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Usb Flash drives
Inventor: Dov Moran
The first commercially-available USB flash drive was the ThumbDrive, produced by Singapore company Trek Technology in 2000. Later that year, IBM came out with its own model, the DiskOnKey. -
Ipod
Inventor: Steve Jobs
Released on October 23, 2001, with 5GB of storage that held 1,000 128kbps MP3s, a two-inch black-and-white screen, and a mechanical scroll wheel surrounded by four buttons, it used a relatively rare cable connector—FireWire—and only worked with Macs at first. -
Blackberry
Inventor: Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin
Following the release of its first smartphone in 2002, BlackBerrys quickly became must-have pieces of technology, first among business people and later the general public. -
iPhone
Inventor: Steve Jobs
It proved that people didn't just want a smarter phone—they wanted a computer in their pocket. -
Kindle
Inventor: Jeff Bezos
compelling e-reader. While the first Kindle was simple, it presaged all the entertainment-focused tablets that followed—including Amazon's own Kindle Fire line.