iPhone is #3 on Time's gadgets list
Apple has long been a darling of Time Magazine's tech writers. Just take a look at the history- The iPhone is 2007's Gadget of the Year
- The iPhone is 2007's Invention of the Year
- The MacBook Pro was Gadget of the Week back in 2006
- Several appearances on the cover
The Pico, a pocket-sized projector for the iPod, first caught our attention in November. Optoma has priced it at $399US and suggested a shipping date of early next year.
So what accounted for the iPhone's slip? Time claims an email experience inferior to that on a Blackberry as well as average performance as a cell phone.
[Via MacNN]
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Apple has long been a darling of Time Magazine's tech writers. Just take a look at the history The iPhone is 2007's Gadget of the...
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I think they meant to say _below_ average performance as a cell phone.
I really wish Apple could have worked something out with Verizon, instead of AT&T. Those AT&T commercials are just starting to make me bitter. I don't know how they can advertise their network to be so great when it sucks so badly. "More bars in more places" is a load of crap--at least it is in Chicago.
I think Core i7 should be on this list.
December 10 2008 at 5:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLet's see....
The Pico will be purchased by a few thousand to hundred thousand people. A very cute device but quite limited in its appeal. The iPhone 3G has already been purchased by tens of millions of people world wide.
Makes sense to me why Pico is #1 and Apple is #3.
(Now if the Pico had a built-in media player and memory then perhaps I would find that interesting. But other than that a 320x240 resolution display is going to look like total crap at 60 inches).
Ummm... Am I missing something here? I thought it was 2008... Surely a link to the top gadgets of 2008 would be more appropriate?
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863825,00.html
It IS a list of 2008, in fact the same list you just linked. I think you got thrown off by the commentary concerning prior years. But Apple is #3 in 2008 and Pico is #1.
December 11 2008 at 4:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat are the No. 1 and No. 2 on Time's list.....??
December 10 2008 at 1:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyRTFA: The Pico Projector, and Mitsu LaserVue 65" TV.
December 10 2008 at 1:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe Pico projector has impressively made its way up in lots of Top Gadget lists.....
December 10 2008 at 2:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"It doesn't handle email as well as the cheapest BlackBerry"
...did you hear that, Apple? Get on the ball and fix the mail app.
It's not #3 on the everything list. It's #3 on the gadgets list. Nobody reads these days.
December 10 2008 at 1:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyApple makes some very compelling products. While I'm not caught in the RDF, I do think the products mentioned deserve the accolades they receive.
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