First round of 2006 Engadget Awards polls closing tonight

Just a friendly reminder that our first round of 2006 Engadget Awards polls closes tonight at 11.59PM EST. (Our second round will be closing tomorrow night (Monday) at the same time, so stay tuned for those.) But for now why not get your votes in if you haven't already, ok?

Vote for Handheld of the Year
Vote for HDTV of the Year
Vote for Home Entertainment Device of the Year
Vote for GPS Device of the Year
Vote for Laptop of the Year
Vote for Peripheral of the Year
Vote for Portable Media Device of the Year
Vote for Robot of the Year
Vote for Storage Device or Technology of the Year
Vote for Tablet PC of the Year
Vote for Wearable Device of the Year
Vote for Wireless Device or Technology of the Year
... all the rest here

P.S. -For those confused about why the Xbox 360 wasn't nominated for 2006 Game Console of the Year, that's because it was announced, launched, and released in 2005. Did we mention it also won both Readers' and Editor's Choice Engadget Awards for best console, as well as Editor's choice for 2005 Gadget of the Year, too? Good, glad we cleared that up.

[hotpuck6 Posted Apr 15th 2007 5:54PM]

oddly enough, still the best console of 2006.
but i guess it's not fair since PS3 and Wii only got to show their stuff for a month and a half.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2007 6:03PM]

GP2X was launched in 2005, the MK2 part is only the software revision. It's the same thing as if you put the Xbox 360 Spring dashboard update.

[ryan Posted Apr 15th 2007 6:41PM]

Actually no. The hardware revision was relatively minor, but it was a hardware revision all the same. http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/first-round-of-2006-engadget-awards-polls-closing-tonight/

[Wesscoast Posted Apr 15th 2007 6:13PM]

Dominated by Apple. Shock.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2007 6:28PM]

It's about quality products.
What would you expect? Microsoft [Zune]? Sony? Lenovo?

[kodekn Posted Apr 15th 2007 6:32PM]

Cellphones: how very fair & balanced. Where the hell is Nokia?

[ryan Posted Apr 15th 2007 6:43PM]

Nokia didn't have a great year for launches. We did nom the N93 in smartphones though!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2007 8:34PM]

I still think you're neglecting the Nokia N73 - which gave the K800i a run for its money here in the UK.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2007 9:26PM]

I would have voted for the Nokia N80 should it have been listed, it was released in '06, and is one hell of an amazing smartphone.

[rduran Posted Apr 15th 2007 8:54PM]

re: Smartphone. You had the the craptastic Treo 700 and the Moto Q but no Samsung BlackJack? Whaddupwitdat?!?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2007 9:24PM]

This is solid proof that Engadget readers on average still don't know crap about what is good/bad in the tech world.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2007 9:53PM]

iPod shuffle should be in the "Wearable Device" category. If it didn't have that built-in clip, it would've been just as boring as the original Shuffle.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 16th 2007 4:55AM]

I think the best GPS device is the upcoming Navigon 7100.
http://portableaudio.engadget.com/2007/03/15/navigon-unveils-5100-7100-gps-units-at-cebit/

Navigon has the best software and the device looks really cool. So why isn’t it in the poll?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 16th 2007 4:58AM]

Ups, I guess because it's called "2006 Engadget Awards", stupid.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 16th 2007 8:13AM]

Purely from a value-to-the-winners point of view, isn't it a bit odd to dole out the '2006' awards in the middle of 2007? Anyone who didn't understand the format would think, 'Why are they still shouting about an award they picked up last year?'. Just a thought.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 16th 2007 2:09PM]

How do you like them Apples????

STEVE JOBS, FTW.