The nominations are in, the picks have been sorted, and now it's time for you, the reader, to help us judge the best in tech from 2009! We've put together a long,
long list of the top selections below -- all we ask is that you cast your vote for the gadgets nearest and dearest to your hearts.
Votes will be tallied until
Monday February 20th, 11:59PM EDT. You can vote in this post -- the nominees are after the break. After we've checked for abuse (just say no!) we'll publish the results alongside our own Editors' Choice picks the following week. May the best gadgets win!
2009 Engadget Awards - Gadget of the Year| HTC HD2
| 9033 (9.6%) |
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| Zune HD
| 8949 (9.5%) |
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| iPhone 3GS
| 24729 (26.2%) |
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| Nokia N900
| 8991 (9.5%) |
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| Motorola Droid | 24930 (26.4%) |
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| Palm Pre
| 11414 (12.1%) |
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| PS3 Slim | 6264 (6.6%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Worst Gadget of the Year| TwitterPeek | 18600 (24.8%) |
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| PSPgo | 15091 (20.1%) |
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| Garmin-Asus Nuvifone | 7376 (9.8%) |
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| SanDisk SlotRadio | 4882 (6.5%) |
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| iPod shuffle 3G | 22529 (30.1%) |
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| OpenMoko WikiReader | 6424 (8.6%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Most Anticipated Gadget of 2010| Lenovo U1 Hybrid | 3204 (4.1%) |
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| Apple iPad | 36592 (46.6%) |
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| Project Natal | 15422 (19.6%) |
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| Sony Playstation Motion Controller | 7205 (9.2%) |
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| Plastic Logic QUE proReader | 781 (1.0%) |
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| Notion Ink Adam | 968 (1.2%) |
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| Boxee Box | 3459 (4.4%) |
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| HP Slate | 5976 (7.6%) |
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| Skiff Reader | 500 (0.6%) |
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| Dell Mini 5 | 4424 (5.6%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Smartphone of the Year| Motorola Droid | 27502 (31.6%) |
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| HTC HD2 | 9574 (11.0%) |
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| BlackBerry Bold 9700 | 4096 (4.7%) |
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| iPhone 3GS | 26828 (30.8%) |
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| Palm Pre | 11050 (12.7%) |
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| Nokia N900 | 8045 (9.2%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Cellphone of the Year| LG enV Touch
| 12594 (23.8%) |
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| LG Rumor 2
| 2921 (5.5%) |
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| LG BL40 Chocolate Touch
| 7588 (14.3%) |
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| Sidekick LX
| 5525 (10.4%) |
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| Samsung Instinct HD
| 13170 (24.9%) |
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| Sony Ericcsson Aino | 11083 (21.0%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Desktop of the Year| MSI Wind Top
| 1465 (2.4%) |
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| Apple iMac 27-inch
| 25275 (41.7%) |
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| Dell Studio One 13
| 1171 (1.9%) |
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| Dell Studio XPS 435
| 6548 (10.8%) |
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| Acer Aspire Revo
| 2522 (4.2%) |
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| Thermaltake Level 10 case
| 4073 (6.7%) |
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| HP TouchSmart
| 10276 (17.0%) |
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| ASUS EeeTop ET2002
| 2595 (4.3%) |
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| Sony VAIO L
| 4332 (7.2%) |
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| Dell Zino HD | 2324 (3.8%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Laptop of the Year| Sony Vaio Z | 7114 (11.3%) |
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| HP Envy 13 and 15 | 6962 (11.0%) |
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| Dell Latitude Z | 3061 (4.8%) |
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| MacBook Pro | 28389 (44.9%) |
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| Lenovo T400s | 3880 (6.1%) |
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| Dell Adamo XPS | 7519 (11.9%) |
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| ASUS UL series | 3759 (5.9%) |
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| Acer Timeline | 2520 (4.0%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Netbook of the Year| Asus EEE Pc 1005HA
| 15602 (28.4%) |
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| HP Mini 311
| 11905 (21.7%) |
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| Nokia Booklet 3G
| 7131 (13.0%) |
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| Toshiba NB205
| 3387 (6.2%) |
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| Dell Mini 10v
| 12349 (22.5%) |
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| Samsung NC10 | 4528 (8.2%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Digital Camera of the Year| Canon 7D
| 8329 (17.6%) |
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| Canon T1i
| 4134 (8.8%) |
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| Panasonic GF1
| 2709 (5.7%) |
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| Nikon D300/D300s
| 8160 (17.3%) |
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| Pentax K-x
| 1686 (3.6%) |
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| Olympus EP1
