The winners of the 2007 Engadget Awards!

You nominated, everybody voted, and the results are in. The winners of the 2007 Engadget Awards are...

Gadget of the Year
Readers' Choice: Apple iPhone

Worst Gadget of the Year
Readers' Choice: Microsoft Vista*

Most Anticipated Gadget of 2008
Readers' Choice: Apple iPhone (3G)

Cellphone of the Year
Readers' Choice: Sony Ericsson K850

Smartphone of the Year
Readers' Choice: Apple iPhone

Desktop of the Year
Readers' Choice: Apple iMac

Digital Camera of the Year
Readers' Choice: Nikon D3

Display of the Year
Readers' Choice: Dell 3008WFP UltraSharp

Game Console of the Year
Readers' Choice: Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite

Game Device of the Year
Readers' Choice: NVIDIA 8800GT

GPS Device of the Year
Readers' Choice: Garmin nuvi 770

Handheld of the Year
Readers' Choice: Nokia N810

HDTV of the Year
Readers' Choice: Sony XBR5 series LCDs

Home Entertainment Device of the Year
Readers' Choice: TiVo HD

Laptop of the Year
Readers' Choice: Apple MacBook Pro

Peripheral of the Year
Readers' Choice: Apple thin aluminum keyboard

Portable Media Device of the Year
Readers' Choice: Apple iPod touch

Robot of the Year
Readers' Choice: Ugobe Pleo

Storage Device or Technology of the Year
Readers' Choice: Eye-Fi WiFi SD card

Tablet PC of the Year
Readers' Choice: Lenovo X61T

Wearable Device of the Year
Readers' Choice: WiFi detector t-shirt

Wireless Device or Technology of the Year
Readers' Choice: 802.11n Draft 2.0

Gadget of the Year
Editors' Choice: Apple iPhone

Worst Gadget of the Year
Editors' Choice: Palm Foleo*

Most Anticipated Gadget of 2008
Editors' Choice: Apple iPhone (3G)

Cellphone of the Year
Editors' Choice: Sony Ericsson K850

Smartphone of the Year
Editors' Choice: Apple iPhone

Desktop of the Year
Editors' Choice: Apple iMac

Digital Camera of the Year
Editors' Choice: Nikon D3

Display of the Year
Editors' Choice: Dell 3008WFP UltraSharp

Game Console of the Year
Editors' Choice: Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite

Game Device of the Year
Editors' Choice: Harmonix Rock Band Ensemble

GPS Device of the Year
Editors' Choice: Garmin nuvi 770

Handheld of the Year
Editors' Choice: Amazon Kindle

HDTV of the Year
Editors' Choice: Pioneer Kuro series plasmas

Home Entertainment Device of the Year
Editors' Choice: TiVo HD

Laptop of the Year
Editors' Choice: Dell XPS M1330

Peripheral of the Year
Editors' Choice: ATI TV Wonder CableCARD tuner

Portable Media Device of the Year
Editors' Choice: Apple iPod touch

Robot of the Year
Editors' Choice: Ugobe Pleo

Storage Device or Technology of the Year
Editors' Choice: Samsung 32 / 64GB SSDs

Tablet PC of the Year
Editors' Choice: Dell Latitude XT

Wearable Device of the Year
Editors' Choice: Phosphor E Ink watch

Wireless Device or Technology of the Year
Editors' Choice: 802.11n Draft 2.0


Thanks again to everyone for nominating and voting in the Engadget Awards! We'll see you in a while for 2008!

*As you may recall, while not really gadgets released in 2007, both Vista and the Foleo were included by popular demand as nominees for worst gadget of the year.

Companies wishing to place the award on their site or packaging should feel free to, but are asked to please contact us before doing so.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:28PM]

Congrats, what did I win?

[Shucker Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:06PM]

We have been plagued with Rock Band guitar controller issues since Day One and STILL... I have to agree with Engadget's pick for Game Device of the Year.

[ustna Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:10PM]

same here..i ordered my free replacement, should be here tomorrow. have you ordered a new one through EA?

[ustna Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:15PM]

BTW...PS3 will win 2009.

