So "They" announce the best and worst new gadgets of the year. How many do I even know what they are, let alone what they do better (or worse) than the rest of the gadgets? Let's see. ("They" put the gadgets in categories - I'm not using that as any sort of clue/hint.
2009 Engadget Awards - Gadget of the Year
HTC HD2
Zune HD iPhone 3GS
Nokia N900
Motorola Droid
Palm Pre
PS3 Slim
They're all cellphones?
2009 Engadget Awards - Worst Gadget of the Year
TwitterPeek it twitters
PSPgo it yakes PlayStation outside?
Garmin-Asus Nuvifone a phone?
SanDisk SlotRadio a radio? Do I want to know about the slot?
iPod shuffle 3G it plays music - so what?
OpenMoko WikiReader it reads wikis? And what else? No, don't tell me!
2009 Engadget Awards - Most Anticipated Gadget of 2010
Lenovo U1 Hybrid how many miles to the gallon?
Apple iPad I've heard about this
Project Natal it has to do with either South Africa or making babies. don't tell me which
Sony Playstation Motion Controller Aha! The name I can undertstand.
Plastic Logic QUE proReader I'm betting it's made of plastic
Notion Ink Adam does this do something to my printer?
Boxee Box Rock'em, Sock'em lives again?
HP Slate heard of it
Skiff Reader who reads boats?
Dell Mini 5 it's a tiny computer?
2009 Engadget Awards - Smartphone of the Year
Motorola Droid
HTC HD2
BlackBerry Bold 9700
iPhone 3GS
Palm Pre
Nokia N900
they are all cellphones. have no idea what they do better than the one I carry around, unless it is stuff that has nothing to do with making a phone call.
2009 Engadget Awards - Cellphone of the Year
LG enV Touch
LG Rumor 2
LG BL40 Chocolate Touch
Sidekick LX
Samsung Instinct HD
Sony Ericcsson Aino
they are all cellphones. have no idea what they do better than the one I carry around, unless it is stuff that has nothing to do with making a phone call.
2009 Engadget Awards - Desktop of the Year
MSI Wind Top
Apple iMac 27-inch
Dell Studio One 13
Dell Studio XPS 435
Acer Aspire Revo
Thermaltake Level 10 case
HP TouchSmart
ASUS EeeTop ET2002
Sony VAIO L
Dell Zino HD
asaide from being desktop computers, I have no ideas. should I care?
2009 Engadget Awards - Laptop of the Year
Sony Vaio Z
HP Envy 13 and 15
Dell Latitude Z
MacBook Pro
Lenovo T400s
Dell Adamo XPS
ASUS UL series
Acer Timeline
asaide from being laptop computers, I have no ideas. should I care?
2009 Engadget Awards - Netbook of the Year
Asus EEE Pc 1005HA
HP Mini 311
Nokia Booklet 3G
Toshiba NB205
Dell Mini 10v this one runs on 10 volts & all the rest run on more or less volts?
Samsung NC10
2009 Engadget Awards - Digital Camera of the Year
Canon 7D
Canon T1i
Panasonic GF1
Nikon D300/D300s
Pentax K-x
Olympus EP1
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
Nikon D3S
Flip Mino HD premium
Kodak Zi8
if it's not ptbd it's too complicated for me. I can just barely figure out zoom.
2009 Engadget Awards - E-reader of the Year
Barnes & Noble Nook
Kindle DX a Borg product?
Sony Reader Pocket
Kindle 2 Borg product #2?
Sony Reader Touch
Libre eBook Reader Pro
There's a reason we keep dead trees around.
2009 Engadget Awards - Display of the Year
Cowboys Stadium HD display does this work outside the stadium?
Dell 2209WA
Dell SX2210T
HP L2105TM LG 15-inch OLED TV
they are TVs. Big, I presume.
2009 Engadget Awards - Game Console of the Year
PS3 Slim
PSP GO
Nintendo DSi LL
iPhone 3GS
Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Edition
I still have difficulty with Pong - you want me to do what?!? with my thumbs?
