Gizmodo: best of gizmodo 2005

Best of Gizmodo - Winner Time!

Travis Hudson — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:52:27 EST

The winner is in: The Treo 650 is the Best Gizmo of 2005 as voted by you, the loyal readers of Gizmodo. Thank you for your votes. Congrats to Palm and the Treo 650; we await word on your 2006 goodies, some of which had better be on hand here at CES.

Now, finally, the winner of the $500 gift certificate can be named. Jason W. Rhine, you have just won yourself a brand new Circuit City gift card. Good luck with your purchases and happy shopping at Circuit City. Congrats to Jason and the Treo 650 for bringing in the new year as winners and we again thank you, the Gizmodo readers, for your support and dedication to us in 2005.

On with the show...

Best of Gizmodo Want $500?

Travis Hudson — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:26:09 EST

Who wants $500? Well then click here and vote for which gizmo you think should be the top dog of 2005. With your submissions, you have the option to include an email address that will be entered into a drawing to win a $500 Circuit City gift card.

Our last two contestants are the PSP, a mobile media and gaming powerhouse, and the Treo 650, a smartphone that has revolutionized mobile communication. Same old contest rules apply so get your vote on by clicking the linkage below. Polls will close on Saturday, so hurry up you money-grubbing sheep.

Best of Gizmodo Final Thunderdome Battle

Travis Hudson — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:45:39 EST

This is it, the moment all you money-grubbing techies have been waiting for: the final Best of Gizmodo vote. This time, there's swag attached: a chance to win a $500 Circuit City gift card.

Quick overview: over the past few weeks, Gizmodo sought reader nominations for the Best Gizmo of 2005 in a variety of categories, then readers voted for the best in each category. This week, we've been doing elimination rounds between individual category winners that has left us with two final gizmos that will go head-to-head in a vote for the year's best.

The fifth elimination is the iPod nano. It was a close fight in the beginning, but the nano began to trail off after the Treo and PSP fanboys got their votes in. That leaves our final two competitors for the Best Gizmo of 2005: the Sony PSP, a gaming/multimedia all-in-one with hacking abilities out the wazoo, and the Treo 650, a smartphone that has the ability to change people's lives.

After voting, you'll have the option to submit an email address that will then be entered in the random prize drawing for the $500 Circuit City gift card. (Our standard contest rules apply.) Polls will close on Saturday, so hurry up and get your vote on, after the jump.

Best of Gizmodo - Elimination Round 2

Travis Hudson — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:45:34 EST

We have been doing this Best of Gizmodo for damn near two weeks now, so if you don't know what is going on you either: A. Need to come to Gizmodo a lot more often, or B. Pay attention. Today we are eliminating two more competitors. Remember, you vote for the product that you want to stay in the running for best of the year. Whichever products garner the least votes will be eliminated. On Friday we will have the final two gizmos competing for the top dog for 2005 in a poll format. In this poll you may submit an e-mail address with your vote and after all is said and done we will be giving away a $500 Circuit City gift card to one lucky individual.

Today we bid farewell to another Apple product, gasp! See you later iMac G5, I'm sure our paths will cross in the future. Second to go today is the fabulous TiVo. Even though you are out of the running for best gizmo, you still hold a place in my heart by keeping all of my Lost, Survivor and Smallville episodes recorded for later viewing.

Get your vote on, after the jump.

Best of Gizmodo Elimination Round 1

Travis Hudson — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:27:07 EST

Yeah, it's Tuesday and Gizmodo is finally back in the saddle again. The eggnog hangover is cured, the latke oil is almost hot, and it's time to get back to the nitty-gritty—voting for the Best Gizmo of the Year.

Today is the first in a series of elimination rounds to determine the Best of Gizmodo 2005. Here's how it will work: Each day the previous votes will be cleared from the slate and a new poll will begin for the gadgets that get to stay on the island. Two are already gone, two more will be stuffed in a burlap sack and thrown in the river tomorrow. On Thursday just one item will be disappeared. And that's when it gets fun, because on Friday for the final Thunderdome battle you will submit an e-mail address with the vote, and that will go into a final drawing for a $500 gift certificate. Where to? Maybe Circuit City, but it's still TBD (write if you have suggestions). Remember, the only way to win is to vote on Friday in the final round.

