The top 20 most innovative gadgets and 30 greatest tech flops of the decade.

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hoops23
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Dec 20, 2009 11:46pm
The top 20 innovative gadgets of the decade:

http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-33_7-10002000-1.html?tag=mncol;txt

The 30 biggest tech flops of the decade:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-10288870-82.html?tag=mncol;txt

Good list, imo..

Pretty crazy that the 2000's are almost over.
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Trueblue23
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Dec 20, 2009 11:49pm
It's year 3000 already!!??! damn those 2000s flew by!!

:)
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BigAppleBuckeye
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Dec 20, 2009 11:50pm
Good list, with the iphone and tivo making a major impact on my life for sure.

The worst inclusion on that list? The Motorola RAZR ... what a shitty phone that was! I had one, it was horrible.
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I Wear Pants
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Dec 20, 2009 11:56pm
I think the Xbox should have been on there for what it's done for console/in the living room online activities.

Other than that, good list. The RAZR should be on there since it sold more than 50 million units. That's a ton of phones and it did start the thin phone trend.
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Trueblue23
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Dec 20, 2009 11:59pm
God the RAZR was awful.. looked great at the time, but it was a piece of junk.
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Mulva
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Dec 20, 2009 11:59pm
I was going to be upset if TiVo wasn't on there. I got to 18 and started getting antsy.
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hoops23
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Dec 21, 2009 12:02am
Trueblue23 wrote: It's year 3000 already!!??! damn those 2000s flew by!!

:)
haha, I hope your joking..

2000's ='s 2000-2009
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Trueblue23
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Dec 21, 2009 12:02am
LTrain23 wrote:
Trueblue23 wrote: It's year 3000 already!!??! damn those 2000s flew by!!

:)
haha, I hope your joking..

2000's ='s 2000-2009
Nothing gets by you does it bro? hahah
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hoops23
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Dec 21, 2009 12:03am
But, I was glad to see the iPod and PS2 on there... The PS2 really did revolutionize game consoles. Great controller, good graphics for the time period it was released, an integrated DVD player, and a massive game library..
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Tim Tebow
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Dec 21, 2009 12:13am
I like the biggest tech flops list better... i one the first one... the Sega Dreamcast!
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I Wear Pants
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Dec 21, 2009 12:14am
LTrain23 wrote: But, I was glad to see the iPod and PS2 on there... The PS2 really did revolutionize game consoles. Great controller, good graphics for the time period it was released, an integrated DVD player, and a massive game library..
The PS2 was the first console that seemed like it came from a legitimate company in a legitimate industry.

Super Nintendo, Genesis, PS1, N64, Saturn, all of them still had the feel of a fledgling industry.
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hoops23
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Dec 21, 2009 12:27am
Tim Tebow wrote: I like the biggest tech flops list better... i one the first one... the Sega Dreamcast!
Yeah, that list was a bit older though.. I read that one a few weeks back.
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redfalcon
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Dec 21, 2009 1:07am
Tim Tebow wrote: I like the biggest tech flops list better... i one the first one... the Sega Dreamcast!
Got a link?
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hoops23
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Dec 21, 2009 1:08am
Here you go-

The 30 greatest Tech flops of the decade:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-18438_7-10288870-82.html?tag=mncol;txt
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trackandccrunner
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Dec 21, 2009 4:51am
Im surprised HD DVD was so far down on the flop list. And not having the Xbox in the best is a shame.
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hoops23
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Dec 21, 2009 5:10am
trackandccrunner wrote: Im surprised HD DVD was so far down on the flop list. And not having the Xbox in the best is a shame.
Theirs probably broke, hence leaving it off the list.
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Teabagger
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Dec 21, 2009 6:41am
I absoluletly loved the dreamcast. I thought it was way ahead of its time.