Best Gadgets Of All Time
Arts & Entertainment → Television / Movies
- Author Paul Gallen
- Published July 19, 2010
- Word count 386
Number one has to be the Sony Walkman TPS-L2, which debuted in 1979. It came with a cassette player and the first ever lightweight headphones. The first models came with two headphone jacks, to share with someone else.
The second one on the list is Apple iPod, which came out in 2001. This allowed you to store your music on a 5GB hard drive. Later generations features a 40 gig hard drive, USB, and compatibility built into it for both Windows and Mac.
The third one on the list is ReplayTV RTV2001 and TiVo HDR110, which came out in 1999. They allowed for digital video recording by digitizing the signal from the TV and streamed it to its hard drive. This gave you the ability to rewind, fast forward, and pause television shows with ease.
The Palm pilot 1000 is fourth on our list, which came out in 1996. It was pocket sized, but was able to hold up to 500 addresses and names. It allowed you to sync your information with a computer, and featured handwriting recognition.
In 1982, the Sony CDP-101 was the very first compact disc player sold commercially. Being priced for audiophiles, they started at £625. Since it removed hisses, pops, and skips from audio, it came in at number five on our list.
The sixth gadget to make the list is the Motorola StarTAC, which debuted in 1996. It was the first mobile phone to take design into consideration. Being the first phone to vibrate, it also allowed you to plug in a second battery.
Number 7 is the Atari Video Computer System, which came out in 1977. It brought the arcade experience into the living room by plugging into the TV, and featuring a joystick. It was the first to use game cartridges also.
Number 8 is the Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera, which came out in 1972. It allowed you to capture the image, and immediately develop it for you. Simply ejected the snapshot and processed the images.
The nine place gadget is the M-Systems DiskOnKey, which came in 2000. It brought death to the floppy with its 8MB to 32MB flash memory. It also was the first device not to require drivers to work with a PC.
The final gadget coming in at number 10, is the Regency TR-1. The first pocket sized radio to make use of transistors. It brought on all portable radios.
Paul Gallen writes guides on gadgets, gaming and electronics. Paul’s the man in the know about modern gadgets and modern living including dab clock radio, lcd tv, digital cameras and the indispensable ipod classic.
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