[Shucker Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:17PM]

We've returned 3 guitars to Future Shop and each has had problems (bad frets, overdrive self-activating or not at all). My wife is actually out returning the most recent one right now. Harmonix told us they aren't repairing guitars, just swapping them out. We could still end up with a dud. Contrary to the label on their box, they told us to return it to Future Shop and hope for the best.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:19PM]

did i win?

[Aguiluz Posted Apr 14th 2008 4:48PM]

Sorry to jack the top post, but there should be "The Engadget Best Comment Award."

I nominate this:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/31/deutsche-telekom-t-mobile-demands-engadget-mobile-discontinue/comments/11362887/

[Kit Posted Apr 14th 2008 7:42PM]

I don't really understand why Apple iPhone can become the smartphone of the year....

Really, no offence to Apple...

Since we cannot install anything on it by the "offical way" until today it doesn't desire to be there while loads of other phone are.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 18th 2008 7:02PM]

Vista is the worst technology, gadget, and thingamabob to come out in 2007. It is the sole reason behind my motivation to purchase my first Apple Macbook Pro, and I have not looked back since. Although I am aware the Macbook Pro is faster than most sole Vista machines, I shutter at the thought of letting a Microsoft OS anywhere near my machine. Thank you Microsoft for releasing the Remote Desktop tool for Macs, now I really never to install Windows.

[JJV Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:07PM]

Why is there a star next to vista?

[juicedesigns Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:09PM]

I didn't even know it was a gadget :/

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:14PM]

exactly, how is vista a gadget ?

[JJV Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:17PM]

It failed so much as software, that all the gadgets it "runs" on fail as well. Its kind of a double fail....

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:20PM]

If a majority says the earth is flat, the earth is flat. That's how reader's choice type awards work. Welcome to democracy.

[o29 Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:28PM]

* = look for the star at the bottom of the article...

[JJV Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:29PM]

It wasn't there about 10 minutes ago.

[andyg8180 Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:47PM]

star means took steroids...

just like

Hall of Famer Barry Bonds*
Hall of Famer Roger Clemens*

[dzhiurgis Posted Jul 3rd 2009 9:36AM]

Kinda Doomsday device :)

[Brad Green Posted Apr 14th 2008 6:16PM]

Thats crazy, alot of people run Windows Vista with no problems at all, me included. I waited for SP1 like any smart person would have done, and I am doing fine.

[DMC12 Posted Apr 14th 2008 6:31PM]

Yeah, I run Vista perfectly on my laptop with less problems than XP. But I know that's not the case for everyone.

[MST Posted Apr 15th 2008 12:54AM]

Apple's domination of the awards would have meant more had Vista not won "Worst Gadget of the Year".

[ahdok Posted Apr 15th 2008 7:24AM]

I am actually confused. There are people complaining that engadget is biased towards apple, because the most popular choice from the readers was an apple product? - nope. Not seeing application of logic there.

Yes, the readers' choice awards probably says something about the engadget readerbase, congratulations, you just discovered the obvious. You should expect a website like this to write articles that appeal to their readerbase, so if the majority of readers like apple, you should expect more articles about apple. This stands to reason.

There are plenty of tech blogs out there, if you really hate this one so much, why are you even here? It's not like the guys at engadget are force feeding you this stuff...

Oh, and whining on the comments thread? - do you think that it's going to influence anything?

[RioRyan Posted Apr 15th 2008 6:28PM]

@ CraigJ

Nice one haha I didn't even think of that. I have nothing against Microsoft though I love vista. I've been running it since RC1. I just like this picture cause it sucks enough when you have a BSOD on ONE screen..

[RioRyan Posted Apr 15th 2008 6:29PM]

Whoops, throw that down a post. There are too many replies on too few comments!

[Apoorva Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:08PM]

Ugh..The iPhone comes first twice???
Now thats just sad!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:17PM]

apparently you forgot you are reading Engadget

[WallStSk8r Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:35PM]

..and apparently, no taste.

[iRonin Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:38PM]

"Holy fail Batman, a whole comment thread of internet trolls!"

"Quick Robin, hand me the Internet Troll Bat-Repellant Spray!"

