At the awards 3 T2012 Gadget Awards They are a kind of Oscars of technology celebrated by the prestigious T3 magazine. They were held yesterday in London and there were two clear winners: ASUS and Nexus 7, hence Google as well. And it is that the Taiwanese manufacturer won five awards in total, some of them really important. The clearings losers of the night were Apple and Samsung, habitual dominators, who only got one award each of the many to which they were nominated.
ASUS won the awards for Best Computer of the Year with ASUS Zenbook UX31 and the Tech Brand of the Year, but in the section of the tablets it won three awards that not only impress but also seem the sign of a change.
First of all, the fantastic hybrid tablet ASUS EeePad Transformer Prime won the award for Best Design of the Year thanks to its versatility and for making it clear that tablets are not only good for consuming content but for creating it.
In second place, Nexus 7 received two awards: Best Tablet of the Year and Best Device of the Year. In both awards his amazing value for money and integration with Google services. As we all know, this tablet has been developed by Google in collaboration with Asus who also manufactured it.
In the first award, Best Tablet of the Year, Nexus 7 competed with Transformer Prime, two Galaxy Tab, Sony Tablet S and New iPad. In the second, Best Device of the Year, the Google tablet competed with the iPhone 4S and Galaxy S3 among other devices.
Notably, Apple and Samsung received awards for those two phones only.
If we already sensed it, it is clear that this year the environment Android, captained by Google, has made a brutal advance, as collected a report from the recent tablet market. First of all because of the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system, but also because many manufacturers, among which ASUS undoubtedly stands out, have given their heart to be competitive with Apple and iOS by releasing new models and updating to more versions. advanced Android gadgets in circulation.
You can see the total list of winners here.
Source: Huffington Post