Friday, November 2, 2007

Time names iPhone Invention of the Year

Apple didnt invent the touchscreen, explains Lev Grossman (Time), but Apple knew what to do with it, creating a whole new kind of interface, a tactile one that gives users the illusion of actually physically manipulating data with their handsflipping through album covers, clicking links, stretching and shrinking photographs with their fingers. Its implementation of touchscreen technology is one of the five reasons Grossman believes that iPhone is the best thing invented this year. What do you think are the other four?

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[Source: Apple Hot News]