iPhone 3GS awarded the Euro smartphone 2009 title by EISA

17 August, 2009
EISA - the European Imaging and Sound Association - announced its 2009-2010 awards for mobile devices and greenness. More than 50 prominent tech magazines from all over Europe got together to...

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  • 3WP
  • 25 Dec 2009

cmon, w995, omnia... any phone has better specs (yeah, apple store can be countered by mobile9.com) "You now can share your iPod music files via Stereo Bluetooth to your hi-fi equipment at home, or headphones, assuming that these too incorporate a Stereo Bluetooth facility." *yawn, even the old w900i has this. "Smart functions have been upgraded as well: you can now cut, copy and paste, and MMS is possible, as well as tethering or video recording." wtf?! mms and video recording is supported even on the ancient w800, tethering is supported by almost any 3g phone out there. the camera has no flash... so, for what is this phone good? touchscreen is good, but typing on even the standard mobile phone keypad is faster, and don't mention the fingerprints... yeah, smartphone, but can install only apps from app store, so no java or any other 3rd party app outside app store... and all this for "just" $992 (for 8gb unlocked model)... cmon, why is this phone awarded, buy the omnia hd or w995 or n86 which are much cheaper and give more (better camera, flash, can multitask, can send files over bluetooth out of the box...). I know this can be gotten with jailbreaking BUT why jailbreak when you can get it out of the box. and while you mention jailbreaking, we can use a2uploader to mod camera, sound, display etc. for se w995...

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    • Enr00ted
    • mQT
    • 19 Aug 2009

    Really, what for ?! copy-paste ? :D

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      • stab116
      • Lay
      • 19 Aug 2009

      Unlike last year, this time the awards really hit the spot. The Omnia and the iPhone really deserved it. I believe that what makes a smartphone great is the option of adding new features, and the iPhone clearly allows that, even if it failds at other things. The Pixon12 shouldn't win because HD video recording, which is something grounbreaking when it comes to phones, is more important that 4 extra megapixels. Camera resolution isn't that important anyway.

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        • Nishant
        • tYW
        • 19 Aug 2009

        Really...... iphone 3GS is the king......i knw it is a bit pricy.....but u r also getting so much futuristic if u r spending so much on that......

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          • gayan
          • w9L
          • 19 Aug 2009

          i never trust those award giveaways for mobiles - cuz everytime i see one they give it away to a phone that is out of winning area . last time they gave away the award for the well balanced option phone to s.e. w910 which is no where near well balanced options , thats in last mobile world congress event . many have refused it . and this time the i phone . these are all marketing gimmiks . they want to sell the phone as much as they want to . dont fall for tricks .

          for eg - take a look at some of the pc video games - they get so many awards by some magazines and companies months before they get released to the gamers .

          and now take a look at how they have given away the awards none of the brands have been choosen for two awards or more its like apple / nokia / samsung / lg in order .

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            • Anonymous
            • P%n
            • 18 Aug 2009

            Anonymous, 18 Aug 2009The EISA giving out 2009 awards in the MIDDLE OF 2009? And ... moreLike the iPhone 3GS released in June, maybe...

            ...read the news it's for 2009/10 phones.

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              • Anonymous
              • P@c
              • 18 Aug 2009

              Anonymous, 18 Aug 2009The EISA giving out 2009 awards in the MIDDLE OF 2009? And ... moreYeah, right. Our calendar haven't reached the -BER months yet. Are they on a different dimension? Blunder.

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                • Anonymous
                • TkM
                • 18 Aug 2009

                The EISA giving out 2009 awards in the MIDDLE OF 2009? And incidently most of the major manufacturers have released their flagship handsets just recently! Wow, EISA must have a crystal ball or something....or some other influence.......

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                  • Anonymous
                  • EqV
                  • 18 Aug 2009

                  i lol'd

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                    • Dani
                    • nFX
                    • 18 Aug 2009

                    iPhone deserves it

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                      • S60 fans club
                      • P@c
                      • 18 Aug 2009

                      I'm worried that apple will overhype their upcoming overpriced gadgets and those thingamajigs WILL SELL because people would be blinded by the hype. Talk about highway robbery!

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                        • S60 fans club
                        • P@c
                        • 18 Aug 2009

                        What the heck are you waiting for, virus makers? Now is the time. Jump ship to OSX and leave s60 alone. It's now or never. Wipe the smugness in this world!

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                          • Albanian
                          • Srh
                          • 18 Aug 2009

                          Why are you saying you can't multitask on iphone. I can use skype, messenger plus play a game on my iphone just fine. I also can transfer files via bluetooth even though i don't use it very often. All you need to do is jailbraking your iphone amd you can do wonderful things. You can download videos from youtube, and many other things

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                            • boomshine
                            • PSk
                            • 18 Aug 2009

                            i think the greatest edge of Iphone 3gs is the apple store, good hardware+good OS+great apple store= i think overall winner(for now)

                            but of course there are phones that have better hardware than Iphone, but not so good OS though...

                            and android market is still young so lets just wait and see for the next few months how it will compete with apple market

                            one negative thing for me is the price (oh its apple its got to be expensive hehe)

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Mfy
                              • 18 Aug 2009

                              what makes iphone a great device is not its functionality
                              just as you guys mentioned, it can't multi-task, can't share things via bluetooth and so forth
                              but ordinary folks don't care about these geeky stuff, that's why iphone sell so well all over the world.

                              iphone may not be smart enough for those techies, as they're way smarter than their phone. for the rest of the world, it allows them do things in ways they have never been able before using a phone.
                              iphone itself is smart, and that really matters

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                                • Brenda
                                • FJT
                                • 18 Aug 2009

                                Anonymous, 18 Aug 2009Imagine he following scenario... Oh hi there, can you bl... moreAnd you want me to give up the tons of useful apps that I currently have on my iphone right now just so I can customize ringtones? Grow up. I have better use for my iphone than play with ringtones all day.

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                                  • Win7RTM
                                  • q22
                                  • 18 Aug 2009

                                  Win7RTM, 18 Aug 2009Well now I guess you are right about that. A smartphone is ... moregood lord you didn't anything from what I said. What did I expect anyway. 1 dimensional -.-

                                  On another note, what OS is the Omnia using? Looks familiar, but I don't know what that is =|(btw $500! at least the 600mhz processor and HD gaming graphics....but still).

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                                    • GADGET
                                    • uNV
                                    • 18 Aug 2009

                                    u kno what? i fold. aite i surrender to ur ignorance...for God's sake... i got n iphone 2 ...so do many of da so called "haters" here..u don c dem lickin up apple's but jz coz of da childish flashy interface..nevermind... THE IPHONE IS THE BEST PHONE IN THE WORLD..daz wad yall wanna hear rite?...dere ya go

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • ibb
                                      • 18 Aug 2009

                                      Anonymous, 18 Aug 2009Did the N82 have optical zoom? No. I rest my case.do G810 can take better pic than N82??

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • P%n
                                        • 18 Aug 2009

                                        [deleted post]Imagine he following scenario...

                                        Oh hi there, can you bluetooth that song to me?

                                        No, sorry I can't this is a 5800 XM and that song came from Nokia's Comes with Music service so the DRM won't let me.

                                        Can you use it as a ringtone?

                                        Nope.

                                        Message tone...

                                        ...nup.

                                        Hmmm....