The Apple iPad, iMac, iPhone 4, MacBook Air, and Apple TV 2G walked away with top honors in the 2010 Engadget Awards. Out of the 21 possible categories, Apple products walked away with 8 awards. It looks like being a fanboy isn’t so bad after all. Let’s break down the complete list of winners.
We start things off with the Gadget of the Year, the Apple iPad. With 37.3 percent of the votes, the closest competitor was the Microsoft Kinect with 14.9 percent. In a much closer race was the Most Anticipated Gadget of 2011, won by the Motorola Xoom with 19.5 percent of the votes. The HP TouchPad came in a close second with 17.1 percent, followed by the Sony PSP 2.
It was no surprised that the Microsoft Kin was give the title Worst Gadget of the Year with 31.9 percent of the votes. The real shock was that second place was given to Google TV with 21.6 percent. Smartphone of the Year went to the iPhone 4 with 43 percent and in second place was the EVO 4G with 24.2 percent.
Here’s a rundown of the remaining categories and winners:
Desktop of the Year – Apple iMac, Laptop of the Year – Apple MacBook Air, Netbook of the Year – Google Cr-48, Digital Camera of the Year – Nikon D7000, E-reader of the Year – Amazon Kindle 3, Display of the Year – Apple Retina display, Game Console of the Year – Xbox 360S, Game Accessory of the Year – Microsoft Kinect, GPS Device of the Year – Garmin Nuvi 3790t, HDTV of the Year – Sony HX909 XBR LCD, Home Entertainment Device – Apple TV 2G, Peripheral of the Year – Microsoft Kinect, Portable Media Device – Apple iPad, Robot of the Year – NASA Robonaut 2, Tablet PC of the Year – Apple iPad, Wearable Device of the Year – Engadget eBoy t-shirt, Wireless Device or Tech – Verizon LTE.
There you have it folks. Apparently there are a lot more “fanboys” out there than would like to admit. If you feel like stepping forward and admitting your allegiance to Apple, we won’t hold it against you — we promise.
via Engadget
