50 leading electronics in the past half century

PC World has established a committee of the most prestigious experts to rank 50 electronic devices that have the greatest impact on human life in the past half century.

PC World experts have relied on the following criteria: usefulness, breakthroughs to the level of revolution in design, the level of widespread influence in the masses . to establish this list. Through it, we will have an overview of the history of ups and downs of the consumer electronics and telecommunications industry over the past 50 years.

The following are the top 50 electronic devices in half a century:

1. Sony Walkman TPS-L2 (1979): The world's first portable music player, the forerunner of hundreds of millions of digital music players today. It cost 200 USD in 1979.

2. Apple iPod (2001): The most famous digital music player in the world today. It costs 399 USD in 2001.

3. (Tie) ReplayTV RTV2001 and TiVo HDR110 (1999): automatic recording of television programs.

4. PalmPilot 1000 (1996): the world's first portable personal assistant.

5. Sony CDP-101 (1982): the world's first CD player, priced at $ 900 in 1982.

6. Motorola StarTAC (1996): the world's first slender clamshell mobile phone.

7. Atari Video Computer System (1977): the world's first video game player, the forerunner of ultra-modern professional gaming machines today.

8. Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera (1972): the first instant camera.

9. M-Systems DiskOnKey (2000): the world's first USB memory card, with a maximum capacity of 32 MB at the time of 2000. This is considered a floppy disk death device.

10. Regency TR-1 (1954): The first mini portable radio in the world, can fit into a handbag.

11. Sony PlayStation 2 (2000): The most famous professional gaming machine in the world until now.

12. Motorola Razr V3 (2004): super-attractive flip-flop mobile phone in the world today.

13. Motorola PageWriter (1996): Wireless mobile devices in hybrid form between laptop, PDA or Pocket PC with black and white LCD screen and full keyboard. As early as 1996 it was able to send text messages to mobile phones.

14. BlackBerry 850 Wireless Handheld (1998): Mobile devices are also in the hybrid form above but have the ability to send and receive e-mail first in the world.

15. Phonemate Model 400 (1971): The world's first landline phone has the ability to automatically answer all incoming calls, priced at US $ 300 in 1971.

16. Texas Instruments Speak & Spell (1978): The first mobile device and is considered a children's toy but has the ability to pronounce about 200 simple words when users type on the keyboard.

17. Texas Instruments SR-10 (1973): the world's first number-press computer.

18. Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300 (1998): The first portable MP3 player with a capacity of 32 MB uses a AA battery.

19. Sony Handycam DCR-VX1000 (1995): The world's first portable digital video camera capable of connecting to computers for video editing, priced at $ 4,000 in 1995.

20. Handspring Treo 600 (2003): The first Treo PDA has a full keyboard.

21. Zenith Space Command (1956): The world's first TV remote controller. At that time, it had only 4 buttons to turn on, turn off and 2 switch channels.

22. Hamilton Pulsar (1972): the world's first electronic clock.

23. Kodak Instamatic 100 (1963): The first 'marketplace' camera with built-in film for amateur photographers, extremely easy to use, just bring it up and press the button. Priced at $ 15.95 in 1963.

24. MITS Altair 8800 (1975): can be considered the first desktop computer to enter the family.

25. Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 (1983): can be considered the first laptop in the world, priced at 799 USD in 1983.

26. Nintendo Game Boy (1989): can be considered the world's first professional portable gaming machine.

27. Commodore 64 (1982): Considered the first true desktop computer to be widely commercialized and declared dead in the late 80s of the century before the first x86 processor chip structures born. It costs 595USD in 1982.

28. Apple Newton MessagePad (1994): One of the world's first personal assistants weighed nearly half a kilogram and was priced at $ 700 in 1994.

29. Sony Betamax (1975): the world's first video tape format, but near the end of the 70s was standardized by the death of VHS video.

30. Sanyo SCP-5300 (2002): considered the first mobile phone in the world to be equipped with a true camera.

31. iRobot Roomba Intelligent Floorvac (2002): The most popular vacuum cleaner and mop robot today.

32. Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (1999): The world's first optical mouse.

33. Franklin Rolodex Electronics REX PC Companion (1997): The most compact and slimmest electronics device in 1997. Able to display calendars, watches, notes, addresses etc. designed to fit snugly Laptop card to copy into information.

34. Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 10 (1998): A form of toy that creates extremely attractive robot models.

35. Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983): It is considered the first 'brick' mobile phone in the world, designed to be as big as the old radio.

36. Iomega Zip Drive (1995): considered the world's first portable storage drive.

37. Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player (1978): the first optical disc player in the world, this is the predecessor of all current CD or DVD players.

38. Milton Bradley Simon (1978): A handheld game device is quite strange and difficult to describe.

39. Play, Inc. Snappy Video Snapshot (1996): a device that is attached to a parallel port of a computer dedicated to recording every analog image or video on a computer screen.

40. Connectix QuickCam (1994): precursor to every web camera today.

41. IBM BellSouth / Simon Personal Communicator (1993): Considered the world's first PDA-integrated mobile phone.

42. Motorola Handie Talkie HT-220 Slimline (1969): considered the first portable radios, developed from the 'shoulder-carrying' radios from World War 2.

43. Polaroid Swinger (1965): considered the world's first compact and easy-to-use camera.

44. Sony Aibo ERS-110 (1999): The world's first robot dog, it is also considered the first robotized pet, priced at $ 1500 in 1999.

45. Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997): the world's first digital camera capable of recording directly to a disc . but this is a 3.5-inch floppy disk.

46. ​​Learjet Stereo-8 (1965): the first stereo tape player of a size small enough to fit into a car.

47. Timex / Sinclair 1000 (1982): the first low-cost mini-desktop computer, about $ 100 in 1982.

48. Sharp Wizard OZ-7000 (1989): can be considered a predecessor to the Palm machine, it is basically a modern digital computer, but it can also display address books, calendars and copper. lake.

49. Jakks Pacific TV Games (2002): a modern joystick device that can both play and control the TV.

50. Poqet PC Model PQ-0164 (1990): is considered the first Pocket PC in the world, about the size of a VHS video tape and costs up to 2000 USD in 1990.

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