Time Magazine Names iPhone “Invention of the Year”

Time magazine has named the iPhone its "invention of the year" for 2007, for the following five reasons:

1. Good design, cool features, and ease of use
2. Use of touchscreen technology provides new way to relate to computers
3. Likelihood that it will make other phones better
4. Integration of OS X platform into mobile computer
5. Potential of even better iPhones to come

Source:  "Invention Of the Year: The iPhone" by Lev Grossman, published at Time.com.