iPhone = “Invention Of Year”
11.01.07 - 11:59am
The iPhone is being heralded as the “Invention of the Year” by Time magazine, based partially on the iPhone’s celebrity status and partially on the way Steve Jobs and Apple have used features, such as Apple’s revolutionary touch screen, to create a device that has already become an icon in the cell phone world.
Taking over “invention of the Year” is not such an easy deal. The iPhone had to beat out gadgets that made leaps in molecular science, robotics, military uses, and environmentally friendly technology.
“Intel’s 45-nanometer (parts for chips) – that’s a serious deal, but it’s a lot less glamorous than the iPhone even though it’s important,” said Lev Grossman, a Time staff writer who covers technology and helped select the magazine’s annual honorees.
Glamour this year is king, and says Grossman, the iPhone retains many component parts that buy themselves would not have made nearly the splash, however, “Apple knew what to do with it.”
Apple, he said, created not only a cell industry changing phone, but also the handheld computer.
The article will appear in Time Magazine on Friday.
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