Korean CEOs name iPhone most "inspirational" invention of 2007

by Chris Ziegler, posted Feb 26th 2008 at 12:29AM

Using Time Magazine's Inventions of 2007 list as its basis, a poll of 590 CEOs in South Korea has named the iPhone the most inspirational invention of last year -- a finding echoed by Time's own Invention Of the Year award. The best part? The poll was conducted by the Samsung Economic Research Institute, which is affiliated with -- you guessed it -- Samsung. Go figure.

Filed under: Culture, Studies, Apple

Tags: apple, ceo, iphone, korea, study

Relevant Posts

HTC Touch Diamond vs. iPhone, fight! (4 days ago - 18 Comments)
AT&T's activator getting jacked by iPhones that are never activated (5 days ago - 17 Comments)
Newsflash! Firmware 2.0 hints suggest Apple might be working on a 3G iPhone (7 days ago - 19 Comments)
O2 to announce 3G iPhone in "the coming weeks" (3 days ago - 9 Comments)
Apple Store's US and UK sites run dry of iPhones, 3G imminent? (7 days ago - 13 Comments)

Subscribe to these comments

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Highly Ranked

Chris McDowell @ Feb 26th 2008 1:15AM

I think the iPhone has changed the mobile phone industry more than people think. Even if you don't like the iPhone it has pushed many manufacturers to make better devices that I don't think they would have been challenged to make before.

Highly Ranked

JAmerican @ Feb 26th 2008 1:21AM

I completely agree. I personally hated the iPhone because it is really underfeatured in such small ways like no video recording or changing of background without hacking. It has definately changed the screen sizes on a lot of these devices which is a plus.

I am also liking the iPhone now that their is such a large community dedicated to unlocking it. Its like a new PSP homebrew community has sprung up for the iPhone.

JAmerican

Neutral

b33eazy @ Feb 26th 2008 5:30AM

The iphone is one of the best phones on the market.The only thing it needs are 32gbs and gps and it could permanently replace my ipod.

Neutral

Joseph Singer @ Feb 26th 2008 9:19AM

Interesting that Korean CEO's name it the invention of the year when it cannot even operate on any South Korean network!

Neutral

Eric @ Feb 26th 2008 11:02AM

It's not a damn INVENTION! It's, however, a great revamp of existing technology.

Neutral

chris @ Feb 26th 2008 8:03PM

i have to say that i do like the concept of the iphone but in 6 months time it will be old news, technology is moving so fast that it is just trying to get people to spend money on it while they can, that streak can only last so long, looks to me like they are always playing catchup with the nokia features, the N96 for example has built in digital TV and 16 gig hard drive which is perfect for me. Although i dont think they understand the future of the accelerometer, plus the morpho project. always look to the future.
chris

Add your comments

New Users

Name

E-mail

Current Users

E-mail:

Password

Remember Me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Add your comments:

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

Please note that gratuitous links to your site are viewed as spam and may result in removed comments. And yes, comments are moderated.

The Conduit gameplay trailer released EA deadline for Take-Two passes quietly Oregon Trail mobile updates a classic	Download Squad Week in Review Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 now available Condé Nast scoops up Ars Technica for Wired
Leech: download manager VideoDrive: easy iTunes video importing and tagging Lux: multi-touch for OS X	Robert Mondavi: The perils of the family business Peltz gets involved in Starbucks -- what does he have to add? Comfort Zone Investing: One thriving area of real estate: Apartments
Video: Dead Space and all the horror Alert! Microsoft Points scam sweeps Xbox Live HouseMarque's XBLA game: Golf Tee it Up	So, anything out there you'd like to strap a jet engine to? Jaguar posts first sales rise in almost 2 years Audi R8 race car to tackle Nürburgring 24 hrs