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CES: Last Gadget Standing winners

Some people are calling this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show the “Tablet Electronics Show.” So, fittingly, a gadget that features a pair of touch-screen tablet computers captured top honors Saturday in the 10th Annual Last Gadget Standing competition.

After 10 finalists gave four-minute presentations about their gadgets, a live audience chose the Iconia, by Acer, as its favorite. The Iconia looks like a laptop computer when closed, but when the unit is opened, touch-screens are all you see. The lower screen can serve as a keypad, or as a second display.

Other crowd favorites were the Looxcie (pronounced “look-see”) Wearable Bluetooth Camcorder and the Sifteo Cubes, which bring interactivity to toys. The cubes are programmable blocks that play an array of games.

Visit the Acer Iconia site:
http://www.acer.com/iconia/

Visit the Looxcie site:
http://looxcie.com/

Visit the Sifteo site:
https://www.sifteo.com/

The public also voted for favorite finalists on the lastgadgetstanding.com website. Barnes & Noble’s NookColor e-book reader took top honors.

Visit the Barnes & Noble Nook Color site:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookcolor/index.asp?cds2Pid=32280

See all 10 Last Gadget Standing finalists:
http://technologizer.com/2011/01/05/vote/

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