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:58PM]

now how do you justify your comment
"PLEEASE!
I WANT ME AN IPHONE!!!!!!!!!!!"

in this giveaway http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/09/14/the-hundred-gadget-giveaway-grand-prize-round-unlocked-iphone/


?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 4:05PM]

Holy owned Batman!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 4:38PM]

You, sir, have been Pwnt.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:08PM]

first?

[LiqwidZero Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:08PM]

Fail?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:10PM]

Damn not so much. I was excited for that for a second.

[JJV Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:24PM]

Of course during that second around 6 comments had already been written and probably had replies on them. Thanks and try again next time!

[Neebs Posted Apr 14th 2008 4:20PM]

Excited...why?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 4:22PM]

Thus the need for faster internet.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 4:39PM]

How about a nice big slice of fail?

[Neebs Posted Apr 14th 2008 4:55PM]

Seriously? Why be excited for first on a blog post? If you want to masturbate over yourself, take the first post and say something witty. You'll get upranked and all the self-splooge you want.

[RioRyan Posted Apr 14th 2008 6:45PM]

Oh my god. I have NEVER seen such a FAIL for first! HA! You're like 100th!!

Ownd.

[square Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:08PM]

Apple, Apple and more of the same shit.

Thank you for playing.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:14PM]

Exactly what I was thinking, just a mess load of apple.

[ryan Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:26PM]

And commence 200 more comments whining about Apple in 5... 4... 3...

[JJV Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:28PM]

Ryan, a bit late there... haha

[LordBunson Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:31PM]

God damn, apple. God damn.

[iRonin Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:36PM]

Who gives comments like these "Highest Rank"?

I mean, let's say for a second that I think your points are full of merit (instead of something else I think they're actually full of...), at this point I just have to consider you a troll. You clearly "know" that Engadget won't get off Apple's jock; do you want a cookie for your "insight"? Just find another website, or use an Apple-free Feed.

On the other hand, I think your comment is full of fail, because guess what, the reader's picked the first set of comments. Therefore, Engadget is probably correctly gauging their reader's interests.

I suppose it's not even the comments that bother me, trolls are everywhere, I've gotten to the point where I pretty much avoid them, but Jesus, people are modding it up (so to speak)?

As far as I can tell this is the only popular technology destination where trolls actually get modded up. Fantastic.

[NohOne Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:38PM]

@Ryan: So democracy only works if they agree with you and the rest of the Apple fans? You wanted people to voice their opinion about which "gadgets" they like, but when people voice their opinions about how they think that is incorrect, you do not want to hear it?

And would you not want people to voice their opinion, even if it is dissenting opinion being that it drives ad revenue to your site? The "Apple fans don't count" attitude you display in your comment speaks volumes.

[smcquade Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:40PM]

After two years I'm tiring of reading this blog with its fanboyism and Apple myopia. Wonder how many bothered to vote.

[GalinMD Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:43PM]

You need to get Apple the credit they deserve. You might not like their products (cause it is impossible to please everyone), but they have pushed the envelope and made other manufactures step up their game. I mean come on, look at what phone manufacturers now have to do to compete with the iPhone. I say great! I would love to see Palm's answer to the iPhone...a Treo that doesn't reboot constantly.

As for most anticipated...when was the last time you saw a line outside a cell phone store for a new model? Yeah, I thought so...it earned that title far and square.

(I've owned a Treo for over 3 years now).

[iRonin Posted Apr 14th 2008 3:45PM]

@ Nohone:

Are you sure you mean Ryan Block? Are you sure you're not looking for Artie Macstrawman?

Here's a clue, it's a for-profit gadget website, not a government. It's only correct when it continues to provide financial gains for its employees and investors.

The people voiced their opinion in the fucking poll dumbass, they voted the iPhone up, TWICE. Clearly there are plenty of people out there who feel that iPhone news is relevant to their interests and wish to subscribe to a newsletter providing that information.

Besides, it's not like Block is actually deleting this garbage. Hell, I wish he would. He just rolls his eyes, and lets it stand, a better man than I. I'd be sending half of the comments section to the garbage can on every post, but that's why I'm a reader and not an editor. See? Arm-chair editing works for me too!