Winners: The best of Crapgadget at CES!

The votes are in for the best of Crapgadget at CES 2008, and it was something of a landslide. We're sorry, mini phone, but the e-paper display that's actually paper took the gold with a margin of nearly ten points over the runner up, Tole Pure. See you next year -- if you haven't already gouged out your eyeballs.

1. Round 13: e-paper display actually paper
2. Round 18 finale: Tole Pure really is a crapgadget
3. Round 17: the non-existent digital photo frame
4. Round 1: the Mini Phone
5. Round 2: the MP5 player
6. Round 7: 64MB Beer MP3 player
7. Round 8: Firetruck with 1.5-inch digital photo frame
8. Round 4: Fugliest display evar
9. Round 12: iPod docking pink plastic purse
10. Round 11: Janky-ass MP4 watch
11. Round 14: Hello Kitty with human debris
12. Round 15: Shredmaster Jr.
13. Round 6: The Apple Pie
14. Round 10: PC Desktop Duo
15. Round 9: spy recorder for little girls
16. Round 16: Music Player Sunglasses
17. Round 3: Boxing Champ
18. Round 5: Tweety! digital camera

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 2:58PM]

I don't get it.. mp3 player + paper + scotch tape = e-paper?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 3:47PM]

The e-paper thing is lost on me, too... I get it even less the second time.

[froggy Posted Jan 17th 2008 4:13PM]

they weren't even trying with that one...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 2:59PM]

It's an MP3 player, not an e-paper display! Headphone port on the side, control buttons at the back! Engadget, stop giving people inaccurate information!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 3:33PM]

Inaccurate but way funny.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 3:35PM]

Can you tape a pic of Doom to it?

Accurately?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 4:30PM]

They're not saying it IS an e-paper display, they're saying that because the manafacturers didn't even bother to put a screen on it but just put a piece of paper to demonstrate what the LCD *would* look like, it's effectively an LCD piece of paper - e-paper

[neoprimalgmailcom Posted Jan 17th 2008 5:46PM]

I really don't know where or why Engadget keeps referring to it as epaper. I suppose to incite jokes and to make it an actual 'crapgadget'.

I don't know why WMV is on the back, it's not difficult to assume the makers will be slapping a lcd screen on it sometime soon. It's been around for quite a while, mostly aimed at companies that will buy them in high quantity and print logo/contact info/etc. on them.

Anywhere, here's a link: http://www.tradestead.com/wholesale/mp3-players-mp4-players/credit-card-mp3-player/credit-card-size-wma-mp3-player-p-1992.html

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 3:15PM]

blatent media crap, this thing is a MP3 player as already pointed out, and someone not the manufacturer (but very possibly engadget!) has stuck paper on it and engadget is mis-informing everyone and reporting crap, me thinks the winner of crapgadget should be engadget for this shameless explotation of a genuine product, maybe not the best a CES but a product non the less! not the lie your telling.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 3:24PM]

What do you mean mp3 player? What do you mean actual paper?

Dang!!! This is the best e-paper I have ever seen. Just look at the design, the close-to-reality rendering of the image. Look at the high contrast ratio. It beats all available technology to date.

Obviously, this is no crapgadget. I'm really wondering why this has been voted at the top when what we're looking at is a true masterpiece.

[Eric H Posted Jan 17th 2008 3:55PM]

If its just a regular mp3 player why does the other side live video support?

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/01/crapgadget-e-paper-paper-2.jpg

[orev Posted Jan 17th 2008 5:06PM]

The gadgets are a little underwhelming, but the engadget jokes are worse, or if they're not jokes they are just misleading or completely incorrect. Nice try guys... actually, no, it wasn't even a nice try.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 5:10PM]

w00t! That is the one that I voted for. I can't wait for those to come out! I think it is going to be way better than my Sony PRS-505. It's color too!

- Kiteless

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 5:37PM]

Not all publicity is good publicity

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 17th 2008 11:15PM]

Am I the only one that thought this was a rubber spatula head with screws and tiny carved out circles to pass as buttons? http://images.orgill.com/200x200/6475115.jpg