The winners of the PC Advisor Awards 2010 have been announced, with gongs going out to the likes of Acer, Adobe, Apple, Canon, Google, Microsoft, Symantec and Western Digital.
Palm beats iPhone shocker! Chrome beats Firefox!
The PC Advisor Hardware and Software Awards 2010 were voted for by PC Advisor editors and expert contributors. All nominated products were reviewed in the PC Advisor Test Centre during 2009.
The PC Advisor Reader Awards 2010 were voted for by 5,000 PC Advisor print and online readers between 2nd October and 6th December 2009. A further 6,500 PC Advisor readers voted in the annual Broadband ISP survey.
In addition PC Advisor announced winners of its Product Of The Year 2009 award, and special awards for Product, Person, Technology and Company Of The Decade (2000-2009).
In all exactly 100 companies' products were nominated in the PC Advisor Awards 2010.
PC Advisor would like to thank awards sponsors AMD, HP and PC Tools.
"The quality of product launches in 2009 was extremely strong," said PC Advisor Editor-in-Chief Paul Trotter.
"At the end of a decade that has pushed new technologies into the lives of us all it was exciting to see new names emerging as well as the more established brands."
Surprise winners include the Palm Pre, which won the award for Best Smartphone over the omnipotent Apple iPhone 3GS.
PC Advisor judged it "the smallest, neatest 3G smartphone around".
"This is a fantastic, well-connected phone first and foremost; the fact that it's also a desirable gadget is a bonus. Touch-sensitive controls and the ability to run four or five applications at once make the most of its 3.1in display and nippy processor."
Apple's ubiquitous iPhone 3GS did triumph in the Readers' Gadget Of The Year category, however.
Another unexpected winner was Panasonic, which beat rivals Canon, Fujifilm and Kodak in the Compact Camera category for its Lumix DMC-TZ7. Panasonic was also a big winner in the Readers' Awards, scooping Best TV and Best Blu-Ray Player.
In a win for portability and intelligent design Flip Video's MinoHD beat heavyweight rivals such as Canon, Kodak, Panasonic and Sanyo to win Best Camcorder.
In the Software section Google's fledgling Chrome browser beat more established competition from Microsoft, Apple and Mozilla.
Best mobile phone app went to Spotify, an instantly popular new way of listening to music that promises even greater success in the coming year.
You can see all the PC Advisor Awards 2010 winners here, and click on the links for further explanations and original reviews.
PC ADVISOR HARDWARE AWARDS
Best Desktop PC Brand
Runners up:
• Chillblast
• CyberPower
• Eclipse
• Mesh
Best Monitor
Runners up:
• BenQ G2220HD
• HP LP2275w
• HP w2558HC
• NEC LCD2690WUXi
Best Laptop
Runners up:
• Apple MacBook Pro
• HP Envy 13
• Sony Vaio VGN-NS20J
• Toshiba L500
Best Netbook
Runners up:
• Asus Eee PC Seashell 1005HA
• Hannspree HannsNote
• Samsung N510
• Toshiba NB200 (Win7)
Best Compact Camera
Runners up:
• Canon PowerShot G11
• Fujifilm FinePix F70EXR
• Kodak EasyShare Z915
• Ricoh CX2
Best Budget DSLR
Runners up:
• Nikon D3000
• Olympus E-620
• Pentax K2000
• Sony Alpha a330
Best Camcorder
Runners up:
• Canon Legria HV40
• Kodak Zi6
• Panasonic SDR-S26
• Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10
Best Business Printer
Runners up:
• Brother MFC-9450CDN
• HP LaserJet CP2025dn
• Lexmark C734dn
• OKI C110
Best Home Printer
Runners up:
• Epson Stylus SX415
• HP OfficeJet 6500
• Konica Minolta Magicolor 1690MF
• Samsung ML-1915
Best Wireless Networking Product
Runners up:
• AVM FritzBox Fon 7270
• Billion BiPac 7402NX
• D-Link DSL-2740R
• Trendnet TEW-635BRM
Best Portable Entertainment Device
Runners up:
• Amazon Kindle
• Apple iPod touch
• Sony Reader PRS-505
• Sony Walkman X Series
Best Storage Device
WD My Book World Edition II 4TB
Runners up:
• Buffalo LinkStation Mini
• Imation Apollo UX
• Iomega eGo 500 BlackBelt
• Seagate Maxtor BlackArmor
Best Network Entertainment Device
Runners up:
• LaCie LaCinema Black PLAY
• Logitech Squeezebox Boom
• Monitor Audio Airstream 10
• Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite 9150
Best Graphics Card
Runners up:
• HIS ATI Radeon HD 5870
• HIS Radeon HD 4770
• Nvidia GeForce 9400M
• Sapphire Radeon HD 5850
Best Smartphone
Runners up:
• Apple iPhone 3GS
• BlackBerry Curve 8520
• HTC Hero
• Nokia N97
PC ADVISOR SOFTWARE AWARDS
Best Phone App
Runners up:
• Co-Pilot
• National Rail
• Sky+
• Tweetie
Best Free Software
Runners up:
• Adobe Photoshop.com
• Google Street View
• PC Tools Threatfire
• Spotify
Best Browser
Runners up:
• Apple Safari 4
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5
• Opera 10.0
Best Photo/Video Software
Runners up:
• Adobe Premiere Elements 8
• Corel Digital Studio 2010
• Pinnacle Studio HD 14
• Roxio Creator 2010
Best PC Utility Of the Year
Runners up:
• Iolo System Mechanic 9
• Paragon Hard Disk Manager 2009
• PC Tools File Recover
• Registry Mechanic 8.0
Best Security Software
Runners up:
• Avira Antivir Personal
• Bitdefender Internet Security 2009
• G-Data Internet Security 2010
• Kaspersky Internet Security 2009
PC ADVISOR READER AWARDS
Best Laptop Brand
Runners up:
• Acer
• Dell
• Sony
• Toshiba
Best Desktop Brand
Runners up:
• Acer
• Dell
• HP/Compaq
• Packard Bell
Best Broadband ISP 2009
Runners up:
• Be
• Plusnet
• Virgin
• Zen
Best TV
Runners up:
• LG 42LH2000
• LG 50PQ3000
• Panasonic TX-P42V10
• Technika 42-910
Best Home Cinema System
Runners up:
• Panasonic SC-BT200
• Panasonic SC-PT470
• Samsung HT-BD1250R
• Sony DAV-DZ280
Best Blu-Ray Player
Runners up:
• LG BD-370
• Samsung BD-P4600
• Sony BDP-S360
• Sony BDP-S550
Gadget Of The Year
Runners up:
• Amazon Kindle 2
• Apple iPod touch
• Dell Alienware M17x gaming laptop
• HP Touchsmart PC
• RIM BlackBerry Curve 8520
• Samsung Tocco Lite
• Sony Reader PRS-600
Best Online IT Retailer
Runners up:
• Aria
• CCL
• Dabs
• Ebuyer
• Maplin
• Micro Direct
• Novatech
• Saverstore
• Scan
PC ADVISOR YEAR & DECADE AWARDS
PC Advisor's Product Of The Decade
PC Advisor's Company Of The Decade
Comments
Halley said: So the Lumix DMC-TZ7 wont best compact camera you obviously werent judging it on build quality then as that leaves much to be desired