The 4th Pocket-lint Gadget Awards nominations announced

Nomiations in full

2 October 2007 10:25 GMT / By Stuart Miles

The longest running gadget awards in the UK*. This year's Pocket-lint Gadget Awards are bigger and better than ever before with 25 categories in total including the coveted Best Gadget of the Year 2007.

The awards, voted by a panel of leading gadget journalists**, including the staff from the Pocket-lint team, will decide the real must have gadgets of the year, rather than those simply deemed cool or anticipated, and be the definitive guide for consumers looking to buy gifts this Christmas.

Taking into account over 600 products Pocket-lint has reviewed on the site since December 2006, the rules of the awards state that for any product to be nominated it has to has to have been seen by a member of the Pocket-lint editorial team and been released in the UK between December 2006 and December 2007.

The Awards will be held in London on the 22 November 2007.

And the nominations are:

AUDIO (4)
Best MP3/Portable Media Player
iPod Touch
Creative Zen
Samsung P2
Archos 605 Wi-Fi
iRiver B20

Best Headphones
Sennheiser PXC450
Bose in-ear headphones
Shure Se420
Denon AH-D5000 headphones
Bluetrek ST1

Best DAB Radio
Roberts MP16 DAB
Intempo BD-01 portable DAB radio
Nevada Sinfonie DAB digital radio
Pure Move
Pure Evoke-1S

Best iPod Speaker system
Griffin Evolve iPod Speakers
Cygnett Unison i-X5 iPod speakers
JBL On Stage Micro iPod speaker
Logic3 i-Station Traveller speakers
Tannoy i30 iPod speakers

PHONES (3)
Best Mobile Phone
Nokia N95
Samsung G600
LG Viewty
Sony Ericsson W880
Motorola Z8

Best Smartphone
Apple iPhone
BlackBerry 8310
BlackBerry 8820
HTC touch
T-Mobile MDA Vario III

Best Mobile Phone Accessory
Parrot Boombox
Plantronics 655 Discovery
jawbone bluetooth headset
G-Tech Smart Fabric keyboard
Parrot Minikit handsfree speakerphone

CAR (2)
Best Satnav
TomTom 520
Navman S90i
Mio 620t
Garmin Nuvi 660
Acer V200 GPS

Best Car Gadget
Griffin iTrip auto
iStuff iCast Autoscan FM Transmitter
TAEC 150W Slimline Power Inverter
Dyson DC16 Root 6 Animal vacuum cleaner
Parrot Multicomm and Multican

PHOTOGRAPHY (3)
Best Compact Digital Camera
Canon PowerShot A460
Fuji FinePix Z5fd digital camera
Nikon Coolpix S500 digital camera
Olympus Mju 770SW digital camera
Leica C-LUX 2 digital camera

Best DLSR Digital Camera
Olympus E410 Digital SLR camera
Pentax K10D DSLR digital camera
Nikon D40 digital SLR camera
Canon EOS 40D DSLR digital camera
Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1 DSLR camera

Best Printer
Canon PIXMA iP5300 printer
Kodak EasyShare 5300 All In One Printer
HP - Photosmart C6180
Lexmark X4550
Samsung SCX-4500

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE (5)
Best Laptop
Asus W2 - Desktop replacement
Sony VAIO TX11N - ultraslim
HP 2710p
Dell XPS M1330
Samsung R70 - budget

Best PC Peripheral
Logitech MX Air
Sandisk USB SD Card
Devolo dLAN 200 AV starter kit
D-Link RangeBooster wireless-n
Seagate FreeAgent Pro

Best VoIP Accessory
Polycom Communicator C100 Speakerphone
Netgear SPH200D Skype Phone
Sennheiser PC 161 gaming headset
Dualphone 3088 Cordless Skype handset
Philips VOIP841

Best Software
LogMeIn
Pinnacle StudioPLus 11
Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.5
Roxio 10
iLife 08

Best Website
www.homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
www.facebook.com
www.spacetime.com/
www.garlik.com
www.filter.com

HOMECINEMA (2)
Best TV
Pioneer Kuro
Philips 32PF9731D
Sony Bravia KDL-46X2000 review
Samsung M87
Sharp LC52WD1E LCD television

Best Accessory
Slingbox PRO
LG Super Multi Blue
Apple TV
Panasonic SC-PT850 home cinema system
Gumbody Light Digital 6

GAMING (3)
Best Console Game
Gears of War - Xbox
Super Paper Mario - Wii
Zelda - Wii
Halo 3 - Xbox
Heavenly Sword - PS3

Best PC Game
Command & Conquer 3
World in Conflict
Shadowrun
Bioshock
Stalker

Best games console
Sony PS3
Microsoft Xbox Elite
Nintendo Wii
Sony PSP Slim and Lite

SPORTSFITNESS (1)
Best Sports and fitness gadget
Timex iControl
H2O Audio SV-iMini Waterproof Housing and Headphones Review
Suunto X9i watch
Blacks Crux Constellation II Tent
X-Clip Sports Armband

Overall (2)
Best Green gadget
usbcell
OneClick IntelliPanel Energy saving power extension
Standby Buster energy saving electrical socket with remote
Efergy
Fujitsu Siemens Green Edition SCALEO PC

Best Gadget of the Year 2007
Apple iPhone
Nintendo Wii
Nokia N95
Olympus E410 Digital SLR camera
LG Super Multi Blue
Timex iControl
Standby Buster energy saving electrical socket with remote
Logitech MX Air
Parrot Boombox
Pioneer Kuro

* that we know of
** Judges so far include Stuart Miles (Pocket-lint, The Times), Amy-Mae Elliott (Pocket-lint), Nigel Kendal (The Times), Mark Prigg (The Evening Standard), Mark Harris (Freelance), Kevin Lynch (The Mirror), Shaun Marin (Freelance), Susi Weaser (ShinyShiny) and David Phelan (TimeOut/Independent/The Sunday Times).