 |
1 |
1993 |
1 |
1995 |
1 |
2001 |
1 |
2003 |
1 |
2004 |
1 |