| 2804 (5.9%) |
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| Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
| 8906 (18.9%) |
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| Nikon D3S
| 5091 (10.8%) |
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| Flip Mino HD premium
| 3490 (7.4%) |
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| Kodak Zi8 | 1921 (4.1%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - E-reader of the Year| Barnes & Noble Nook | 13782 (25.9%) |
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| Kindle DX | 11732 (22.0%) |
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| Sony Reader Pocket | 2391 (4.5%) |
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| Kindle 2 | 20119 (37.8%) |
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| Sony Reader Touch | 4606 (8.6%) |
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| Libre eBook Reader Pro | 640 (1.2%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Display of the Year| Cowboys Stadium HD display | 23437 (53.8%) |
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| Dell 2209WA
| 3831 (8.8%) |
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| Dell SX2210T
| 3486 (8.0%) |
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| HP L2105TM
| 3632 (8.3%) |
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| LG 15-inch OLED TV | 9160 (21.0%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Game Console of the Year| PS3 Slim | 27172 (43.5%) |
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| PSP GO | 1280 (2.0%) |
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| Nintendo DSi LL | 4956 (7.9%) |
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| iPhone 3GS | 9639 (15.4%) |
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| Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Edition | 19487 (31.2%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Game Accessory of the Year| Beatles Rock Band | 9817 (19.4%) |
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| Mad Catz Street Fighter 4 Arcade Stick Tournament Edition | 1863 (3.7%) |
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| Modern Warfare Night Vision Goggles | 11665 (23.0%) |
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| Wii Motion plus | 13998 (27.6%) |
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| Turtle Beach Ear Force headset | 1191 (2.3%) |
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| Tony Hawk Ride | 2328 (4.6%) |
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| Logitech G27 racing wheel | 3629 (7.2%) |
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| DJ Hero | 6190 (12.2%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - GPS Device of the Year| Motorola Droid (Google Maps Navigation for Android) | 26360 (50.9%) |
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| Navigon iPhone app | 5698 (11.0%) |
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| Palm Pre Sprint Navigation | 6420 (12.4%) |
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| Nuvi 1690 | 3943 (7.6%) |
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| Magellan Roadmate 1475t | 1172 (2.3%) |
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| TomTom Car Kit for iPhone | 4190 (8.1%) |
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| TomTom GO 740 XL Live | 4025 (7.8%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - HDTV of the Year| Panasonic V10 Plasma
| 3779 (9.8%) |
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| Panasonic G10 Plasma
| 2875 (7.4%) |
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| Samsung 8000 Series
| 13435 (34.7%) |
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| LG LH90
| 3896 (10.1%) |
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| Panasonic Z1
| 2186 (5.6%) |
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| Sony XBR10
| 10427 (26.9%) |
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| Toshiba Regza SV670 Series | 2150 (5.5%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Home Entertainment Device of the Year| Popcorn Hour C200 | 3103 (7.5%) |
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| PS3 Slim | 22472 (54.3%) |
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| LG BD390 Blu-ray player | 2322 (5.6%) |
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| Logitech Squeezebox | 2056 (5.0%) |
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| Altec Lansing Mix Boombox | 531 (1.3%) |
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| WD TV Live HD Media Player | 2887 (7.0%) |
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| Asus O!Play | 960 (2.3%) |
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| HP MediaSmart Home Server | 3940 (9.5%) |
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| Acer Aspire Revo | 1381 (3.3%) |
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| Sonos S5 Boombox | 656 (1.6%) |
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| Sonos CR200 Touch Screen Controller | 1085 (2.6%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Peripheral of the Year| Razer Orochi
| 1811 (4.1%) |
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| Apple Magic Mouse
| 14564 (32.7%) |
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| Palm Touchstone
| 10931 (24.5%) |
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| SteelSeries Xai Laser Mouse
| 1371 (3.1%) |
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| Razer Naga
| 1790 (4.0%) |
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| XBOX 360 Wireless N Adaptor
| 5276 (11.8%) |
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| Kingston 40GB SSDNow
| 3151 (7.1%) |
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| ZuneHD AV Dock
| 4400 (9.9%) |
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| Mophie Juice Pack Air | 1266 (2.8%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Portable Media Device of the Year| Zune HD | 17725 (34.7%) |
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| iPod touch 3G | 22826 (44.6%) |
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| Archos 5 | 2577 (5.0%) |
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| Cowon D2 | 710 (1.4%) |
