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January 9, 2009 1:20 PM PST

Friday Poll: What stood out in the gadget avalanche?

by Matt Hickey
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Giant week for gadgets
What was your favorite part of this week?

Windows 7 preview and beta
Palm Pre smartphone
iTunes going DRM-free
Sony's super-tiny notebook
That girl Candy I met at the Tropicana



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This week has been an uber-busy one in the gadget world, and we're as tired as you are--and far more hungover. We've seen some surprises, as well as been surprised that some rumors didn't pan out. But it has been fun. Macworld and CES always are.

So, we want to know what your favorite part of this week was. If we missed anything, let us know in the Talkback section below. Now go take a nap.

With more than 15 years experience testing hardware (and being obsessed with it), Crave freelance writer Matt Hickey can tell the good gadgets from the great. He also has a keen eye for future technology trends. Matt has blogged for publications including TechCrunch, CrunchGear, and most recently, Gizmodo. E-mail Matt.
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by WMNS January 9, 2009 2:47 PM PST
Windows 7 information is necessary for all of us, and an important topic for cnet. The Palm Pre release is exciting and worthy of a trial; but my vote must go for the LG Watch Phone. Combine the fact that we all carry, lose, drop and hunt for our phones, with the gee whiz gaget head coolness of Dick Tracy and Maxwell Smart, and the LG Watch Phone becomes my "must have" for 2009..... IF it really works. That, again, is where cnet comes in.
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by ranpha January 9, 2009 8:41 PM PST
The CES has a demo for the new USB 3 specification. Why is that demo not covered here?
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by Dan7637 January 10, 2009 11:08 AM PST
palm pre is a cheap ripoff of the iphone, they copied the iphone but just added a keyboard and made it curved, the camera is in the same area and theres is a home button just like iphone, this phone is crap and same goes for sprint
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