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- We’ve inducted this clever gadget into in our Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame!
- Automatic guitar tuners saved musicians the hassle of tuning their instruments by hand. For its ruggedness and ease of use, we’ve added the Boss TU-12 guitar tuner to our Consumer Electronics Hall of …
- Back when walkie-talkies were hot, Motorola’s iconic T250 Talkabouts were one of the most popular models. Relive your walkie-talkie days with us in our Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame.
- A company called Pure Digital kick-started the digital radio market with a compact, high-performance, and yet inexpensive radio called the Evoke-1. Now, it’s landed in our Consumer Electronics Hall of …
- Do you have a PlayStation? We’ve memorialized the Sony Playstation Portable in our Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame.
- Did you buy an iPhone in 2007? Back then, Steve Jobs described it as “a widescreen iPod with touch controls.” Learn more in our Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame!
- The Casio F-91W was introduced in 1989 and is still sold in its original form three decades later. What makes it such a great watch? Read on in our Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame.
- Fitbit nearly capsized at least 7 times because of dwindling capital and manufacturing issues. Visit our Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame to learn how the startup survived to be acquired by Google fo …
- VCRs made it possible to “time shift”—watch movies or programs whenever you wanted, instead of when they were scheduled to air. And the Panasonic PV-1563, which debuted in 1986, was among the best. Le …
- The TiVo is the least successful, most significant consumer electronics device ever. Its legacy was the DVR technology that let people watch TV on their own terms. Now, find it in our Consumer Electro …
- SiriusXM radios are now installed in three-quarters of all automobiles manufactured around the world. Read the full story in our Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame. 🎶
- The voicemails you get today all started with the PhoneMate 400—the world’s first residential answering machine. Now you can find it in our Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame!
- With the StudSensor, Zircon single-handedly opened an entirely new market segment to the electronics industry: the hardware business. Check it out in our Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame!
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