Time magazine has released its list of the 50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time. According to the publication, Apple's original iPhone has changed the way consumers live work and play more than any other tech device in recent history.
Time's list of also makes room for Google Glass (50th place), the Nest Smart Thermostat (44th place) and the BlackBerry 6210 (24th).
However, the top 10 features more products from Apple than any other company.
As well as the iPhone in first place, the original Apple Macintosh desktop is third (ahead of the IBM PC in fifth place), and the iPod ninth, some way behind the Sony Walkman in fourth.
Sony's original Trinitron colour TV was considered the second most influential gadget of all time, and the Kodak Brownie camera took eighth place in the list behind the Regency TR-1 transistor radio in seventh. And the Victoria Record Player in sixth place.
The full list of the 50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time follows:
1. Apple iPhone
2. Sony Trinitron
3. Apple Macintosh
4. Sony Walkman
5. IBM Model 5150
6. Victrola Record Player
7. Regency TR-1 Transistor Radio
8. Kodak Brownie Camera
9. Apple iPod
10. Magic Wand
11. Canon Pocketronic Calculator
12. Philips N1500 VCR
13. Atari 2600
14. US Robotics Sportster 56K Modem
15. Nintendo Entertainment System
16. Nintendo Game Boy
17. IBM Selectric Typewriter
18. Motorola Bravo Pager
19. JVC VideoMovie Camcorder
20. Motorola Droid
21. IBM Thinkpad 700C
22. TomTom GPS
23. Phonemate 400 Answering Machine
24. BlackBerry 6210
25. Apple iPad
26. Commodore 64
27. Polaroid Camera
28. Amazon Kindle
29. TiVo
30. Toshiba DVD Player
31. Sony PlayStation
32. Wii
33. Jerrold Cable Box
34. Nokia 3210
35. HP DeskJet
36. Palm Pilot
37. Motorola Dynatac 8000x
38. Apple iBook
39. Oculus Rift
40. Sony Discman D-50
41. Roku Netflix Player
42. Fitbit
43. Osborne 1
44. Nest Thermostat
45. Raspberry Pi
46. DJI Phantom
47. Yamaha Clavinova Digital Piano
48. Segway
49. Makerbot Replicator
50. Google Glass
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