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Status Symbols: devices that transcend time
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January 23, 2014
Status Symbols: Tivoli PAL Radio
An almost Emersonian testament to rugged self-reliance
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August 2, 2013
Status Symbols: Toshiba Libretto
Step aside, ultrabooks, this paperback-sized laptop did it first
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April 25, 2013
Status Symbols: Porsche 959
Meet the car that Bill Gates waited more than a decade to drive
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February 15, 2013
Status Symbols: MiniDisc
In 1992, when the quirky new music format was introduced, Sony could do no wrong in consumer electronics
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December 21, 2012
Status Symbols: Samsung BlackJack
The first time mobile browsing wasn't 100 percent irritating
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October 26, 2012
Status Symbols: Game Boy Micro
Nintendo's smallest handheld was also its most stylish
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May 22, 2012
Status Symbols: Pioneer Kuro
In 2008 and 2009, Pioneer reached the pinnacle of its black art: the Kuro. For the low, low price of $6,000-ish, you could have the deepest black levels ever produced by a television.
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April 5, 2012
Status Symbols: Rega RP1 turntable
UK-based Rega has been making its mid-priced "Planar" series of turntables since the 70s, and while it's continually refining the engineering, the turntables themselves look about the same as they did thirty years ago: exactly minimal.
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February 7, 2012
Status Symbols: HTC HD2
The HD2 was a no-compromises halo device built from metal and the finest software Taiwan could muster.
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January 17, 2012
Status Symbols: Sony PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 represents a pinnacle of hardware design, Sony or otherwise.
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December 14, 2011
Status Symbols: Happy Hacking Keyboard
The Happy Hacking Keyboard, built by Fujitsu, and relatively unchanged since 1996, takes a decades-old Unix-style layout, strips out all unecessary fluff (silly dedicated arrow keys, for instance), and marries it with an only-from-Japan ultra-minimal design.
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November 30, 2011
Status Symbols: Grado GS1000i
Grado's GS1000i pair is the company's ultimate art-not-science blend of style, performance, and comfort, with lightweight, oversized mahogany earpieces that would make your dad jealous — and sound that anyone with a discerning eardrum would kill for.
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November 4, 2011
Status Symbols: Leica M9-P rangefinder camera
Status Symbols are devices that transcend their specs and features, and become something beautiful and luxurious in their own right. This edition takes a look at the Leica M9-P rangefinder camera.
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