# The most influential gadgets of all time, according to TIME

In 2016 TIME ranked the 50 devices that most changed how we live, work and play. The iPhone came top. Here are the first 30 (minus one). Which one changed your life?

- 3 votes · 30 items
- Jan 4, 2024 · Amandine Durand
- https://even.best/en/l/2329/the-most-influential-gadgets-of-all-time-according-to-time

## Top 30

1. **Kodak Brownie camera** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The one-dollar camera that brought photography to everyone in 1900.
2. **Canon Pocketronic calculator** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — One of the first pocket calculators, 1970.
3. **Apple iPhone** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2007: the phone that changed everything.
4. **Sony Trinitron** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The 1968 colour TV that ruled living rooms.
5. **Apple Macintosh** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The 1984 computer with a mouse and windows.
6. **Sony Walkman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Music in your pocket from 1979.
7. **IBM Model 5150** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — IBM's 1981 PC, the father of all PCs.
8. **Regency TR-1 transistor radio** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first commercial transistor radio, in 1954.
9. **Apple iPod** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — "A thousand songs in your pocket", 2001.
10. **Philips N1500 VCR** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Recording TV at home, from 1972.
11. **Atari 2600** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The console that brought video games into homes.
12. **US Robotics Sportster 56K modem** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The sound of getting online in the 1990s.
13. **Nintendo Entertainment System** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The NES, which revived video games after the 1983 crash.
14. **Game Boy** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nintendo's 1989 handheld, with Tetris.
15. **IBM Selectric typewriter** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Its typeball ruled the office.
16. **Motorola Bravo pager** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The pager of the 1980s and 1990s.
17. **JVC VideoMovie camcorder** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Filming the family on VHS, from 1984.
18. **Motorola Droid** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The phone that put Android on the map, 2009.
19. **IBM ThinkPad 700C** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The black laptop with the little red button.
20. **TomTom GPS** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No more road maps in the car.
21. **PhoneMate 400 answering machine** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first mass-market answering machine.
22. **BlackBerry 6210** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Email in every executive's pocket.
23. **Apple iPad** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The 2010 tablet.
24. **Commodore 64** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The best-selling personal computer of all time.
25. **Polaroid OneStep** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The best-selling camera in the US when it came out in 1977.
26. **Amazon Kindle** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The e-reader that made e-books popular.
27. **TiVo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pausing live TV, in 1999.
28. **Toshiba DVD player** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first DVD player, in 1996.
29. **Sony PlayStation** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The console that made video games grow up.
30. **Victrola record player** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Recorded music at home in the early 20th century.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.