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"Ah yes, the Engadget Awards! All the glitz and glamor of the Oscars, but without all that Best Acting stuff -- only technical achievements here, people -- the most interesting, innovative, feature-rich gadgets 2005 had to offer. Thousands of readers cast their votes for the Readers' Choice, and we also selected our picks for each of the 26 categories we're giving awards for. As always, we ask the winners to please keep their acceptance speeches brief or they'll be played off, and to keep those Engadget Awards trophies polished to a high shine forever more.Without further ado, click on to see the winners!Gadget of the YearReaders' Choice: Apple iPod (5g) Engadget Pick: Microsoft Xbox 360 Merger of the Year Readers' Choice: eBay and Skype Engadget Pick:  Sprint and Nextel Worst Gadget of the Year Readers' Choice: Motorola ROKR E1 Engadget Pick: Gizmondo Weird Gadget of the Year Readers' Choice: Solid Alliance USB Spaghetti Engadget Pick: Solid Alliance USB Spaghetti Disappointment of the Year Readers' Choice: Motorola ROKR E1 Engadget Pick: Creative Zen Vision Most Anticipated Gadget of 2006 Readers' Choice: Sony PlayStation 3 Engadget Pick: Sony PlayStation 3 Cellphone of the Year Readers' Choice: Motorola V3c Engadget Pick: Sony Erisson w800 Smartphone of the Year Readers' Choice: Palm Treo 650 (GSM)Engadget Pick: HTC Universal Desktop of the Year Readers' Choice: Apple Power Mac G5 (quad) Engadget Pick: Sony RC Series Digital Camera of the Year Readers' Choice: Canon EOS 5DEngadget Pick: Canon EOS 5D Display of the Year Readers' Choice: Dell 2405fpw Engadget Pick: Dell 2405fpw Game Console of the Year Readers' Choice: Microsoft Xbox 360 Engadget Pick: Microsoft Xbox 360 GPS Device or Application of the Year Readers' Choice: Google Earth Engadget Pick: TomTom Go 700 Handheld of the Year Readers' Choice: Nokia 770 Engadget Pick: Nokia 770 HDTV of the Year Readers' Choice: Sony KDS-R60XBR1 Engadget Pick: Toshiba SED 50-inch Home Entertainment Device of the Year Readers' Choice: Slingmedia Slingbox Engadget Pick: Slingmedia Slingbox Household Device of the Year Readers' Choice: iRobot Scooba Engadget Pick: iRobot Scooba Laptop of the Year Readers' Choice: Apple PowerBook (15-inch) Engadget Pick: IBM Thinkpad Z Media PC of the Year Readers' Choice: Apple iMac G5 with Front Row Engadget Pick: Niveus Media K2 Peripheral of the Year Readers' Choice: Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3100 Engadget Pick: IPEVO free-1 USB phone Portable Audio Device of the Year Readers' Choice: Apple iPod Nano Engadget Pick: iRiver U10 Portable Video Device of the Year Readers' Choice: Apple iPod (5g) Engadget Pick: Cowon A2 Robot of the Year Readers' Choice: Honda Asimo Engadget Pick: Stanford's VW Touareg \"Stanley\" Tablet PC of the Year Readers' Choice: Lenovo ThinkPad X41 Engadget Pick: Lenovo Thinkpad X41 Wearable Device of the Year Readers' Choice: Fossil Atari watch Engadget Pick: Seiko Spectrum e-ink watch Wireless Technology of the Year Readers' Choice: 802.11nEngadget Pick: 802.11n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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