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| Sansa Clip | 1050 (2.1%) |
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| Samsung P3 | 681 (1.3%) |
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| Sony Walkman X-series | 1602 (3.1%) |
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| iPod nano 5G | 3961 (7.7%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Robot of the Year| Zhu Zhu Pets | 5007 (15.9%) |
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| Most Useless Machine Ever
| 9791 (31.1%) |
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| Kondo KHR-3HV
| 1600 (5.1%) |
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| Roxxxy
| 4936 (15.7%) |
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| Remo
| 1691 (5.4%) |
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| Lego NXT 2.0 | 8486 (26.9%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Storage Device or Technology of the Year| Kingston SSDnow V-series
| 3708 (10.1%) |
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| Samsung Spinpoint F3 | 1772 (4.8%) |
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| USB 3.0
| 22202 (60.6%) |
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| Drobo S
| 1607 (4.4%) |
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| Intel X25-M G2 | 4410 (12.0%) |
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| Drobo Pro
| 2328 (6.4%) |
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| OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro
| 382 (1.0%) |
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| UMAzone UMA-ISO | 211 (0.6%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Tablet PC of the Year| Asus T91 | 2916 (9.9%) |
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| Archos9 pctablet | 5287 (18.0%) |
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| Lenovo x200t with capacitive multitouch | 14196 (48.3%) |
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| Asus T101 | 3139 (10.7%) |
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| Acer 1420p | 2903 (9.9%) |
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| Viliv X70EX | 958 (3.3%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Wearable Device of the Year| iKey AK39 wrist keyboard
| 1111 (3.4%) |
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| Vuzix Wrap 310
| 256 (0.8%) |
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| Lillypad Arduino
| 635 (1.9%) |
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| FitBit
| 2994 (9.2%) |
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| Tokyoflash R75
| 574 (1.8%) |
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| LG GD910 watchphone
| 2730 (8.4%) |
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| Sansa Clip
| 2539 (7.8%) |
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| NVIDIA 3D Vision Glasses
| 7524 (23.1%) |
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| Spider camera holster
| 867 (2.7%) |
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| BlueAnt Q1
| 1012 (3.1%) |
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| Jawbone Prime
| 6024 (18.5%) |
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| Sony W Series Walkman
| 2454 (7.5%) |
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| Nike Sportband | 3871 (11.9%) |
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2009 Engadget Awards - Wireless Device or Technology of the Year| WiMAX
| 10420 (22.9%) |
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| Palm Touchstone
| 9655 (21.2%) |
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| PowerMat
| 5465 (12.0%) |
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| certified 802.11n / 5GHz WiFi
| 13184 (28.9%) |
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| ZigBee | 721 (1.6%) |
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| MiFi | 6138 (13.5%) |
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posted Jan 29th 2010 3:29PM
So... you reply to a post. While replying, the original post is removed.
Result: your reply is applied to a different post entirely, making you look senile.
@PyRo1509
No. You can't even spell "corresponding" correctly. (see sentence above the map)
@(Unverified) How do we know you aren't actually senile and thus posted to the wrong comment to start with?
@WebBuddha I have to be honest, this site is a lot more balanced than others. I'm talking especially about Gizmodo. Read the last two days worth of posts there and then come back here and you'll be singing praises for Engadget.
I think this poll reflects more on the Apple fanboys that read this site or just come to vote on this particular poll. It's hard to avoid these people on any site. Although I do feel like Apple doesn't even belong in some categories considering there was virtually nothing new with the product.
As for actual coverage of Apple on this site, I think it's right where it needs to be...mostly fair and not gushing over everything Steve Jobs touches.
@WebBuddha
Sorry that would still be Gizmodo
@(Unverified)
*This poll was supposed to close on Sat the 20th, seriously engadget.*
"some dirty work is afoot lads!"
and how is iPhone not winning smartphone category?
best commenter??
@trevr
Thats me the best!!!
someone needs to EmployWayne.com
@trevr Paul A Chapel
@trevr
+1 vote for you ;)
@Jon Rubinstein
I must admit, even though I didn't vote for the Pre (iPhone 3GS user here), I will vote for you as my favorite commenter of the year. Your timing and witty quotes are something to behold.
@trevr
i say skyblaze owns
@(Unverified) Not true - in portable device of the year, Zune HD is in the lead.
@Indefinite Implosion
Point is: it was the most anticipated. Whether it lived/lives up to the hype is irrelevant. You can be sure that there will be no other gadget coming out in 2010 that has had/will have anywhere near as much anticipation as the iPad. Hence a rightful win in that category.
@trevr Woulda been me a few years ago... bah
@(Unverified) thats funny sense i pod touch didn't win the mp3 one
@(Unverified)
Yes like: "2009 Engadget Awards - Game Console of the Year"
And yes iPhone 3GS is there...
SINCE WHEN THE IPHONE 3GS IS a F@CKING GAME CONSOLE ?????
Oh no we are not promoting Apple... no no no.......
