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_Published 2011-12-07. Techland editor Doug Aamoth spotlights the top 10 gadgets of 2011 (and one itchy, ill-fitting turtleneck)._


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## Transcript

I am too a team player. I absolutely am. I'm just saying, this is really itchy, and it's quite obviously a woman's turtleneck. So this kinda feels like I'm being hazed, even though I've been here a while. Happy holidays from all of us at time. com. You know happy holidays from all of us at Tech land. notime. com Just Tech land, time. com's technology blog. It's the end of the year, that means top ten list galore, and what top then list would be complete without the top ten gadgets of the year. So from all of us here at Tech Land, with the warmest of holiday greetings, warmer than anyone else at time.

com, just Tech Land, here are the top ten gadgets of the year. Enjoy. I'm sorry, it can be from everyone. The Motorola Atrix 4G with laptop. Did it sell well? Nope. But it gave us a cool look at a future of computing where your phone is your only computer an you go around docking it into various apparatuses. Aparati? The Sony PlayStation 3D display, sure it does 3D, but simul- view is the coolest feature here. If you have two players playing the same game, each player will see a different image on the screen. How do that do that? Apples 13 inch Macbook Air notebook [ MUSIC ] Better processors paired with solid state storage means they're much fewer tradeoffs than ever with a very portable Mac laptop at just under three pounds, and .

68 inches thick. The new Roku box is the best connected streaming video box for the money, starting at 49 bucks for Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon, HBO, Pandora, and more. All the streaming you could want in a tiny box for not much more. Male 1: Money. The Sony S Series Laptop, arguably the best mid- range notebook for the money on the market. You get a 13 inch screen, a DVD burner, a backlit keyboard, 3. 5 lbs weight, and an excellent 1600 x 900 resolution screen which is unheard off in a 13 inch notebook starting at around $ 1, 000. The Nintendo 3DS. Portable 3D gaming with no goofy glasses. There are a lot of good games coming out for it right now.

The Apple iPhone 4s. You get a dual core processor you get Siri the intelligent voice assisstant and one of the best camera on any phone. The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. At $ 200 its almost an impulse purchase. Its got a super simple interface and its got more content, movies, books, games, apps than you could ever consume in an entire lifetime. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android Smart Phone, it's the best Android handset right now with the newest software in Verizon's fast 4G connection. It's got a huge 4. 6, 5 inch curve display with an enormous 1280 by 720 HD resolution. And last but certainly not least, Apple's iPad 2.

It's thinner, it's lighter it's still the reigning king of tablets. It's got a faster processor, two cameras. [ MUSIC ] And Apple has actually sold more iPads than McDonalds has sold hamburgers. Did we fact check that? It just seems high if not impossible. I've eaten multiple burgers from there but I only bought one iPad. Darren, some people don't like meat. Everybody likes the iPad. Happy holidays everybody.

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