10 Greatest Gadget Ideas of the Year

2005 was filled with success stories in the high-tech industry. Google Earth redefined how we think of our planet, the Razr phone proved that people do care about beauty, and the iPod - well, you know all about the iPod.

But some of the year's greatest joys were aspects of new products. Now and then you clever steps forward and new spins on old features that somehow made it through committee, past the bean counters and under the radar of marketing departments.

This article of the New York Times contains the 10 best gadget ideas of 2005.