It’s the one gadget the world has heard more about than anything: The Apple iPhone. In their annual award to a product that has stood out, Time magazine has given Apple’s handheld the organization’s prestigious Gadget of the Year award.

Digital Journal — When you begin to read Time’s Gadget of the Year article, you would initially think it’s a damning tech review more so than praising prose.

As Time writer Lev Grossman writes, “The thing is hard to type on. It’s too slow. It’s too big. It doesn’t have instant messaging. It’s too expensive. (Or, no, wait, it’s too cheap!) It doesn’t support my work e-mail. It’s locked to AT&T. Steve Jobs secretly hates puppies. And — all together now — we’re sick of hearing about it! Yes, there’s been a lot of hype written about the iPhone, and a lot of guff too. So much so that it seems weird to add more, after Danny Fanboy and Bobby McBlogger have had their day. But when that day is over, Apple’s iPhone is still the best thing invented this year. Why? Five reasons…” More —>