Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets - C4 now

I would have thought the telephone should be number one, not even mobile phones. Actually, scratch that, the electric telegraph was the first instance of true telecommunications and therefore marked the start of the information age.

Suffocate Peon wrote:Plus I want to be able to download them from the iPod itself, rather than having to use the computer, because having to connect my ipod, find and download podcasts, copy over, and disconnect iPod is not that seamless of a process and is something I do about 3 times a week.

iPod touch?

Time on your wrist

Fire in a box

Lighter


Anyone got the complete list? Only saw the last 10 minutes.


Was the fleshlight on the list at all?

I missed this, I take it it was full of Fry's Apple fanboyism. I do love him, but it gets tiresome. Oh and Apple didn't revolutionise the music industry, or invent the MP3 player. They were riding the digital download revolution made possible by faster internet speeds. I mean I could download almost CD quality music, at only 40 mins per song! Dat 56K.

Apple just made MP3 players cool and outlasted the competition. The same with their music store, it's only popular because of the iPod.

Which music stores are better? (genuine question)

WOT NO PIP-BOY?!

There's not that many alternatives, lots of smaller ones lost the battle. I've used Amazon a few times. It's fairly painless, as cheap or cheaper than iTunes and I have DRM free music. To be honest though piracy is still the cheapest option

I didn't have a problem with the lighter being number one but surely the fridge freezer should have been in the top 100!

There was no Apple fanboyism in the show at all really.

How the strawberry floating lighter one though Box of matches creates instant fire too. That apple peeler should have taken the surprise of the night. It was amazing

Moggy wrote:I didn't have a problem with the lighter being number one but surely the fridge freezer should have been in the top 100!

That's an appliance though. Same reason the cooker, oven, washing machine, dishwasher and tumble dryer weren't in the list.

Fatal Exception wrote:There's not that many alternatives, lots of smaller ones lost the battle. I've used Amazon a few times. It's fairly painless, as cheap or cheaper than iTunes and I have DRM free music. To be honest though piracy is still the cheapest option

Amazon is far superior to the Itunes store aye.

Jonathan86 wrote:

Moggy wrote:I didn't have a problem with the lighter being number one but surely the fridge freezer should have been in the top 100!

That's an appliance though. Same reason the cooker, oven, washing machine, dishwasher and tumble dryer weren't in the list.

So toasters and sandwich toasters are gadgets but a fridge is an appliance?

I bet Fry would have put an iFridge in the list.

Moggy wrote:

Jonathan86 wrote:

Moggy wrote:I didn't have a problem with the lighter being number one but surely the fridge freezer should have been in the top 100!

That's an appliance though. Same reason the cooker, oven, washing machine, dishwasher and tumble dryer weren't in the list.

So toasters and sandwich toasters are gadgets but a fridge is an appliance?

I bet Fry would have put an iFridge in the list.

It revolutionised the way we store food, by tying you into only buying food from the iFood store (which wont keep in any other fridge) and becoming redundant after two years. Oh yeah and it's designed to be a featureless chamfer box in black (white version available later).

Fatal Exception wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Jonathan86 wrote:

Moggy wrote:I didn't have a problem with the lighter being number one but surely the fridge freezer should have been in the top 100!

That's an appliance though. Same reason the cooker, oven, washing machine, dishwasher and tumble dryer weren't in the list.

So toasters and sandwich toasters are gadgets but a fridge is an appliance?

I bet Fry would have put an iFridge in the list.

It revolutionised the way we store food, by tying you into only buying food from the iFood store (which wont keep in any other fridge) and becoming redundant after two years. Oh yeah and it's designed to be a featureless chamfer box in black (white version available later).

And it refuses to work if you try and clean it with this:

Off topic, but if I buy a song from Amazon music is a once only download or can I download it again and again?

Shadow wrote:Off topic, but if I buy a song from Amazon music is a once only download or can I download it again and again?

Once only. 7digital, on the other hand allows you to re-download on demand, although it tends to be a bit more expensive. Dunno about Beatport and Juno Download.

Fatal Exception wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Jonathan86 wrote:

Moggy wrote:I didn't have a problem with the lighter being number one but surely the fridge freezer should have been in the top 100!

That's an appliance though. Same reason the cooker, oven, washing machine, dishwasher and tumble dryer weren't in the list.

So toasters and sandwich toasters are gadgets but a fridge is an appliance?

I bet Fry would have put an iFridge in the list.

It revolutionised the way we store food, by tying you into only buying food from the iFood store (which wont keep in any other fridge) and becoming redundant after two years. Oh yeah and it's designed to be a featureless chamfer box in black (white version available later).

I think he said at the beginning that for it to be classed as a 'Gadget' on his list, it had to be portable.

Small stuff like toasters are, big things like a fridge aren't.

Cuban Pete wrote:Bravo @ Moggy

Yup. Genius.

HSH28 wrote:

Fatal Exception wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Jonathan86 wrote:

Moggy wrote:I didn't have a problem with the lighter being number one but surely the fridge freezer should have been in the top 100!

That's an appliance though. Same reason the cooker, oven, washing machine, dishwasher and tumble dryer weren't in the list.

So toasters and sandwich toasters are gadgets but a fridge is an appliance?

I bet Fry would have put an iFridge in the list.

It revolutionised the way we store food, by tying you into only buying food from the iFood store (which wont keep in any other fridge) and becoming redundant after two years. Oh yeah and it's designed to be a featureless chamfer box in black (white version available later).

I think he said at the beginning that for it to be classed as a 'Gadget' on his list, it had to be portable.

Small stuff like toasters are, big things like a fridge aren't.

It has coasters and a carry strap (sold separately).

It's nice that the anti apple brigade can vent in more than one thread.


The Ipod was, is and always will be an iconic work of genius.


Deal with it.