But back to the business at hand, which is bidding adieu to the Motorola RAZR and Apple Powerbook. Maybe it was the RAZR's stinky keypad, or its stinky-er UI—either way, we love to watch you walk away. And the matte finish is off the Apple Powerbook, which got cut earlier than anyone predicted. But a mediocre 7% of the votes means... buh-bye.

After the Jump: Round two of the Best of Gizmodo finals. Get those votes in quick.

Best of Gizmodo Portable Media (Vote Time)

Travis Hudson — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:33:07 EST

We're going to try to make this a little more interesting by splitting up all of the types of iPods, but in most cases that probably wont work. Get your vote in after the jump.

Best of Gizmodo PCs (Vote Time)

Travis Hudson — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:28:07 EST

Looks like another episode of Apple Versus the World in our PCs category. You know the drill, give us your vote after the jump.

Best of Gizmodo Home Entertainment (Vote Time)

Travis Hudson — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:15:56 EST

Here it is, the finalists for the best Home Entertainment product of the year. Put in your two cents, in the form of a vote, after le jump.

Best of Gizmodo Home Entertainment

Travis Hudson — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:00:12 EST

Did you rig up a hot media center this year? Got your hands on an Xbox 360? Or were you happy with just an HDTV? Send your nominees for the best home entertainment product to bestofgiz@gmail.com.

Best of Gizmodo PDA/Smartphones (Vote Time)

Travis Hudson — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:31:20 EST

If the vote was determined by how many emails I received, then the Treo 650 would win outright. You fanboys really love this thing, but we'll let the masses decide which is the top PDA/Smartphone. Get your vote on, after the jump, of course.

Best of Gizmodo PCs

Travis Hudson — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:55:19 EST

We know a decent number of Gizmodo readers probably built their PCs from scratch. That doesn't mean you can't vote for your favorite machine of 2005. Will this turn into another Apple vs. Everyone Else slugfest? You betcha!

You know the drill, email bestofgiz@gmail.com with your nominee for best PC of 2005.

Best of Gizmodo Portable Media

Travis Hudson — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:24:02 EST

Time for another hard-hitting, balls-to-the-wall category of portable media. This includes anything that can play media on the go. Send us the name of your favorite portable MP3 player, video player, or the like to bestofgiz@gmail.com.

Best of Gizmodo Cellphones (Vote Time)

Travis Hudson — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:55:04 EST

All right, kids. We asked for your help with nominations for the best cellphone of 2005 and got responses. We narrowed it down and need you the people to do us another favor. Vote (after the jump).

Best of Gizmodo PDAs/Smartphones

Travis Hudson — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:51:30 EST

Okay, Crackberry addicts and Treo fanboys, here is your category. Email your submissions for best PDA and/or Smartphone to bestofgiz@gmail.com.

Best of Gizmodo Laptops (Voting Time)

Travis Hudson — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:45:37 EST

Thanks, everyone, for submitting your suggestions for the best laptops of 2005. It appears that people really love their small, ultra-portables and tablets. Check out the final nominees, and submit your vote, after the jump.

Best of Gizmodo Gadgets

Travis Hudson — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:37:12 EST

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know the drill. We want to know what your favorite gadget was in 2005. Send your submissions to bestofgiz@gmail.com.

Best of Gizmodo Laptops

Travis Hudson — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:00:01 EST

Yeah, we report on hot gadgets and products daily, but we want to hear about your favorites for 2005. We'll tally the entries and let all of you sexy people vote on the best laptop of the year.

Tell us, via email or in comments, what your favorite laptop was from 2005. Send picks to bestofgiz@gmail.com.

Best of Gizmodo Cellphones

Travis Hudson — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:49:58 EST

Listen up, folks. We need your help. Wouldn t that feel terrific, contributing to such a worthy cause? We want to hear what kind of gadgets were you favorite for 2005. After we get a good number of entries, we will fire up the ol' poll machine and let all of you sexy people vote for the best gadget in said category for the year.

So here it is: let's start it off with a popular item around the globe, the cellphone. Almost everyone has one or knows what they are, so let's hear it. Tell us, via email or in comments, what your favorite phone is from 2005. Send your pick to bestofgiz@gmail.com.