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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
Heck, even the Nike+ iPod kit was nominated for Gadget of the Year in 2006. This year, the iPhone is listed at number 3 on Time's year-end list, "The Top 10 Everything." I guess it was due for a slip (not that 3rd place on a list counting "everything" is bad!). Second place went to the Mitsubishi LaserVue 65-inch HDTV, while the Optoma Pico PK-101 sits at the top spot.

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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bkim

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.

December 10 2008 at 7:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex Morach

I think Core i7 should be on this list.

December 10 2008 at 5:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bob

Let'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).

December 10 2008 at 2:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Reclusive Monkey

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

December 10 2008 at 2:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bob

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 rate up rate down Reply
Jash Sayani

What are the No. 1 and No. 2 on Time's list.....??

December 10 2008 at 1:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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balls

RTFA: The Pico Projector, and Mitsu LaserVue 65" TV.

December 10 2008 at 1:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jash Sayani

The Pico projector has impressively made its way up in lots of Top Gadget lists.....

December 10 2008 at 2:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jason

"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.

December 10 2008 at 1:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MO

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 rate up rate down Reply
balls

Apple makes some very compelling products. While I'm not caught in the RDF, I do think the products mentioned deserve the accolades they receive.

December 10 2008 at 1:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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