2009 Engadget Awards - Game Accessory of the Year
Beatles Rock Band does it come with a mop-top wig?
Mad Catz Street Fighter 4 Arcade Stick Tournament Edition only Chuck Norris should play with nun-chucks
Modern Warfare Night Vision Goggles so I buy a fancy TV -see above- and you want to limit me to seing green. why?
Wii Motion plus it senses I've fallen to the floor better than the regular thingy?
Turtle Beach Ear Force headset do I want to know?
Tony Hawk Ride does it skin my elbows & shins?
Logitech G27 racing wheel thought I was too old for a Big Wheel
DJ Hero I was brought up in the era when scratching records was a BAD thing
2009 Engadget Awards - GPS Device of the Year
Motorola Droid (Google Maps Navigation for Android)
Navigon iPhone app
Palm Pre Sprint Navigation
Nuvi 1690
Magellan Roadmate 1475t
TomTom Car Kit for iPhone
TomTom GO 740 XL Live
real men do not need directions or maps - we can get lost using our built-in man skills
2009 Engadget Awards - HDTV of the Year
Panasonic V10 Plasma
Panasonic G10 Plasma
Samsung 8000 Series
LG LH90
Panasonic Z1
Sony XBR10
Toshiba Regza SV670 Series
it's a tv screen. my eyes are as bad as my hearing. how good does it have to be?
2009 Engadget Awards - Home Entertainment Device of the Year
Popcorn Hour C200
PS3 Slim
LG BD390 Blu-ray player
Logitech Squeezebox
Altec Lansing Mix Boombox
WD TV Live HD Media Player
Asus O!Play
HP MediaSmart Home Server
Acer Aspire Revo
Sonos S5 Boombox
Sonos CR200 Touch Screen Controller
if I have to get off the couch to use it, or put on my glasses to see the buttons, it's not entertainment!
2009 Engadget Awards - Peripheral of the Year
Razer Orochi
Apple Magic Mouse
Palm Touchstone
SteelSeries Xai Laser Mouse
Razer Naga
XBOX 360 Wireless N Adaptor
Kingston 40GB SSDNow
ZuneHD AV Dock
Mophie Juice Pack Air
the mouse is the clicky-thing for the computer. no idea what the others are.
2009 Engadget Awards - Portable Media Device of the Year
Zune HD
iPod touch 3
GArchos 5
Cowon D2
Sansa Clip is this related to sansa-belt?
Samsung P3
Sony Walkman X-series
iPod nano 5G
2009 Engadget Awards - Robot of the Year
Zhu Zhu Pets pet rocks that die!
Most Useless Machine Ever wanna bet?
Kondo KHR-3HV
Roxxxy
Remo
Lego NXT 2.0 there's a version 2.0 of a type of leggo?
Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!
2009 Engadget Awards - Storage Device or Technology of the Year
Kingston SSDnow V-series
Samsung Spinpoint F3USB 3.0
Drobo S
Intel X25-M G2
Drobo Pro
OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro
UMAzone UMA-ISO
smaller than a breadbox but holds more than a tractor-trailer. got it! Now how do I get my stuff out?
2009 Engadget Awards - Tablet PC of the Year
Asus T91
Archos9 pctablet
Lenovo x200t with capacitive multitouch
Asus T101
Acer 1420p
Viliv X70EX
like a computer without games or the intartubes
2009 Engadget Awards - Wearable Device of the Year
iKey AK39 wrist keyboard Why?
Vuzix Wrap 310
Lillypad Arduino
FitBit
Tokyoflash R75
LG GD910 watchphone my old Dick Tracey watch/radio
Sansa Clip see earlier comment
NVIDIA 3D Vision Glasses 2 rolls of Saran Wrap are cheaper & better
Spider camera holster
BlueAnt Q1
Jawbone Prime
Sony W Series Walkman the 70s all over again?
Nike Sportband
2009 Engadget Awards - Wireless Device or Technology of the Year
WiMAX
Palm Touchstone
PowerMat
certified 802.11n / 5GHz WiFi
ZigBee
MiFi
can I buy a clue?
stay safe.
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