The nominations are in, the picks have been sorted, and now it’s time for you, the reader, to help us judge the best in tech from 2009! We’ve put together a long, long list of the top selections below — all we ask is that you cast your vote for the gadgets nearest and dearest to your hearts.
Votes will be tallied until Saturday February 20th, 11:59PM EDT. You can vote in this post — the nominees are after the break. After we’ve checked for abuse (just say no!) we’ll publish the results alongside our own Editors’ Choice picks the following week. May the best gadgets win!
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Vote for the 2009 Engadget Awards! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The feds simply aren’t backing down from their incessant warnings of a wireless broadband spectrum crunch the likes of which the world has never seen, and they’ve seemingly found a great vehicle — the iPad — to help spread the message just a little further (and at a higher volume) than before. This time around, it’s the Omnibus Broadband Initiative’s director of scenario planning Phil Bellaria who’s sounding the alarm, saying that the iPad foretells “even greater demand for mobile broadband on the horizon” and asking that the people with the money and the power (the carriers and the FCC, respectively) do what it takes to make sure that the nation’s broadband infrastructure and policy are appropriately managed in light of that. Perhaps most provocative is his statement that “reaching an always-on wireless broadband future means that the spectrum can no longer remain attached solely to uses deemed valuable decades ago,” possibly a veiled reference to the FCC’s ongoing spat with TV broadcasters over the future of over-the-air broadcasts. Free TV or an iPad with a fast, functional browsing experience — if it came down to it, which would you prefer?
Government warns of wireless network congestion again, rides iPad to push its spectrum agenda originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The feds simply aren’t backing down from their incessant warnings of a wireless broadband spectrum crunch the likes of which the world has never seen, and they’ve seemingly found a great vehicle — the iPad — to help spread the message just a little further (and at a higher volume) than before. This time around, it’s the Omnibus Broadband Initiative’s director of scenario planning Phil Bellaria who’s sounding the alarm, saying that the iPad foretells “even greater demand for mobile broadband on the horizon” and asking that the people with the money and the power (the carriers and the FCC, respectively) do what it takes to make sure that the nation’s broadband infrastructure and policy are appropriately managed in light of that. Perhaps most provocative is his statement that “reaching an always-on wireless broadband future means that the spectrum can no longer remain attached solely to uses deemed valuable decades ago,” possibly a veiled reference to the FCC’s ongoing spat with TV broadcasters over the future of over-the-air broadcasts. Free TV or an iPad with a fast, functional browsing experience — if it came down to it, which would you prefer?
Government warns of wireless network congestion again, rides iPad to push its spectrum agenda originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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You had to know Microsoft would respond to former VP Dick Brass saying the company didn’t have “a true system for innovation” in the New York Times this morning, and it looks like Redmond’s VP of corporate communications Frank Shaw is on the move: he’s just posted up a reply on The Official Microsoft Blog. Frank says that what matters is “innovation at scale, not just innovation at speed,” and that “it is not sufficient to simply have a good idea, or a great idea, or even a cool idea. We measure our work by its broad impact.” Frank also points to OneNote in response to Dick’s claim that Tablet PC was doomed because the Office team refused to make a version of Office designed around stylus input, and then refers to the Xbox 360 as an example of Microsoft’s leadership — and says Project Natal is a “magical experience” that’ll keep the trend alive. That’s pretty much exactly how we would respond, although we’d also argue that Dick’s individual criticisms are less important than his larger thesis about systematic innovation — and we’d love to hear what Frank has to say about that.
P.S.- Can we all please stop calling everything “magical” for a minute, though? Thanks.
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Microsoft responds to Dick Brass: ‘We measure our work by its broad impact’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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You had to know Microsoft would respond to former VP Dick Brass saying the company didn’t have “a true system for innovation” in the New York Times this morning, and it looks like Redmond’s VP of corporate communications Frank Shaw is on the move: he’s just posted up a reply on The Official Microsoft Blog. Frank says that what matters is “innovation at scale, not just innovation at speed,” and that “it is not sufficient to simply have a good idea, or a great idea, or even a cool idea. We measure our work by its broad impact.” Frank also points to OneNote in response to Dick’s claim that Tablet PC was doomed because the Office team refused to make a version of Office designed around stylus input, and then refers to the Xbox 360 as an example of Microsoft’s leadership — and says Project Natal is a “magical experience” that’ll keep the trend alive. That’s pretty much exactly how we would respond, although we’d also argue that Dick’s individual criticisms are less important than his larger thesis about systematic innovation — and we’d love to hear what Frank has to say about that.
P.S.- Can we all please stop calling everything “magical” for a minute, though? Thanks.
[Image from Robert Scoble]
Microsoft responds to Dick Brass: ‘We measure our work by its broad impact’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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