PopSci's Best of What's New 2007

Gadgets
Apple iPhone

Cellphone 2.0

While other phone makers piled on half-baked features, Apple rethought the way we interact with mobile devices. The iPhone puts an end to confusing menus, whether you’re flipping through album covers by swiping a finger or turning the phone sideways to get a wider view of a Web page.

It starts with the 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, the first on a cellphone that can recognize simultaneous touches, for tricks like zooming in on a photo by spreading your fingers apart. A grid of sensors behind the glass detects—with great accuracy—where your finger disrupts the electrical field above it, so you can tap the correct link even on a Web page that’s littered with them.

The iPhone is also the best iPod ever, with a built-in YouTube interface, movie player and iTunes downloads. For anything else you want it to do, it runs third-party Web applications, and—as long as hackers stay ahead of Apple—unofficial programs like games and instant messaging. The competition looks downright primitive. $400; apple.com

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