Coveted Gadgets: There were some surprises at this year's T3 Gadget Awards, in which the magazine honoured the best and the most innovative gadgets of the last 12 months. The event, held at Old Billingsgate Market, London, recognised the best across multiple categories. Here are the winners (and the iPhone is not one).
Gadget of the year: Microsoft XBox Kinect: A motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console. With full-body tracking, facial and voice recognition, it will soon allow users to control almost everything in their digital world by just waving or talking. In short, it's not only a good piece of technology but could also pave the way for new developments in human or computer interaction.
Tablet of the year: iPad 2: Made 33 per cent slimmer and 15 per cent lighter than its trendsetting predecessor, the iPad 2 is now engineered with a A5 dual core processor, thereby delivering a vastly improved graphics performance. Retaining the same ten-hour battery life as the first iPad, it offers new smart covers that puts your iPad 2 to sleep. Apple dutifully added the front and rear cameras that everyone had looked for in the wake of the first iPad.
Phone of the year: Samsung Galaxy SII: Weighing just 116g, and measuring in at 8.49mm thick, the it is one of the lightest and thinnest smartphones available in the mobile market. It features a 4.2-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen that delivers eye popping colours. Running Android 2.3 operating system, the phone is powered by a 1.2Ghz dual-core Qualcomm processor. It features an 8 megapixel camera, which can shoot video at 720p and 1080p at 30fps. The phone is a combiantion of great looks and speedy performance.
Computer of the year: Apple MacBook Air 11-inch: Showcasing Mac OSX on a fantastic LED backlit screen, the Air's brushed aluminium shell is a mere 1.7cm deep at its thickest point. It has a dual core processor, decent graphics chip, a gorgeous keyboard and trackpad. There is also solid state storage. The battery is touted to last for five hours.
Innovation of the year: Razer Switchblade: The Razer Switchblade Concept is a breakthrough portable gaming device design, which allows gamers to play on the go without giving up the precision and control ordinarily possible on a desktop gaming system. In this device, each key can change its purpose to suit the game being played. The PC-like Switchblade requires no mouse as its keys adjust their configuration to fit what the user is playing.
Gaming gadget of the year: Microsoft Xbox Kinect: It is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console. It is an add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360 console that enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 - without having to touch a game controller - through a natural user interface using gestures and spoken commands.
Commuter Gadget of the year: Kindle: The Amazon Kindle is an e-book reader developed by Amazon.com subsidiary Lab126. It uses wireless connectivity to enable users to shop for, download, browse, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, blogs, and other digital media. The device is said to weigh less than a paperback, and is readable even in bright sun.
TV of the year: Samsung UE55D8000: The 55D8000 is Samsung's debut second-generation 3D TV. It includes LED backlighting, active 3D, wireless content sharing with your Samsung mobile devices, and internet at TV, which gives you instant access to BBC iPlayer, Lovefilm, YouTube and many others.
App of the year: Flipboard: Flipboard is an app that is helping to revolutionise the way tablet users consume digital content by creating personalised magazines for each of its users, from a variety of feeds. This app takes multiple news sources and feeds from your social networks and present them as one, seamless "magazine". Video and audio are also incorporated.
Design award: Apple MacBook Air 11-inch: It is a near-perfect mix of functionality, portability and physical beauty. Showcasing Mac OSX on a fantastic LED backlit screen, the Air's brushed aluminium shell is a mere 1.7cm deep at its thickest point. Further, it has a dualcore processor and decent enough graphics chip plus a gorgeous keyboard and trackpad.
Digital camera of the year: Canon PowerShot G12: TheG12 features a 10-megapixel 1/1.7-inch CCD sensor and an image-stabilised, wide-angle, 28-140mm lens that boasts 5x optical zoom. The Canon G12 weighs 401g, and its 2.8-inch 461k resolution display features angle adjustment, thereby allowing you to frame up shots without compromise.
Work Gadget of the year: BlackBerry Bold 9780: With a new-look interface, the BlackBerry Bold now offers multitouch and better multimedia. Staying true to its keyboard control roots, it provides easy typing and navigation. Email support and security are unrivalled. Moreover, one can sync up to ten email accounts from Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail to business Enterprise Accounts. The phone has a 5 megapixel camera and is powered by BlackBerry OS6.
source:IBN
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