And the Winners are... T3 Announces Top Tech of 2008
LONDON/PRNewswire/ --- Gadget Bible Awards Prizes to Apple, Nintendo, TomTom and More at the
British Technology 'Oscars'
Last night, at the most anticipated awards ceremony in the technology
calendar, the teams from T3 magazine and T3.com celebrated the great and good
of technology 2008. With the biggest names in the industry battling it out
for titles including Gadget You Can't Live Without, Gaming Gadget and the
much-coveted Gadget of the Year, there was drama, suspense, and even
surprise... So, who were the winners of the 2nd Annual Garmin T3 Gadget
Awards 2008?
So closely guarded that even the editorial staff didn't know
the winners until the night, T3 relied on more than 54,000 votes from their
loyal readers in order to pinpoint winners in 11 of the 16 awards categories.
Apple had the most successful evening, scooping four prizes - including
Gadget of the Year, awarded to the Apple iPod Touch - while Activision's
Guitar Hero took the title for Toy of the Year. Car manufacturer Honda was
perhaps a surprising winner in the Green Gadget category, thanks to the
innovative Civic Hybrid, while the TomTom GO930 was named Gadget You Can't
Live Without.
'The Garmin T3 Gadget Awards 2008 really do reflect the cream
of this year's tech,' says Michael Brook, Editor of T3 magazine. 'And this is
thanks to the T3 readers who voted in their thousands to sort the men from
the boys. It's been important for us to have our readers involved in so many
of the categories, since they are the ones using these products day in, day
out, and can tell the hottest kit from the hype. The competition has been so
strong this year, and some of the categories were just too close to call -
we're hoping that the gadgets will be as fantastic in 2009, for the third T3
Gadget Awards.'
Full list of winners...
Gadget of the Year: Apple iPod Touch
Best Music Gadget: Apple iPod Touch 32GB
Best Imaging Gadget: Nikon D60
Drop Dead Gorgeous: Audi R8
Best New Media: BBC iPlayer
Gaming Gadget: Wii Fit
Toy of the Year: Guitar Hero
Commuter Gadget: Apple iPhone
Gadget Candy: MacBook Air
Retailer of the Year: Dixons.co.uk
Innovation of the Year: Sony XEL-1 OLED TV
Green Gadget: Honda Civic Hybrid
Home Gadget: Sky HD
Hi Def Award: Sony PS3
Gadget you can't live without: TomTom GO930
T3 Magazine and its online arm t3.com have long been trusted
sources of impartial and entertaining news about the tech industry, for
gadget lovers around the world. Their second gadget awards ceremony took
place on 9 October at London's Intercontinental, Park Lane, and was a
celebration of the great and good in the technology industry, as voted for by
the public, with over 54,000 votes being cast. With a host of national and
broadcast press in attendance, the event was hosted by TV Personality of the
Year James Nesbitt.
Press Contacts:
For further information, images and to arrange interviews with the T3
editorial team, please contact:
Jane Leah or Kate Baxter, Beam Agency,
1 Rosoman Place, Exmouth Market, London EC1R 0JY,
T: +44(0)20-7833-9595, M: +44(0)7949-379-974
E: jane@beamagency.com or kate@beamagency.com
Source: Garmin T3 Gadget Awards
Press Contacts: For further information, images and to arrange
interviews with the T3 editorial team, please contact: Jane Leah or
Kate Baxter, Beam Agency, 1 Rosoman Place, Exmouth Market, London EC1R
0JY, T: +44(0)20-7833-9595, M: +44(0)7949-379-974, E:
jane@beamagency.com or kate@beamagency.com