Comments on: Best of the Decade: Gadgets http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/ News and reviews from the world of gadgets, gear, apps and the web Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Perry Anne Norton http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3866 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:51:25 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=6348#comment-3866 Sonos Digital Music System gets my vote for one of the top 10 gadgets of the decade….(I think Walt Mossberg may agree on this one!)

]]> By: geekygirluk http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3802 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:16:11 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=6348#comment-3802 Sad as this may sound. I couldn’t live without my bluetooth headset for my mobile. Since I’ve had it, I hate holding the phone in my hand and don’t even really like wired headsets because they catch on stuff.

The sound from the headset is clearer than from the handset.
Doesn’t catch on anything.
Light – almost forget you’re wearing it.

When they start making bluetooth phone headsets that are also headphones for under £100 I will be happy!

If I had DVR, I would probably say that, because it is awesome that people no longer have to be beholden to the TV schedule but I do wonder if it’s changed the way TV works (or if that’s just down to network douchebaggery)

]]> By: geekgirl58 http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3798 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:59:03 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=6348#comment-3798 Awwwww….

]]> By: Peter Ha http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3791 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:55:57 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=6348#comment-3791 @geekgirl58 I opted to leave USB drives off the list too.

]]> By: geekgirl58 http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3790 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:56:25 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=6348#comment-3790 It may not be really sexy, but my vote is for the USB flash drive. For those of us who are work-a-holics it has freed us from the endless drudgery of trying shuffle information between the work place and the home work station. Deciding what would fit on a disc, what could travel and what had to stay is now a thing of the past! I can take it all!

Freedom is sexy!

]]> By: whenhen http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3788 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:38:54 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=6348#comment-3788 I’m aware that the webcam existed in the early 90s, but when did people begin to have the ability to video conference? If video became possible in the 00s, then I think the webcam should qualify for the list. In Japenese society, the webcam has made it onto the humble cell phone, and in western society has allowed firms to save millions if not billions on travel expenses by bringing the meeting to the living room, not halfway across the country.

]]> By: truevcu http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3782 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:10:20 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=6348#comment-3782 Would the foreman grill count? Especially considering every college student in the nation owns at least one.

]]> By: Peter Ha http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3781 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:44:52 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=6348#comment-3781 See, I didn’t include GPS systems because they’ve petered out in the last few years. And you could get a GPS long before this decade.

]]> By: yogi http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3780 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:40:56 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=6348#comment-3780 I would say car navigation/GPS units because at the beginning of the decade no one really had one, but they’ve been minimized and pretty much useless now because of app phones. I also don’t know of a particular one that was better than the rest.

]]> By: explosionhead http://techland.time.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-decade-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3776 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:29:22 +0000 http://techland.com/?p=6348#comment-3776 That’s a tough question. I’m going to have to think about it for a while.

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