HTC Hero Crowned ‘Gadget Of The Year’ By Stuff Magazine

Last night was Stuff Magazine’s glitzy awards bash for the best in technology for 2009, which saw the HTC Hero win the coveted ‘Gadget of the Year’ category.

HTC’s Android masterpiece apprently swayed the judges with “its social networking integration, multi-touch interface and superior multimedia skills”.

Fair enough, but then how did the Apple iPhone 3GS sashay away with both the ‘Best Phone’ and ‘Best Reader Gadget of the Year’ rosettes pinned to its chest?

Well, they explain:

“Sure, the iPhone may have sold by the tankerload and wowed us with its apps, but it was an evolution of an already excellent gadget…It’s the only mobile we’d consider getting over an iPhone 
– and that’s really saying something.”

Certainly HTC has had a spectacular year, without really putting a foot wrong they have consistently released handsets at all segments of the market, harnessed a new operating system with unparalleled finesse, as well as impressed in the handset design stakes.

With the HTC Tattoo aiming for the mid-range heartland and the forthcoming Touch 2 and HD2 already acting as posterboys for Windows Mobile 6.5, the Taiwanese manufacturer seems set to go from strength to strength.

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