Monday, June 02, 2008
♥ The 100 Best Products of the Year
I read online that the the Nintendo Wii and the Apple iPhone were one of the top 100 best products of the year. I'm going to list everything here if you want to read more click on the link below. Bold letterings are just sites I go to on a regular basis or items I own.
The 100 Best Products of the Year <-- Click to Read More
- 1. Hulu (video site, free/ad-based)
2. Apple iPhone (smart phone, $400 with two-year AT&T wireless contract)
3. Facebook (online social network, free)
4. Microsoft Window XP (operating system, not sold separately)
5. Lenovo ThinkPad X300 (ultraportable laptop, $2,500)
6. Flock (browser, free)
7. Eye-Fi (wireless camera memory card, $100)
8. Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1 (digital camera, $1,000)
9. Harmonix Rock Band (game bundle, $170)
10. Wikipedia (open-source encyclopedia, free)
11. Netflik (DVD rental and online video site, $5/month and up)
12. Microsoft XBox Live (online service, $59/year)
13. Apple iPhone Touch (media player, $299 - $499)
14. Craigslist (online classifieds and discussion, free)
15. Scrabulous (PC game, free)
16. Nintendo Wii (game console, $250)
17. Apple Max OS X 10.5 Leopard (operating system $129)
18. Apple Cinema HD Display (23-inch LCD monitor, $899)
19. Twitter (social networking site, free)
20. Pioneer Kuro PDP-5010FD (50-inch plasma HDTV, $3,500)
21. Mozilla Firefox 3 (browser, free)
22. Safari (mobile browser, free)
23. NPR.org (news site, free)
24. Photoshop CS3 (image-editing software, $650)
25. Google Maps--Street View (mapping software, free)
26. Apple MacBook Pro (Penryn)(Laptop series, from $1,999)
27. Google Docs & Spreadsheets (web-based productivity suite, free)
28. Apple Final Cut Studio 2 (video production suite, $1,299)
29. Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router WRT600N (wireless router, $200)
30. Flickr (photo-sharing site, 200 photos free, unlimited photos and storage $25/year)
31. Sony KDL-52XBR4 (52-inch LCD HDTV, $3,500)
32. Intel Penryn (processor line, prices vary)
33. Apple iChat (instant messaging, $129)
34. Creative Zen (MP3 player, $130 - $300)
35. Verizon FiOS (high-speed Internet access, $160/month or less)
36. Pandora (streaming music site, free or $36/year subsciption)
37. Canon EOS 40D (digital SLR camera, $1,500 with kit lens)
38. LG Electronics L196WTY-BF (19-inch LCD monitor, $220)
39. TiVo HD (digital video recorder, $300; service, $13/month)
40. Data Robotics Drobo DRO4DU10 (external hard drive, $500 without drives)
41. Google Gmail (e-mail,free)
42. Electronics Arts "Rock Band" Controllers (game controllers, Guitar $60, Drums $80)
43. Mozilla Thunderbird (e-mail, free)
44. Dell XPS 420 (desktop PC, $2,730)
45. Washington Post (news site, free)
46. Yelp.com (online social reviews, free)
47. Nikon D60 (digital SLR camera, $750)
48. The Consumerist (blog, free)
49. AdventNet Zoho (office suite app, free)
50. OpenDNS PhishTank (security site, free)
51. Western Digital VelociRaptor (internal hard drive, $300)
52. NYTimes.com (news site, free)
53. Motorola MotoRokr T505 (car speakerphone, $140)
54. SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus (thumb drive, $60; online backup, $30/year)
55. Dash Navigation Dash Express (GPS navigation system, $400; service, $10 - $13/month)
56. Panasonic TH-42PZ700U (42-inch plasma HDTV, $1,400)
57. Netgear ReadyNAS Dou (network-attached storage, $400)
58. Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008 (security suite, $60)
59. RIM BlackBerry Curve 8300 Series (smart phone, $250 with two-year AT&T wireless contract)
60. Vimeo (video-sharing site, free)
61. SideStep (travel site, free)
62. Alienware Area-51 M15X (gaming laptop, starts at $1,500)
63. TellMe (mobile search, free)
64. Amazon MP3 (digital music site, $0.99 per song, most full albums $10)
65. Samsun SyncMaster 305T (30-inch LCD monitor, $1,300)
66. Apple Logic Studio (music production suite, $499)
67. Gateway XHD3000 (30-inch LCD monitor, $1,700)
68. HP Photosmart C5280 (inkjet multifunction printer, $150)
69. USB Safely Remove 3.3 (utilitis, shareware)
70. Samsung LN-T4061 (40-inch LCD HDTV, $1,300)
71. nVida GeForce 8800 GT (graphics board, $250)
72. Ceulean Studios Trillian (instant messaging, free)
73. Creative Aurvana X-Fi (headphones, $300)
74. Olympus SP-570 UZ (advance digital camera, $500)
75. Apple iMac (desktop computer, from $1,199)
76. Samsung 2263DX (22-inch LCD display, $550)
77. Canon Vixia HF10 (high-definition camcorder, $1,100)
78. Mint (personal finance site, free)
79. VMWare Fusion (virtualization software, $80)
80. Apple TV Take 2 (media-streaming device, $229 and up)
81. YouTube (viral video site, free)
82. Chestnut Hill Sound George (iPod speaker dock, $499)
83. Microsoft Office 2007 (office suite, $150 - $680, depending on edition)
84. Intel SkullTrail Dual Socket Extreme Desktop (motherboard, $650)
85. Canon Pixma MX700 (inkjet multifunction printer, $160)
86. AT7T Tilt 8925 by HTC (smart phone, $400 with two-year AT&T wireless contract)
87. Canon Powershot SD1100 IS (digital camera, $250)
88. Vizio GV42LF (42-inch LCD HDTV, $1,200)
89. Apple MacBook Air (ultraportable laptop, $1,799)
90. Ubuntu Linux (operating system, free)
91. Electronic Arts The Orange Box (games, $60 PS3 or XBox 360, $50 PC)
92. Digg (social news site, free)
93. Asus U2E (ultraportable laptop, $2,000)
94. Meebo (web-based instant messaging, free)
95. HP Blackbird 002 (desktop PC, $2,300 and up)
96. Partition Logic (partitioning software, free)
97. Palm Centro (smart phone, $150 with two-year Sprint wireless contract)
98. Audacity (audo editor, free)
99. Lifehacker (blog, free)
100. Jing Project (image/video production app, free)
♥ And did I tell you that I love you tonight
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