The Top 10 Everything of 2009

TIME charts the highs and lows of the past year in 50 wide-ranging lists

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4. iPhone 3GS

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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.

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