The 2008 Engadget Awards: Nominate the Gadget of the Year

It's time for the 2008 Engadget Awards, and we're asking for your nominations for the Gadget of the Year.

Nominating is easy, simply leave a comment with what you're nominating for this category. We'll round up the best selections and put them to the popular vote.

Here's five simple rules of what NOT to do:

• Don't include your reasons for nominating it.
  You can debate the product later when we put it up to vote. Just leave the name of what you want to nominate, ok?
  
• Don't nominate anything that wasn't sold for the first time in 2008.
  We will allow updated versions of previous devices, however.
  
• No concept devices or prototypes.
  It has to be a real gadget people can buy! Pre-orders don't count.
  
• Don't nominate anything more than once.
  It's not a popularity contest (yet), all it does is make our lives harder. Just do a quick find to see if someone's already beat you to it.
  
• Seriously, don't nominate anything that's already been nominated!

Thanks, and good luck to all the gadgets!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:45PM]

iPhone 3g!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 6:27PM]

iphone 3g

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 7:34PM]

iPhone 3G

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 9:50PM]

iphone 3g

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 10:05PM]

iPhone 3G

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 10:18PM]

iPod Touch. I didn't get suckered into wasting my money on that overpriced plan.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2009 1:46AM]

sony x1 or iphone 3g ... they are jus both sexy :P

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:46AM]

iphone 3g

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:02AM]

iphone 3g

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 4:40PM]

iPhone 3G

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 7:29PM]

iPhone 3G

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:33PM]

iphone 3g

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 2:14AM]

Yep, same.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 2:53PM]

iPhone 3g

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2009 5:27PM]

IPHONE 3G

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2009 8:11AM]

iPhone 3G yesssssssssssssssssss

[Paul C Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:45PM]

T-Mobile G1. why? because it innovated beyond anything else. Open source, friendly interface, physical keyboard, and its powered by google.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 6:18PM]

Trouble reading rules?
"Here's five simple rules of what NOT to do:
Don't include your reasons for nominating it."

[rtdunham Posted Mar 2nd 2009 11:22PM]

maybe he didn't bother to read the iPhone 3G specs either.

[GMoney Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:46PM]

iPhone 3G

[LAY Posted Mar 2nd 2009 6:03PM]

Putting GPS and 3G in an existing product and tacking a different plastic back on it should not warrant consideration of this being the Gadget of the Year.

Let's try to actually weigh real merits and have a serious vote, not some fanboy cluster-frick.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 6:14PM]

The AppStore was introduced, it was the secret weapon. The 3G and GPS just made the AppStore even better

[GMoney Posted Mar 2nd 2009 6:16PM]

The hardware is completely different. Seems like a new product to me.

[LAY Posted Mar 2nd 2009 6:21PM]

It's the same phone.

Just because a transistor might be in a different location, does not make it a new device.

[GMoney Posted Mar 2nd 2009 6:24PM]

Maybe, but no single "gadget" did more for the cell phone industry in 2008 than the iPhone 3G.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 6:44PM]

Ok, it got apps but so does the original iPhone with the update. The 3G chip set is faulty, so its hardly any faster. And the GPS doesn't work very well indoors, so it has a major downside. In my opinion, its one of the least revolutionary devices of the year. OK, its a little better and at a lower price, but isn't that what we expected in the second edition?

[AJerman Posted Mar 2nd 2009 7:49PM]

Hardly any faster? Now lets use real data to back up what we say rather than a bunch of hot air: http://s5.tinypic.com/hvouh4.jpg

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 10:27PM]

iPhone 3G

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 1:45AM]

because we all have a burning need to use our GPS indoors...?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:46PM]

Canon 5d Mk2

[cheami90 Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:47PM]

Double mint Bubble Gum.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 8th 2009 12:27AM]

I'll second that.

[PrinceAli Posted Mar 9th 2009 4:32PM]

i'll 3rd it. Double mint Bubble Gum.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:49PM]

marvells plug computer

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:51PM]

Playstation 3

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:51PM]

iPhone 3G

[crsd36 Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:50PM]

iPhone 3G

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:52PM]

The Asus EEE PC because it started the netbook craze of 08

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:51PM]

T-Mobile / HTC G1

[Chicagogirlie Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:58PM]

G1 phone

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:52PM]

Asus Eee 900

[brentos Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:52PM]

T-mobile G1

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:55PM]

T-Mobile G1

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:55PM]

Nikon D90

[MikeWard1701 Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:56PM]

HTC Touch HD

[Amun Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:57PM]

The G1.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:58PM]

T-Mobile G1. Muahahaha.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:58PM]

Acer AspireOne

[Alan Strangis Posted Mar 3rd 2009 3:09PM]

Acer Aspire One.

[Jamma Posted Mar 2nd 2009 5:59PM]

T-Mobile G1