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Best Gadget of the 00's?

Posted on 12/15/2009 8:12:44 AM PST by MNDude

What does everyone think was the best new gadget to come out in the past decade?


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21 posted on 12/15/2009 8:24:42 AM PST by earlJam
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Hope N’Change™


22 posted on 12/15/2009 8:24:51 AM PST by NMEwithin
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The snuggie.


23 posted on 12/15/2009 8:25:04 AM PST by Sybeck1 (Remember the reason for the season.)
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Ditto.


24 posted on 12/15/2009 8:25:07 AM PST by Jedidah
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25 posted on 12/15/2009 8:25:28 AM PST by SpinnerWebb (mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves)
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GPS gets my vote too. Honorable mention to the all-in-one printer/scanner/faxer/copier.


26 posted on 12/15/2009 8:26:19 AM PST by freespirited (People talk about "too big to fail." Our government is too big to succeed. --Chris Chocola)
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To: MNDude

Easy! The Taurus Judge. :)


27 posted on 12/15/2009 8:26:43 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (LIBERTY)
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Wide-mouth beercans.


28 posted on 12/15/2009 8:26:55 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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USB Flash Drive would get my vote with the iPhone coming in a close second.


29 posted on 12/15/2009 8:26:56 AM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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“Available on the market” and “widely adopted” are usually not synonymous so I’ll go with “widely adopted.”

WiFi
iPod
Flash drives


30 posted on 12/15/2009 8:28:59 AM PST by relictele
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31 posted on 12/15/2009 8:29:36 AM PST by listenhillary (I believe AGW is real now. It was caused by scientists and greenies LYING!)
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32 posted on 12/15/2009 8:30:03 AM PST by Jaxter (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum.)
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Consumer level GPS with road maps, 3D view and turn by turn directions. Yes, I know that GPS has been around much longer, but tended to be either fairly simple devices that just gave coordinates, or expensive devices intended for marine use or aviation.

True, many people have become overdependent on them, following their directions blindly, but they can be a real godsend when trying to find someplace that you’ve never been before, without having to keep a stack of maps on hand.


33 posted on 12/15/2009 8:30:22 AM PST by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
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the Bump-It... it gives hair lift and volume... or how about the Buxton Travel Purse... hahaha!


34 posted on 12/15/2009 8:31:16 AM PST by latina4dubya ( self-proclaimed tequila snob)
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Marshall Mini Guitar Amp

You get all the Marshall perks you're used to including, classic Marshall grille cloth, crunchy distortion, and plenty of volume for good clean fun. Tailor the sound with controls for overdrive, tone, and volume. Powered by one 9V battery.

35 posted on 12/15/2009 8:31:24 AM PST by T Minus Four (Global warming is not science, it's politics!)
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36 posted on 12/15/2009 8:31:49 AM PST by eclecticEel (The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
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37 posted on 12/15/2009 8:32:00 AM PST by AlGone2001 (He's not a baby anymore...)
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To: MNDude

DVR not sure if you would consider that a gadget or not. Other choices, Ipod/Iphone, GPS.


38 posted on 12/15/2009 8:32:14 AM PST by Big Red Clay (Greetings from the Big Red State)
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Not a device per se, but the advent of cheap mass storage.

At the start of 2000, hard drives in computers were still measured in megabytes. Only high end computers had more than a 1 gig drive.

Today we talk in terabytes when we talk drive space.

Add to that the advent of large electronic storage devices like SD cards that can hold 8, 16, 32, 64 gb+ in a device the size of your fingernail.

Ipods, GPSs, smartphones, mobile computing, digital photography/film are only possible at today’s level because mass storage has become so cheap.


39 posted on 12/15/2009 8:32:16 AM PST by Brookhaven (http://theconservativehand.blogspot.com/)
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I dunno, but whatever it is, Algore invented it, Bill Clinton tried to have sex with it, and Obama now controls the company that makes it.


40 posted on 12/15/2009 8:32:17 AM PST by bigbob
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