The 2009 Engadget Awards: Nominate the Wireless Device or Technology of the Year

It's time for the 2009 Engadget Awards, and we're asking for your nominations for the Wireless Device or Technology 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 2009.
  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!

[ERICP74 Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:19PM]

Palm Pre/WebOS

[Thor e Posted Jan 13th 2010 10:22PM]

@ERICP74

I agree with this nomination for the Palm Pre.

[paulteini Posted Jan 14th 2010 8:25PM]

@ERICP74 WebOS is great - what a modern feel!

[benjybaruch Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:20PM]

EyeFi

[pcgk33 Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:56PM]

@benjybaruch
agree!

[Alexicov Posted Jan 13th 2010 9:43PM]

@benjybaruch

OOh i forgot about that!

Now i know what i'm voting for!

[harry20larry Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:23PM]

Consumer inductive charging

[harry20larry Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:24PM]

@harry20larry
Inductive charging bought to the masses, thank you palm, hopefully iPhones will be able to this soon without a chunky case ;)

[redseven21 Posted Jan 13th 2010 11:49PM]

@harry20larry + 1
Thanks Palm.

[Blair Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:24PM]

Technology of the year:

USB 3.0

[oldmanhorton Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:26PM]

4G

[bo3of Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:30PM]

LightPeak

[brian515 Posted Jan 13th 2010 9:49PM]

@bo3of Yup

[saif Posted Jan 14th 2010 8:44PM]

@bo3of
LIghtpeak

[Stefan Witkamp Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:31PM]

4G/LTE

[werty1432k Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:05PM]

@Stefan Witkamp seconded

[FreshLeo Posted Jan 15th 2010 2:00PM]

@Stefan Witkamp
word

[mlongbsa Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:37PM]

N Certification

[matknny Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:18PM]

@mlongbsa Yea. It did finally finish out out of draft last year

[One Love Posted Jan 13th 2010 5:57PM]

WiDi (Why Die?)

[Oler Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:01PM]

ZigBee

[OwenV Posted Jan 25th 2010 4:22PM]

@Oler
zigbee is old

[Oler Posted Jan 25th 2010 4:25PM]

@OwenV
Yea, i wasn't sure, wiki didn't mension anny speciffic date eighter.

[ClippinWings Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:02PM]

Qik

[mman1506 Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:04PM]

iphone 3gs

[PATRICKmcnicholl Posted Jan 13th 2010 8:13PM]

@mman1506 agreed

[Paul C Chapel Posted Jan 14th 2010 3:49PM]

@PATRICKmcnicholl +1 for iPhone 3Gs

[hbueain Posted Jan 14th 2010 11:19PM]

@mman1506

+1

[rodger0531 Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:25PM]

Razer Mamba

[theshadow27 Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:35PM]

HTC HD2

[big rick Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:43PM]

NETGEAR WNDR3700 Ultimate Networking Machine

[DantheMan Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:52PM]

4G/LTE

[Cam Posted Jan 13th 2010 6:56PM]

802.11n

[jpype12 Posted Jan 13th 2010 7:34PM]

DreamScreen 13"

[jlg830 Posted Jan 13th 2010 8:48PM]

MiFi

[brian515 Posted Jan 13th 2010 9:50PM]

LightPeak

[frotal Posted Jan 13th 2010 11:09PM]

Kindle 2 international

[JayCanuck Posted Jan 14th 2010 4:45AM]

Palm Touchstone charger

[julieinkpr Posted Jan 14th 2010 10:40AM]

BlueAnt Q1 headset

[INsano Posted Jan 14th 2010 1:56PM]

Mainstream barcode/qr scanner capability on smartphones. This is the future of marketing, interacting with customers while they're not sitting in front of their computer.

[tonyagain Posted Jan 14th 2010 2:30PM]

Palm Pre/WebOS with Wireless Charging

[Pupitmiser Posted Jan 14th 2010 6:53PM]

802.11n

[JPB Posted Jan 14th 2010 8:17PM]

Wireless Power

[theonlysmr Posted Jan 14th 2010 8:21PM]

iphone 3gs

[crazytuga Posted Jan 14th 2010 8:53PM]

iphone 3gs

[maythetechbewithyou Posted Jan 14th 2010 9:44PM]

Android 2.0

[mbaird Posted Jan 25th 2010 4:32PM]

@maythetechbewithyou Seconded, Android 2.0

[jared1333 Posted Jan 14th 2010 9:55PM]

palm pre WebOS ftw

[hbueain Posted Jan 14th 2010 11:18PM]

iPhone 3GS

[Choclatay Posted Jan 14th 2010 11:34PM]

@hbueain

+1 iPhone 3Gs