We're getting closer and closer to the end of the year, and that means it's almost time for everyone to announce their "best tech product of the year" awards. Gadget website T3 has gotten an early start, and not surprisingly, Apple walked all over everyone else, with the iPhone grabbing tons of awards, and iTunes and the MacBook Pro picking up a few more.Which means: get ready, because the iPhone is going to pretty much win every award imaginable for 2007. What else came out this year that came even close to moving gadget technology ahead? As predicted, it sold tons of units, captured the nation's imagination at launch, singlehandedly pushed cell phones ahead light years (even while bringing some harsh light to Apple's closed architecture policy), and just generally changed the world of gadgets. Is there any other product released in 2007 that could really be called "Gadget of the Year"?
I'd think not. The Wii is awesome and all, but my guess is as these end of the year awards come out, even Nintendo's little marvel of an input device demo won't hold a candle to Apple's communications device.
Thanks, Charles B!
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10-12-2007 @ 7:41PM
jonathan ober said...
The Wii is Awesome. I have one. It won't change the gaming world as much for the here and now, but there are some real benefits to the system. One being the physical exercise that some games (Wii Sports) actually do involve you in the movements. I love actually feeling like I am bowling.
BTW, the Wii came out last year, so is it really able to Win best gadget awards a year after it's been out?
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10-12-2007 @ 7:50PM
Xavier said...
Why the picture of the iPod Touch on an iPhone article...?
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10-12-2007 @ 8:00PM
g0pher said...
i see TOUCH =]
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10-12-2007 @ 8:15PM
Tim Dorr said...
Heh, I was just going to say the same thing ^_^
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10-12-2007 @ 9:39PM
Luigi193 said...
Seeing how frikin awesome the wii's doing... I wouldn't get to cocky.........
WII FTW!!!!!!!!
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10-13-2007 @ 1:04AM
Steve Simitzis said...
The Wii is great, but that was 2006's gadget of the year. I can't think of any other device in 2007 that received more talk than the iPhone, starting from the rumors to its announcement in January to its release in June and every point in between and after. Love it or hate it, own it or not, 2007 was absolutely the year of the iPhone.
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10-13-2007 @ 12:55PM
John Coxon said...
I would agree with the first comment - saying that the iPhone has beaten the Wii to 'Gadget of the Year' when they were released in different years is a tenuous compliment at best! :)
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10-13-2007 @ 2:38PM
Pointer said...
Poor reporting TUAW. The iphone only won one award for most anticipated gadget for 2008 not "tons of awards".
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10-13-2007 @ 3:15PM
tanais fox said...
Just a teeny tiny point Tuaw...
...that's an iPod Touch in the picture you used.
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10-13-2007 @ 5:15PM
DWBjr said...
@Pointer: Jonathon Ives won an award for the iPhone's design earlier this year. This "most anticipated gadget" award is another award, so minus anything I've missed, we're already into "more than one", though arguably not yet "tons". But, that said, I agree... many more to come. I think Sky being in the UK, and the UK iPhone only just launching... it missed out on a sweep here. Timing is everything.
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10-21-2007 @ 5:30PM
phil said...
The picture of the iPod touch also brought me to the comments section... what gives?
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