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Sunday, 27 February 2011

Engadget Selects iPad as Top Gadget 2010



Gadget mega site Engadget just released their Editor’s Choice awards for top electronic gadgets in 2010 and Apple’s iPad beat out all other gadgets to take top honors.  The iPad managed to edge out HTC’s popular Evo smartphone to win Engadget’s “Gadget of the Year.”

Engadget editors selected the iPad as the Top Gadget saying, “the iPad won this one going away — there’s just no denying the influence Apple’s tablet had on the industry this year.”  Engadget editors also voted the iPad one of the best “Home Entertainment Devices” of 2010 with it landing in the runner’s-up spot just behind Netflix’s popular video streaming service.

The iPad also was selected “Gadget of the Year” by Engadget readers to win their “Reader’s Choice Award .”  Over 100,000 readers voted and selected their top gadget in a range of categories.   Apple’s iPad took top honors in three different Reader’s Choice categories, winning by a wide margin in each.

The iPad won the People’s Choice Gadget of the Year, beating out the second place Microsoft Kinect by over 20%.  The iPad also took the top spot to win the “Tablet PC of the Year” beating out the Samsung Galaxy Tab by nearly 50% and it won the “Portable Media Device of the Year” award beating out Apple’s iPod Touch 4G by 14%

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