Droid named as Time’s gadget of the year

Jacqueline DiOrio 9 Dec, 2009 at 4:52pm ET Article published in Tech

Time magazine named today their top ten gadgets for the year, slotting the Motorola Droid into the number one spot. The iPhone had been a favorite for the position, but it was ousted by the recently released Android device.

“The Droid is a hefty beast, a metal behemoth without the gloss and finish of the iPhone, but you don’t miss it. The Droid’s touchscreen is phenomenally sharp and vivid, it has an actual physical (not great, but good enough) keyboard, and best of all, the Droid is on Verizon’s best-of-breed 3G network,” said Time.

Descending winners included the Barnes & Noble Nook, Dyson Air Multplier, Apple iPhone 3GS, Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, Dell Adamo XPS, Fuji FinePix Real 3D W1, Casio G-Shock GW7900B-1, Beats Solo by Dr. Dre, and the Panasonic G10 Series of Plasma HDTVs.

Comments

9 Dec 2009 ~ 5:02pm Ryder Gadget of the year when it has been out for a month or less? Yay Time.
9 Dec 2009 ~ 5:05pm GnomeQueen Hey, I don't think that the Nook has even begun shipping yet. If it has, it's only just begun. Compared to that, the Droid has been out forever.
9 Dec 2009 ~ 5:19pm Thrax

RyderOCZ wrote:

Gadget of the year when it has been out for a month or less? Yay Time.

I think it's a valid award. The Droid is an exceptionally compelling device, both from a hardware and software perspective, that's every bit as capable the other contender considered in its category, and it has a better network.
9 Dec 2009 ~ 5:32pm ardichoke Android: Enabling a mobile phone company that was on the verge of bankruptcy to not only redeem itself but release the gadget of the year.
9 Dec 2009 ~ 5:40pm NiGHTS The story of how the Droid came to be is a pretty interesting one.
9 Dec 2009 ~ 6:15pm Linc Should've been the Mark IV. That thing is mind-blowing.
9 Dec 2009 ~ 6:54pm Myrmidon Seriously, you guys? I mean, have you even SEEN sliced bread?
10 Dec 2009 ~ 3:24am BLuKnight Saturday, my wife and I upgraded our vintage phones. I went with the HTC Touch Pro 2 and my wife got a Droid. The HTC does better in battery life, speakerphone (really cool, just turn the phone over and put it on the table) and slide out keyboard. Other than that, my wife's Droid blows it out of the water. I'm contemplating turning in the HTC for and getting the Droid as well.
10 Dec 2009 ~ 1:45pm redchief with ATT heading towards punitive bandwidth charges I'll be watching here for the hack, ahem,, adjustment.. to convert Iphones to Verizon..
10 Dec 2009 ~ 1:53pm Thrax Not possible. iPhones use GSM cellular radios, while Verizon uses CDMA. They're completely incompatible.
10 Dec 2009 ~ 2:59pm QCH Love my Motorola Cliq. AT&T, you had everyone's interest but all things come to an end. You haven't adapted enough and now you will suffer for it.
10 Dec 2009 ~ 3:07pm Thrax I find it amusing that AT&T and VZW have gradually undergone a role reversal since the advent of the iPhone. Where Verizon was once reviled as the "unwanted" carrier that forbade WiFi and offered no compelling phones, now it's AT&T that is unwanted as the carrier which has clung too tightly to the iPhone at the expense of product diversity and customer satisfaction.
10 Dec 2009 ~ 3:15pm ardichoke Not to mention that AT&Ts network is woefully inadequate in many areas... says the T-Mobile user.