Time Magazine Ranks Droid #1 Gadget of 2009 – iPhone # 4

It looks like the Motorola Droid is making a bigger splash into the smartphone industry than originally thought! According to Time Magazine at least. Time has just released their Top 10 Everything of 2009 and their Gadget category is interesting. The Motorola Droid is ranked as their number 1 Gadget of 2009 while the iPhone 3GS is number 4. This is great news that other smartphones, expecially those running Android are finally being recognized as great phones. It looks like the iPhone is no longer the standard MUST HAVE smartphone.

The 2 devices ahead of the iPhone? The Barnes and Noble nook was #2, while Dyson’s Air Multiplier bladeless fan was #3.

Here is what Time says about each of the phones:

1. Motorola Droid

Everybody likes Android, Google’s open-source smartphone operating system. But a smartphone operating system isn’t all that satisfying without an actual kick-ass smartphone wrapped around it. Now Android has one: 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. It’s Android’s first credible challenge to the iPhone. Price: $300.

4. iPhone 3GS

Take the iPhone. Make it faster. There, you’re done. Yes, the 3GS has a better camera — with video. And it has a compass and voice control. Those are all improvements over the original. But the main point of, and the best thing about, the new iPhone is speed. It has more of it. Period. Price: $200 to $300.