iPhone wins awards, will win a lot more before 2008

We're getting closer and closer to the end of the year, and that means it's almost time for everyone to announce their "best tech product of the year" awards. Gadget website T3 has gotten an early start, and not surprisingly, Apple walked all over everyone else, with the iPhone grabbing tons of awards, and iTunes and the MacBook Pro picking up a few more.

Which means: get ready, because the iPhone is going to pretty much win every award imaginable for 2007. What else came out this year that came even close to moving gadget technology ahead? As predicted, it sold tons of units, captured the nation's imagination at launch, singlehandedly pushed cell phones ahead light years (even while bringing some harsh light to Apple's closed architecture policy), and just generally changed the world of gadgets. Is there any other product released in 2007 that could really be called "Gadget of the Year"?

I'd think not. The Wii is awesome and all, but my guess is as these end of the year awards come out, even Nintendo's little marvel of an input device demo won't hold a candle to Apple's communications device.

Thanks, Charles B!

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Source: http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/general/apple_cleans_up_at_t3_a…

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phil

The picture of the iPod touch also brought me to the comments section... what gives?

October 14 2007 at 6:28 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

DWBjr

@Pointer: Jonathon Ives won an award for the iPhone's design earlier this year. This "most anticipated gadget" award is another award, so minus anything I've missed, we're already into "more than one", though arguably not yet "tons". But, that said, I agree... many more to come. I think Sky being in the UK, and the UK iPhone only just launching... it missed out on a sweep here. Timing is everything.

October 13 2007 at 5:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

tanais

Just a teeny tiny point Tuaw...

...that's an iPod Touch in the picture you used.

October 13 2007 at 3:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Pointer

Poor reporting TUAW. The iphone only won one award for most anticipated gadget for 2008 not "tons of awards".

October 13 2007 at 1:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

John Coxon

I would agree with the first comment - saying that the iPhone has beaten the Wii to 'Gadget of the Year' when they were released in different years is a tenuous compliment at best! :)

October 13 2007 at 12:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Steve Simitzis

The Wii is great, but that was 2006's gadget of the year. I can't think of any other device in 2007 that received more talk than the iPhone, starting from the rumors to its announcement in January to its release in June and every point in between and after. Love it or hate it, own it or not, 2007 was absolutely the year of the iPhone.

October 13 2007 at 1:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Luigi193

Seeing how frikin awesome the wii's doing... I wouldn't get to cocky.........

WII FTW!!!!!!!!

October 12 2007 at 9:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tim Dorr

Heh, I was just going to say the same thing ^_^

October 12 2007 at 8:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

g0pher

i see TOUCH =]

October 12 2007 at 7:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Xavier

Why the picture of the iPod Touch on an iPhone article...?