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Cue fanfare for the results of the first European Gadget of the Year award. In case you missed our previous post it is like EuroVision for gadget lovers, except of course without Terrry Wogan’s irritating commentary or strangely-clad Scandi metal bands.

We teamed up with the top European gadgets sites, namely Xataka (Spain), Daily Gadget (Germany), Journal du Geek (France) and GamesBlog (Italy) to ask our combined readership exactly what is the continent’s favourite gizmo?

And the winner is, you guessed it, the Nintendo Wii games console which attacted over half of the votes cast in every country apart from Italy. Second place went to the Apple iPod nano (which oddly enough polled better in Italy than anywhere else), while Nokia’s N Series phones, which are vey big in Spain, finished in third.

Thanks to all who voted and to everyone who blogged about the contest.

This news story courtesy of: Ashleyn

Well England’s football team might have had a dismal World Cup, but at least the WAGs did the nation proud by epitomising the qualities that make us superior to every other nation on Earth - namely binge drinking, handbag shopping and hamming it up for the paps.

So to salute that fine squad of young women we institiuted the WAG gadget award. Trouble is there could only be one winner - LG’s Chocolate phone. It started in the hands of the very definition of a WAG, before making its way into the handbags of every WAG wannabe and WAG willneverbe. It’s got the strokeable touch sensitive controls, the colourful screen, and a free footballer comes with every purchase. Or at least I think that’s the latest promotion Carphone Warehouse are running….

Full list of shiny awards winners are here.

This news story courtesy of: Ashleyn

On paper putting a powerful speakers in an MP3 player sounds like a great idea.

But just as camera phone makers inadvertently created the fave ASBO past-time of happy slapping, so the Samsung K5 along with the Sony Ericsson Walkman range of phones have been unwittingly responsible for the new phenomenon of ‘Bus Blasting.’

This is when normally peaceful buses are turned into discos on wheels as young tearaways push their K5/Walkman speakers to the max, much to the annoyance of all the other passengers.

So far on north London buses we have witnessed sound offs, fights, heated debates about the merits of white rappers, and, it has to be said, a wonderful loved up vibe on the 1.30am N73 night bus.

Besides as annoying as it might be inflicting your taste of in music on your fellow passengers we suspect that true ASBO collectors prefer Heelys skate shoes, after all those wheels are really handy for quick getaways.

Shiny awards results in full here

This news story courtesy of: Ashleyn

Once, not too long ago, LG was best known for its washing machines and rather rubbish mobiles.

Not any more though. For after an amazing year the Korean company has scooped no fewer than three Shiny Awards.

It took top slot in…

WAG gadget of the year - LG Chocolate KG800 phone

Best Fashion Mobile - LG Shine KV 4200

Gadget Icon of the year - LG Chocolate KG800 phone

To find out who won ASBO gadget, Green gadget, boring but useful gadget and much more check after the turn. We’ll have the lowdown on the individual categories tomorrow morning.

WAG gadget of the year

Winner

- LG Chocolate KG800 phone

Runner up

- LG Roberto Cavalli phone-

ASBO gadget of the year

Winner

- Samsung K5 MP3 player-

Runner up

- Heelys skate shoes

Green Gadget of the year

Winner

- Evesham Crusader Carbon3 PC

Runner up

- Eclipse Solar Gear solar powered briefcase

Gadget accessory of the year

Winner

- Nike iPod sports kit

Runner up

- MobilWear Abacus AU6001 Bluetooth watch

Best HDTV Contribution

Winner

- Sky

Runner up

- LG BH 100 (joint HD DVD/Blu-ray player)

Game of the year

Winner

- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC)

Runner up

- Wii Sports (Wii)

Smartphone of the year

Winner

- Nokia N73

Runner up

- HTC TyTN

Boring but useful gadget of the year

Winner

- Sling Media Slingbox

Runner up

- Logitech Revolution mouse

Gadget icon of the year

Winner

- LG Chocolate KG800 phone

Runner up

- Apple iPod nano

Best Fashion Mobile

Winner

- LG Shine KV 4200

Runner up

- LG Chocolate KG800 phone

Best Web 2.0 innovation

Winner

- Vox

Runner up

- Last FM

This news story courtesy of: Ashleyn