The 2006 Engadget Awards

Well, we're all about to wave 2006 a very fond goodbye, but that doesn't mean we can't take a moment to reflect on all of this year's best (and worst) devices -- the very tech plunder we'll be using well into 2007. Welcome to the third annual Engadget awards!

We've set up 21 categories -- including most of our regular product categories, as well as best and worst gadget of 2006, and the most anticipated gadget of 2007 -- for you to cast your nominations. Here's how nominating works:

• Leave a comment as you normally would with what you're nominating in each category (remember, comments must be validated!).
• Don't include your reasons for nominating it or any of that stuff, just leaving the name is fine.
• Limit your nominations only to devices (or technologies) that were introduced and sold for the first time in 2006 (which means no concept devices or prototypes, although we will allow updated versions of previous products).
• Nominations only need be made once to be in the running, so make a quick scan to see if someone's already beat you to your suggestion (i.e., don't nominate anything more than once!).
• We'll keep the nominations open until 11:59PM EST on Saturday, January 6th

The editors of Engadget will then round up the best nominations, and pick the finalists for each category. These will then be voted on for the Reader's Choice Awards -- we'll also select our own winners for the Engadget Editors' Awards (i.e. each category will have two awards). The vote will take place in January (probably after CES), and winners will be announced later that month.

Here are the different categories, please post your nominations on each page!

• Gadget of the Year
• Worst Gadget of the Year
• Most Anticipated Gadget of 2007
  
  
• Cellphone of the Year
• Smartphone of the Year
• Desktop of the Year
• Digital Camera of the Year
• Display of the Year
• Game Console of the Year
• GPS Device of the Year
• Handheld of the Year
• HDTV of the Year
• Home Entertainment Device of the Year
• Laptop of the Year
• Peripheral of the Year
• Portable Media Device of the Year
• Robot of the Year
• Storage Device or Technology of the Year
• Tablet PC of the Year
• Wearable Device of the Year
• Wireless Device or Technology of the Year

Good luck!

See also: 2004 and 2005 Engadget Award winners.

[Aznjimmy @ Dec 31st 2006 5:46PM]

Remember guys that you need to post nominations on their respective pages, not here, and that this is for nominations only, not voting, so there is no need to list a device if it has already been nominated.

[Ryan Block @ Dec 31st 2006 5:48PM]

Please do not nominate here. I'm not looking at this post for nominations. Feel free to discuss the contest though!

[wahoo scott @ Dec 31st 2006 6:13PM]

how about some more caregories:

best company of the year: nintendo
worst company of the year: sony
worst idea that too many people bought into: macheist
best ce-oh no he didn't comment: hard drives and porn.

[Benjamin @ Dec 31st 2006 7:02PM]

Hey Ryan


Is there going to be Wii's to where you can buy them next year all the time?

[Brett Neese @ Dec 31st 2006 9:02PM]

Guys - what about software product of the year?

[daniel quach @ Jan 1st 2007 3:37AM]

* Gadget of the Year - DS lite
* Worst Gadget of the Year - creative media player
* Cellphone of the Year - chocolate
* Smartphone of the Year-treo750
* Desktop of the Year-iMac
* Digital Camera of the Year-fujifilm coolpix
* Game Console of the Year-wii
* Home Entertainment Device of the Year-sonos
* Laptop of the Year-powerbook 17"
* Portable Media Device of the Year-iPod video
* Storage Device or Technology of the Year-HDTV
* Wearable Device of the Year-eshure earphones
* Wireless Device or Technology of the Year-PSP

[Nick @ Jan 1st 2007 12:19PM]

"Remember guys that you need to post nominations on their respective pages, not here, and that this is for nominations only, not voting, so there is no need to list a device if it has already been nominated."

[Khaled @ Jan 1st 2007 4:50AM]

* Gadget of the Year - DS Lite
* Most Anticipated Gadget of 2007 - Video Telephony phones
* Cellphone of the Year - Nokia N93
* Smartphone of the Year- Treo 750
* Display of the Year - ViewSonic VX24
* HDTV of the Year: Sony Bravia any model
* Digital Camera of the Year- Nikkon Latest
* Game Console of the Year-XBOX 360
* Peripheral of the Year: multifunction printers
* Laptop of the Year- Powerbook 17"
* Portable Media Device of the Year-Palm TX
* Storage Device or Technology of the Year-Blu Ray
* Wireless Device or Technology of the Year-Netgear N router

[Nick @ Jan 1st 2007 12:20PM]

"Please do not nominate here. I'm not looking at this post for nominations. Feel free to discuss the contest though!"

[Gordy @ Jan 2nd 2007 12:10PM]

Worst Gadget of the Year: Microsoft Zune
Most Anticipated Gadget of 2007: Apple's "iTV"
Wearable Device of the Year: Nike+ iPod Kit
Game Console of the Year: Nintendo Wii
Gadget of the Year: Nintendo's Wiimote
Robot of the Year: Scooba
Wireless Device or Technology of the Year: Nintendo's Wii/Wiimote/Wii Sports

[kev @ Jan 3rd 2007 9:25PM]

When is this going live? I'm curious to see how far my lonely laptop nomination goes given the insane number of Apple aficionados that read this blog.