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Best of 2011 Nominations: Mac peripherals and accessories

During December and January, The Unofficial Apple Weblog is soliciting your nominations and votes for the best products for Mac, iPhone/iPod touch, and iPad. We'll start with nominations in a category, and then tally your votes for the top-nominated products a few days later. The winner in each category receives the highly-coveted title of TUAW Best of 2011.

Today's category for Best of 2011 nominations is Mac peripherals and accessories. This is a very broad category, encompassing both peripherals that connect with the Mac (such as external hard drives, microphones, trackpads, webcams, headsets, power adapters, etc...) and accessories that enhance the use of your device (such as cases, screen cleaners, stands, etc...).

To nominate a peripheral or accessory, leave a comment below with the name of the device and manufacturer, along with the reason you think it deserves special attention. We'll accumulate your nominations, see what the most popular items nominated are, and then have you vote for the top spot later in the week.

What will be the winner in this category? Will one of OWC's fast SSDs take home the award, or can TwelveSouth's innovative cases and stands for MacBooks take the crown? Maybe it's a favorite Bluetooth or wired headset, or perhaps you're in love with your Magic Trackpad. Let us know!

Nominations close at 11:59 PM ET on December 8, 2011.



During December and January, The Unofficial Apple Weblog is soliciting your nominations and votes for the best products for Mac, iPhone/iPod touch, and iPad
 

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Karen Thomas

Take the fun outdoors with the stylish iHog hog-shaped iPod/iPhone docking station in pink, white or black . iHog from Speakal lets you play your iPod/iPhone outdoors or indoors with 4 booming speakers delivering 360 degrees of sound with 2 tweeters, 2 sound diffusers, a super amplification system and optimized airflow with frequencies from 50Hz-20KHz that fill up a room with music. The iHog docking station features Humanized Touch Volume Controls to adjust the navigation of the iHog/iPod with a light touch of the hand. The best and most powerful portable outdoor speakers, iHog provides 8 hours of lithium rechargeable battery life that also charges the iPod. Both kids and adults a like love the cute, entertaining hog shape and powerful sounding speaker system that’s perfect for parties and special events. www.speakal.com

December 08 2011 at 4:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Karen Thomas

The Kidz Gear Wired Headphones are designed specifically for Apple products. The headphones keep kids quiet watching DVDs or playing games with a built-in volume limiter for safety. The headphones deliver extremely rich sound quality for a variety of video and audio content. www.gearforkidz.com

December 08 2011 at 4:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Karen Thomas

foxL Pocket-sized Wireless Hi-Fi Speaker/Speakerphone
foxL is the world’s best sounding tiny hi-fi portable Bluetooth speaker/speakerphone for your Mac laptops, iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. foxL is small enough to bring with you in your bag wherever you go - at home, parties, hotels, and on the road. Created by former NASA engineer/audio legend Dr. Godehard Guenther, Soundmatters foxLv2 Bluetooth is the first pocket-sized wireless speaker that audio purists love.
www.soundmatters.com

December 08 2011 at 4:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Karen Thomas

iBike Dash CC Cycling Computer lets you use your bike to track your exercise progress and weight loss with the a light-weight wireless bicycle computer system that turns any iPhone or iPod touch into your own personal fitness trainer. Velcomp’s iBike Dash CC helps you keep away the average 5 lb holiday weight gain by exercising smarter to get into shape!
www.ibikesports.com

December 08 2011 at 4:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Karen Thomas

ArtRage for iPad app lets you become a digital artist with your iPad. Perfect for those that love to paint wherever they go, ArtRage from Ambient Design lets you actually paint on the iPad or Mac/Windows desktop computer canvas with oil painting effects that smear and blend and watercolor strokes that merge to create soft, wet gradations. www.artrage.com

December 08 2011 at 4:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Karen Thomas

iGrill Bluetooth meat thermometer www.igrillinc.com deserves the award for most innovative use of iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. iGrill is the world’s first wireless meat thermometer for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch via long-range Bluetooth (over 200 feet) and App-enabled connection.

December 08 2011 at 4:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dallas C

I love my Data Doubler from OWC. Was simple to install in my MacBook Pro 17" and I added the external case for my SuperDrive.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internal_storage/Data_Doubler

December 07 2011 at 1:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ivo

This handmade wooden iPad stand, bringing love and Apple together:

http://etsy.me/ipadlovestand

December 06 2011 at 3:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael S

My vote is for OWC's Mercury 6G SSDs

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Mercury_6G/

It really is amazing how fast these make your Mac.

December 06 2011 at 2:10 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
evanskis

The Blue Yeti Microphone! Amazing quality and a beautiful design. And recommended by Steve, so it must be great!

December 06 2011 at 1:38 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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