@Blastar The 3GS is my primary gaming console (~2 hours/day). toucharcade is the most vibrant single-platform gaming forum I've seen. Way cheaper than all other gaming platforms (free-10$ for nearly every game vs 15-40 on other consoles).
@(Unverified) WHAT ABOUT THE TOUCH PRO2! NOT EVEN LISTED? COME ON. BS AWARDS. Nokia N900 IS GARBAGE YET IT'S LISTED AND NOT THE TOUCH PRO2 WICH BEATS IT IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. SHAME ON YOU ENGADGET SHAME ON A N@#$ FOR TRYING TO RUN GAME ON A N#@$$.
Why is the iPhone not in the "Worst Gadget of the Year" category? :)
@Laura June:
"Portable Media Device of the Year" has a blank option.
@One Love. Cos' it's in the best. Oxymorons are frowned upon in this world
@One Love hard to be in the best and worst at the same time...
@One Love
Word. Palm Pre soundly pwns it in [almost] all aspects.
@AlaskanHandyman: Have you not heard of 50%? It's a poll!
When we were asked to give suggestions for "Worst Gadget of the Year" lots of people said "iPhone".
Can I cast my vote for next year?
2010 Engadget Awards - Worst Gadget of the Year
(x) Apple iPad - *winner!*
(because I know how stubborn Apple is once its made a decision on a product design)
@One Love SO the iPhone 3Gs is apparently a "game console" now
@One Love
How is it in the Game console section?
Sheesh, once gain, full of apple fanbois.
I wonder who is gonna win biggest fail of the year!
Yeah, PC is not in "Game Console of the Year" category, but iPhone 3GS is?
I Googled "iPhone 3GS becomes a game console" and got nothing back. :)
I fixed it:
http://i49.tinypic.com/4i1xtg.jpg
@Eternity Yup, I agree. When did that happen? iPhone3gs as a game console .. the worst part is .. people are voting for it! Yay!
@One Love
Good job man
You put where it deserves to be
IF this isnt evidence enough of how the editors of this site are Apple biased I don't know what is. Every category is loaded with Apple iPhone 3GS (also posted near the top of each list subconsciously?) and the Most Anticipated Device? Talk about a loaded category! The other options besides the iPad are more than obscure. What about adding the Verizon iPhone to that anticipated category?
@JoeBlow - The nominations were based on votes from Engadget READERS.
In other words, this is basically your fault.
@AlienSix because it doesn't officially exist yet (neither did the ipad as of the nominations....but it's not like it'll win now unless the fanboys are REALLY desperate)
i guess i don't understand how the 3gs is up for best gadget of the year when there was so many other things out there that were major shifts in the respective sector. The 3gs was more of the same with slightly more power and a compass.... just my thoughts. course the ipad is more of the same with a new size format and there are several people going crazy for that.
@TravisAdams
It's not "most revolutionary gadget of the year"... it's BEST gadget of the year... totally agree that the 3GS was just a bit evolution of the 3G model, but putting all the devices launched last year... sorry, my vote has to be the 3GS, which is still years ahead of everything... and before anyone throw rocks at me, I'm not a fanboy and I hate many things about Apple... but can't deny what this phone is guys... I just love mine.
fix the damn portable media device of the year!!!!!... I KNOW THAT LAST SLOT IS THE ZUNE HD ENGADGET, I KNOW WHAT YOU"RE UP TO!!!
@skyblaze It is the Zune HD -- in fact, it was the first entry in our spreadsheet when we made these lists! We're fixing now, give us a sec.
@Nilay Patel What are you going to do with the votes for blank? If those just disappear and you start the 'HD off fresh with 0, all hell is going to break loose in here.
@Nilay Patel
awesome! now i can sleep at night
@MarcusMaximus
currently "blank" is beating both the zune hd and the ipod nano o_o
@skyblaze Okay, I just made a new poll and started it over, for fairness. We didn't have the iPod touch on there either, for some reason.
Gentleman, start your engines.
@Nilay Patel
Why are the iPhone/iPod Touch even still being listed. It didn't bring anything new for 2009, just updates that should have been there in the first place. These awards should go to new gadgets that were released in 2009, not updates. The only things that should remain sort of the same are the game consoles.
Next year just give all the awards to the iPhone. Skip this charade.
@daytripper To be fair, the Zune HD is winning over the iPod Touch right now.
@daytripper
64gb is new. That is pretty much the only reason I got the iPod touch over the Zune HD.
@IBrian
Adding memory doesnt make it a new device. If it did, there should be a lot more of laptops and desktop machines there that are 2 years old with incresed hard disks this year.
@AlienSix. Most anticipated doesn't mean how good it turned out to be
For some reason, I feel as if some of these categories are rigged..
@TruUnknowN
This is the "beauty" of a poll...