James Delahunty
4 Mar 2005 22:50
According to Stuff Magazine, Sony's Playstation Portable (PSP) is the top gadget in the UK for 2005. The PSP pushed Apple's iPod music player into second place on the list. The "Top Ten Essentials list" predicts what gadgets will be the most wanted for a particular year. Owning all 10 gadgets will cost you £7,455. Sharp's 902 3G mobile phone, the Pentax Optio SV digital camera and Samsung's Yepp YH-999 video jukebox were also in the top list, showing the dominance of portable gadgets.
"What this year's Essentials shows is that gadgets are now cheaper, sexier and more indispensable than ever. We've got to the point where we can't live our lives without certain technology," said Adam Vaughan, editor of Stuff Essentials. "Take digital cameras, who would now pay to develop an entire film of photos? Or legitimate downloads, who would travel miles to a record shop when they could download the song in minutes for 70p?"
These devices will remain on top for this year but next year we will see a whole host of new technologies that will gain our most attention. Predictions for the list in 2006 are High Definition TV (HDTV), Xbox 2 and mobile phones with better MP3 capabilities.
Source:
BBC News