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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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!

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Eric @ Feb 26th 2008 11:02AM

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

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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