By Penelope Endozo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
IF THE YEAR 2008 WAS AN aisle in the marketplace of ideas, the tech industry’s shakers and movers needed more shelves to fill them with bestsellers. This year’s most-wanted gadgets had something for everyone, even perhaps the Luddites. Consider:
1. iPhone 3G. Like its touch-sensing predecessor that started it all, iPhone is attracting hordes of fanatics. The first iPhone landed in the 2007 Time Gadget of the year and appeared in “Sex and the City”—indicators of its pop-culture caché. The great add-on this year is its 3G power!
2. Samsung Omnia. The god of small things made it a point to make Samsung Omnia the only touchscreen phone with
Windows compatibility.
3. Nokia N96. Designed to be Nokia’s 2008 flagship phone, this gadget offers 5MP camera, stabilizer for its MPEG4 format videos and an expandable 16GB memory, among other cool features.
4. Mac Air and Pro. Mac’s slimmest version fits right inside a Manila envelope—a hip, hip creation. The Mac Pro, however, is the bomb—the fastest, strongest and lap-toughest Mac ever with 2.8 GHz processor and 800 MHz DDr2 fully buffered memory, making it the Mac tower of power.
5. Nintendo Wii. As if 3D isn’t enough to define the 21st century’s contribution to gaming, ensuring the virtual extinction of 2D versions of Mario Brothers and his brethren, Nintendo Wii weeds out the wires from its consoles and turns the sofa into the playpen. No wonder Wii is eBay’s hottest find this year. Read more…