Amongst much fanfare, the NDTV Gadget Guru Awards 2012 were announced at the Kingdom of Dreams, Gurgaon on 12th of March 2012. The awards comprising 18 categories covered gadgets launched between 1st Jan 2011 to 31st Jan 2012. Out sister publication Living Digital (now called LD2.in) was the knowledge partner for this event, and was responsible for testing and reviewing all gadgets that were nominated for the awards.
Audio Product of the Year: This one includes sound systems such as home theatre systems, sound bars, high-end speaker-amplifier combinations, vacuum tube amplifiers and speakers.
Winner: NAD VISO 1 iPod Dock
Portable Audio Product of the Year: This includes all portable MP3 and MP4 (video players), portable sound docks and battery powered speaker systems as well as any other form of portable device that works with audio. Price no bar.
Winner: Bose Soundlink Wireless Speaker
Computer Peripheral of the Year: Computer peripherals include printers (both Inkjet and Laser), all-in-one (print-scan-copy-fax) devices, scanners (sheet-fed and flatbed), external storage devices, webcams, keyboards and mice. Basically anything that can be plugged into a computer.
Winner: Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse
Computing Device of the Year: This category includes all personal computing devices, including tablets, netbooks, net-tops, laptop computers, desktops and all-in-one computing devices. Price no bar.
Winner: Apple Macbook Air 11″
Consumer Electronic of the Year: This category includes projectors and projection systems, DVD players, Blu-ray players, HDD media players, HD video upscalers or any other gadget or consumer electronic product which is not covered or does not fit in any of the other categories. (No white goods such as refrigerators, air conditioners, etc. should be nominated.) Price no bar.
Winner: Bose SoundLink Wireless Mobile Speaker
Budget Phone of the Year: This award is for the best budget mobile phone (smartphone or feature phone) under the price range of Rs 10,000.
Winner: Samsung Galaxy Y
Smartphone of the Year: Quite simply, this award goes to the best overall smartphone, but with a price tag upwards of Rs 10,000.
Winner: Apple iPhone 4S
Imaging Device of the Year: Imaging devices include all types of digital still cameras and video cameras. These include those that record to tape, flash memory or hard disks. Price no bar.
Winner: Canon PowerShot S100
TV of the Year: The Best Television display category covers all types of flat panel televisions like LCDs, LEDs, plasma TVs, projection TVs (not projectors) and laser TVs. Price no bar.
Winner: LG Electronics Cinema 3D TV 55LW6500
Brand Ambassador of the Year: This category basically looks at various celebrity endorsements for gadgets. TV commercials, print ads, etc. are considered for this award.
Winner: Anushka Sharma (Reliance Communications)
application of the Year: The category includes all types of apps like games, productivity, GPS maps and even fun apps. Price no bar.
Winner: Sygic/ Mapmy India Aura
Gaming Hardware of the Year: The best gaming hardware covers all gaming consoles, graphics cards, gaming-specific laptops/desktops and handheld gaming devices. Price no bar.
Winner: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
IInnovation of the Year: Various interesting and innovative technologies have been introduced throughout the year that have made a significant impact on one or the other aspect of gadgets related industry.
Winner: Samsung Galaxy Note
Portable Computing Product of the Year
Winner: Apple iPad 2
gadget Eye Candy: This is the gadget that you feel offers the most visual appeal & design flair across categories. There is no price or specification limit, it’s all about the looks here.
Winner: Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse
Audio/Video Innovation of the Year
Winner: Control 4 Hometheatre
Gadget of the Year (Jury’s Choice)
Winner: Samsung Galaxy Note
Gadget of the Year (People’s Choice)
Winner: Samsung Galaxy Note and Viso iPod Dock
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