TIME Magazine previously reported its 50 most influential gadgets of all time. Apple tops the list with its iPhone.

According to TIME Magazine, “What really made the iPhone so remarkable, however, was its software and mobile app store, introduced later. The iPhone popularized the mobile app, forever changing how we communicate, play games, shop, work, and complete many everyday tasks.”
According to 9to5mac, Apple’s iPad comes in at #25, as its a different tablet no one has ever seen before. The famously known Macintosh came in third place, known for its graphical interface, user-friendly mouse and “overall friendly design”. “It forever set the standard for the way human beings interact with computers,” TIME writes.
Finally, the iBook comes in at #38 with TIME praising the device for being the first laptop to offer WiFi: “The iBook’s brightly-colored, plastic trim may look dated now, but it was the first laptop to offer wireless networking. Apple’s consumer-oriented portable—for its cool-factor as well as its technology—grew into a serious business. The product’s reveal was a classic example of Steve Jobs’ showmanship at its best. While loading a webpage and showing off the computer’s display at 1999’s MacWorld conference, the Apple co-founder lifted the computer off its table and walked across the stage. The crowd roared in approval. In a gesture, he showed that Wi-Fi was here to stay.”



