[Business Week] Best and Worst Tech Gadgets of 2009

Link : http://images. businessweek. com/ss/09/11/1125_gift_guide_best_worst_tech/index. htm Best and Worst Tech Gadgets of 2009 Electronics Gift Guide A consumer spending slump dealt a blow to electronics makers in 2009. With industry sales expected to... More

Link : http://images. businessweek. com/ss/09/11/1125_gift_guide_best_worst_tech/index. htm Best and Worst Tech Gadgets of 2009 Electronics Gift Guide A consumer spending slump dealt a blow to electronics makers in 2009. With industry sales expected to tumble 8% to $164. 9 billion this year, Pioneer dropped out of the plasma HD television market and mobile Internet device innovator OQO shut its doors. Even the supposedly recession-proof video-game industry suffered steep sales declines. But the year in tech wasn t all bad. Online retailer Amazon (AMZN) kicked off a frenzy of competition with its wireless Kindle e-Book readers. A certain operating system named Droid emerged to give Apple a run for its money in the smartphone market. And eco-friendly products, from big-screen televisions to music systems, became commonplace. Read on for the 20 best products for 2009, as selected by BusinessWeek s technology writers and editors, as well as five highly anticipated products that fail Less