LONDON, October 10 /PRNewswire/ --

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Last night, at the most anticipated awards ceremony in the technology calendar, the teams from T3 magazine and T3.com celebrated the great and good of technology 2008. With the biggest names in the industry battling it out for titles including Gadget You Can't Live Without, Gaming Gadget and the much-coveted Gadget of the Year, there was drama, suspense, and even surprise... So, who were the winners of the 2nd Annual Garmin T3 Gadget Awards 2008?

So closely guarded that even the editorial staff didn't know the winners until the night, T3 relied on more than 54,000 votes from their loyal readers in order to pinpoint winners in 11 of the 16 awards categories. Apple had the most successful evening, scooping four prizes - including Gadget of the Year, awarded to the Apple iPod Touch - while Activision's Guitar Hero took the title for Toy of the Year. Car manufacturer Honda was perhaps a surprising winner in the Green Gadget category, thanks to the innovative Civic Hybrid, while the TomTom GO930 was named Gadget You Can't Live Without.

'The Garmin T3 Gadget Awards 2008 really do reflect the cream of this year's tech,' says Michael Brook, Editor of T3 magazine. 'And this is thanks to the T3 readers who voted in their thousands to sort the men from the boys. It's been important for us to have our readers involved in so many of the categories, since they are the ones using these products day in, day out, and can tell the hottest kit from the hype. The competition has been so strong this year, and some of the categories were just too close to call - we're hoping that the gadgets will be as fantastic in 2009, for the third T3 Gadget Awards.'

Full list of winners... Gadget of the Year: Apple iPod Touch Best Music Gadget: Apple iPod Touch 32GB Best Imaging Gadget: Nikon D60 Drop Dead Gorgeous: Audi R8 Best New Media: BBC iPlayer Gaming Gadget: Wii Fit Toy of the Year: Guitar Hero Commuter Gadget: Apple iPhone Gadget Candy: MacBook Air Retailer of the Year: Dixons.co.uk Innovation of the Year: Sony XEL-1 OLED TV Green Gadget: Honda Civic Hybrid Home Gadget: Sky HD Hi Def Award: Sony PS3 Gadget you can't live without: TomTom GO930

T3 Magazine and its online arm t3.com have long been trusted sources of impartial and entertaining news about the tech industry, for gadget lovers around the world. Their second gadget awards ceremony took place on 9 October at London's Intercontinental, Park Lane, and was a celebration of the great and good in the technology industry, as voted for by the public, with over 54,000 votes being cast. With a host of national and broadcast press in attendance, the event was hosted by TV Personality of the Year James Nesbitt.

Press Contacts: For further information, images and to arrange interviews with the T3 editorial team, please contact: Jane Leah or Kate Baxter, Beam Agency, 1 Rosoman Place, Exmouth Market, London EC1R 0JY, T: +44(0)20-7833-9595, M: +44(0)7949-379-974 E: jane@beamagency.com or kate@beamagency.com

Press Contacts: For further information, images and to arrange interviews with the T3 editorial team, please contact: Jane Leah or Kate Baxter, Beam Agency, 1 Rosoman Place, Exmouth Market, London EC1R 0JY, T: +44(0)20-7833-9595, M: +44(0)7949-379-974, E: jane@beamagency.com or kate@beamagency.com