
Now, I am looking forward to the PlayStation 3 and damn, I can't wait to finally get my hands on it. But, how the PS3 won "Best in Show" at DigitalLife is a bit of an odd choice. For starters, there were only three playable units at the Sony booth -- which was rather small compared to the likes of Microsoft and a few others. Now, I can understand the PS3 winning an award such as "Gaming Hardware" but "Best in Show" and "Best Booth"?
How did this happen? Did Sony slip Ziff Davis a cool bucket of cash to get some honors? By far, Microsoft had a better set-up and Napster probably had the best booth with this burlesque show thing they had going on. Sony's booth was pretty much average. According to the press release given with the awards, there's no explanation as to how the honors were chosen, so the whole thing seems a big fishy to me. Hell, even Boost Mobile had a killer booth area with comfortable gaming set-ups and a pool table.
Check after the break for the full list of winners.
[Via
Kotaku]
CATEGORY: BEST OF SHOW
Winner: Sony PlayStation 3
Company: Sony Electronics, www.SonyStyle.com
CATEGORY: MEDIA DEVICE
Winner: Neuros OSD
Company: Neuros Technology, www.neurostechnology.com
CATEGORY: PORTABLE GEAR
Winner: Mio DigiWalker H610
Company: Mios Technology, www.miogps.com
CATEGORY: HOME THEATER PRODUCT
Winner: HP Media Smart 37" HDTV
Company: Hewlett-Packard, www.hp.com
CATEGORY: SOFTWARE
Winner: Microsoft Windows Vista
Company: Microsoft, www.microsoft.com
CATEGORY: GAMING HARDWARE
Winner: Sony PlayStation 3
Company: Sony Electronics, www.SonyStyle.com
CATEGORY: GAMING SOFTWARE
Winner: Final Fantasy XII
Company: Square ENIX, www.fightfordalmasca.com
CATEGORY: GIFT FOR KIDS
Winner: Fisher Price SparkArt Easel
Company: Fisher Price, www.fisher-price.com
CATEGORY: GIFT FOR ADULTS
Winner: MacMedia ETCHamac
Company: MacMedia, www.etchamac.com
CATEGORY: FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Winner: Whitebox Robotics 914 PCbot
Company: Whitebox Robotics, www.whiteboxrobotics.com
CATEGORY: SOFTWARE INNOVATOR
Winner: Sharpcast
Company: Sharpcast, www.sharpcast.com
CATEGORY: HARDWARE INNOVATOR
Winner: Ruckus MediaFlex Router
Company: Ruckus Wireless, www.ruckuswireless.com
CATEGORY: AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY
Winner: CellSTART
Company: CellSTART, www.cell-start.com
CATEGORY: BEST BOOTH
Winner: Sony Electronics
Company: Sony Electronics, www.SonyStyle.com
CATEGORY: HIPPEST BOOTH
Winner: Napster
Company: Napster, www.napster.com