Apple iPhone Extras - Time Invention of The Year

I knew that Apple would win numerous awards for this beautiful phone. Look at it and try to compare it with another cell phone that has the same kind of technology. It doesn’t exist. Apple’s iphone will change the cellular phone industry forever as many other companies are trying to make touch screen phones that are similar to iphone. Can they beat Apples gem? We can only wait and see what happens next.

1. The iPhone is pretty
Most high-tech companies don’t take design seriously. They treat it as an afterthought. Window-dressing. But one of Jobs’ basic insights about technology is that good design is actually as important as good technology. All the cool features in the world won’t do you any good unless you can figure out how to use said features, and feel smart and attractive while doing it.

An example: look at what happens when you put the iPhone into “airplane” mode (i.e., no cell service, WiFi, etc.). A tiny little orange airplane zooms into the menu bar! Cute, you might say. But cute little touches like that are part of what makes the iPhone usable in a world of useless gadgets. It speaks your language. In the world of technology, surface really is depth.

From Time article read here: Apple iphone - product of the year