20年来12大最具影响力的个人科技产品

9. The iPhone (2007)

9. iPhone (2007)

Apple electrified the tech world with this device -- the first truly smart smartphone. It is an iPod, an Internet device and a phone combined in one small gadget. Its revolutionary multi-touch user interface is gradually replacing the PC's graphical user interface on many devices.

苹果凭藉iPhone震惊了科技界。这是第一款真正智能的智能手机，集iPod、互联网设备、手机功能于一身。iPhone带来了革命性的多点触控用户界面，在许多设备中，个人电脑(PC)图形用户界面正逐步被取而代之。

A year after it was introduced, it was joined by the App Store, which allowed third-party developers to sell programs, or apps, for the phone. They now number about a million. It has spawned many competitors that have collectively moved the Internet from a PC-centric system to a mobile-centric one.

iPhone问世一年后，苹果推出了应用商店(App Store)，允许第三方开发商在店内出售iPhone应用。现在，iPhone的应用数量已经达到约100万个。iPhone也催生了许多竞争对手，它们共同把互联网从一个以PC为中心的系统转变为一个以移动设备为中心的系统。