Time's most influential gadgets

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » July 18, 2007 10:14 am

Time Magazine's Most Influential Gadgets and Gizmos list.
The VCR was 30 lbs.

The cassette walkman was $200, aren't knock-offs at the dollar store now?

article here

1. 1976: JVC HR-3300 Price: $1,400
2. 1977: ATARI 2600 Price $200
3. 1979: SONY WALKMAN Price: $200
4. 1982: COMMODORE 64 Price: $600
5. 1984: APPLE MACINTOSH Price: $2,500
6. 1989: NINTENDO GAME BOY Price: $90
7. 1993: APPLE NEWTON MESSAGEPAD Price: $700
8. 1999: BLACKBERRY Price: $400
9. 1999: TiVo Price $500 plus $10/month subscription
10. 2001: APPLE iPOD Price: $400
11. 2002: SANYO SCP-5300 Price: $400
12. 2007: APPLE iPHONE Price: $500 plus $60/month service

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » July 18, 2007 10:16 am

I wonder how much Apple spent on advertising in Time to be able to get 4 of the top 12 spots.

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » July 18, 2007 10:41 am

I think they are a little generous with apple and their PDA *and* the Iphone. Palm was much more influentual putting the PDA into the mainstream. The Iphone didn't revolutionize the cellular phone industry, it is just another device. I will give apple credit for the macintoy and ipod though. I think IBM deserves honorable mention for bringing the personal computer into the home and business.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » July 18, 2007 10:45 am

Skibo wrote:I think they are a little generous with apple and their PDA *and* the Iphone. Palm was much more influentual putting the PDA into the mainstream. The Iphone didn't revolutionize the cellular phone industry, it is just another device. I will give apple credit for the macintoy and ipod though. I think IBM deserves honorable mention for bringing the personal computer into the home and business.

man, I loved my palm.
When I was working, it was my BRAIN.......
When Caitlin was little she used to call it my Gameboy.....don't forget to bring your gameboy home from work, MOm....

I guess mostly she saw me playing solitaire on it....come to think of it, so did everyone else!

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » July 18, 2007 10:56 am

pbans wrote:man, I loved my palm.

That statement would have an entirely different meaning if a guy said it.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » July 18, 2007 10:58 am

LIPH wrote:
pbans wrote:man, I loved my palm.
That statement would have an entirely different meaning if a guy said it.

CapnK · Post by **CapnK** » July 19, 2007 12:31 pm

Skibo wrote:I think they are a little generous with apple and their PDA *and* the Iphone. Palm was much more influentual putting the PDA into the mainstream. The Iphone didn't revolutionize the cellular phone industry, it is just another device. I will give apple credit for the macintoy and ipod though. I think IBM deserves honorable mention for bringing the personal computer into the home and business.

I'm with you on this. The Newton? nah and how can the iPhone be influential when it just came out?

blackjack · Post by **blackjack** » July 19, 2007 3:13 pm

Skibo wrote:I think they are a little generous with apple and their PDA *and* the Iphone. Palm was much more influentual putting the PDA into the mainstream. The Iphone didn't revolutionize the cellular phone industry, it is just another device. I will give apple credit for the macintoy and ipod though. I think IBM deserves honorable mention for bringing the personal computer into the home and business.

Honorable mention maybe.

But it's one thing to have the technology, it's quite another to make it user friendly... which has always been Apple's forte.

Hockey Mon · Post by **Hockey Mon** » July 19, 2007 3:27 pm

Skibo wrote:Palm was much more influentual putting the PDA into the mainstream.

While I agree that Palm mainstreamed the PDA, Apple got there first. The article says "Apple paved the way for Palm", which is why it was included in the top 12.

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » July 19, 2007 5:40 pm

Apple has led the way in many things and gotten little credit for their horrible marketing until the last few years.

Apple was truly first in networking the personal computer and had an easier way than the IBM.

I hated Apple for a long time because they were trying to corner the market instead of going with the flow which made them SO difficult to work with. Much like the old Compaq and Gateway computers which had MANY proprietary parts that would not work with anything but their own brand.

Apple is now an industry leader in innovative thinking. Unfortunately the monopoly of Bill Gates overshadows them still today making it hard to be much more than they are. However, they are successful and are definitely a more forward thinking company than Microsoft.

PIA · Post by **PIA** » July 19, 2007 6:37 pm

apple must be doing something right!