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  Amazing11 year, 3 months ago

  Don't own a single one of them. Don't want any of them. Too many gadgets as it is. Only keeps making the companies that produce them rich and the purchaser poor. NO thank you.

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  Harbeas1 year, 3 months ago

  I agree with you amazing. We are being railroaded by these things. The only one I would be interested in would be the digital camera.

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  blusmurf1 year, 3 months ago

  It's unavoidable that the world is constantly changing while tech companies keep churning out latest gadgets into the market.

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  AntiNeoCon1 year, 3 months ago

  Expensive toys, its okay if you can afford them I guess.

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  not2needy1 year, 3 months ago

  I don't have any of those, but if my husband sees this we will surely be off to some electronic store, Ssshhhh!! LOL

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  bluesfan4731 year, 3 months ago

  I always knew I was a dinosaur when it comes to technology and this article just proves it. I don't have any of these "must have gadgets" and couldn't care less about them. Give me a good book anyday!

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  blusmurf1 year, 3 months ago

  The only thing I have on the top 5 is the Nikon D80 I bought beginning of the year. It has served me pretty well :)

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  getanapple1 year, 3 months ago

  those items are lame, What is the benefit of Apple TV? I can hook my laptop to my TV and play anything I want with VLC media player.

  Maybe the Iphone could go on the list?

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  TonnieGoddard1 year, 3 months ago

  Wow, I've got two out of five - better than I'd thought! I bought my 11-year-old son a Wii for his birthday last week. And perhaps, in the unlikely event that I tire of it, I'll finally let him try it out!

  Definitely NOT your parent's Pong!

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    SCJDM1 year, 3 months ago

    You're the market they were aiming at. Good job by the people at nintendo for figuring out how to hit the over 30 market hard. It was an untapped market!

    SCJDM

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  tampicoMX1 year, 3 months ago

  Nothing better than the XM Pioneer Inno.

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  bmwbmerz81 year, 3 months ago

  Technology is a great thing, I own a IBM laptop, a SLR Digital camera, and a Wii. If people did not buy technology, then technology companies would not exist and advancements in technology would be going no where, or just really slow. So it's a good thing that the people that can afford to buy the newest technology, do. So to Amazing, sure they make money off of us who buy their stuff, but we work for a living to buy those kinds of things. Am I just not gonna buy a car, because it makes car companies richer. If everyone thought like that then they would not have the money, resources, or demand to produce the kinds of cars we have today and we all might be driving around in a horse and buggy or the Ford Model T right now. All because you don't want to make someone who works for a living a little richer. You can apply that to anything you use toady, not just cars. ex. TV, phone, refrigerator (lets all build our own ice boxes like in the old days so we don't make anyone richer)

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    Amazing11 year, 3 months ago

    I agree technology is a great thing. I think I was reacting to the "must have" of the title. If the tech companies make money, fine. But trying to make it seem like you MUST HAVE some of these gizmos just puts the poor in the unenviable position of not being able to afford the latest and greatest.

    I don't want the dang things because I don't need them. It's a part of my personal way of life to buy nothing that I can really live without. For instance, I like coffee, but I don't get it at Starbucks. The price is nuts and the coffee is not so wonderful that it justifies the wonderful price.

    The highlighted gadgets may be great, but I don't need them. Therefore, I do not want them.

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      RedRiverJ1 year, 3 months ago

      I agree there are a lot of people in debit up to their eyeballs because they have to have all the lastest 'stuff'. Nice stuff tho, good find.

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  Sludge-Guzzler1 year, 3 months ago

  I like technology but I don't agree with his choices for the top 5. My first cell phone (in 1986) was the size of a phone book and it took the company 6 hours to install it in my car. I needed it because I was a Realtor. Today, I have a Motorola Razr which out performs the car phone and (as we all know) is less than 1/2 inch thick and about the size of a credit card.

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  coolbeka1 year, 3 months ago

  At least they didn't put the iPhone on the list...

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  SCJDM1 year, 3 months ago

  Must have if we want to continue to be a puppet of the needless consumerism sweeping the nation. The message on the Wii system after play has gone on for a while is right, "get up and go outside for a while".

  SCJDM

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