Macworld Eddy Awards

Presenting Macworld’s annual Editors’ Choice Awards, showcasing the very best in Mac products.

1. Flip MinoHD Camcorder

   With the all-new Flip MinoHD, it’s now even easier to capture incredible HD video and share it with the world. MinoHD features 120 minutes of record time, so you’ll never have to miss another minute. A super-slim, pocket-sized design means you can take your MinoHD with you everywhere you go. And a large, 2-inch anti-glare display lets you enjoy your videos directly on your camcorder. Plus, MinoHD comes pre-loaded with FlipShare software, which makes it easy to organize, create and share your videos.

2. Braid

   Braid is a puzzle-platformer, drawn in a painterly style, where the player manipulates the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. From a house in the city, journey to a series of worlds and solve puzzles to rescue an abducted princess. In each world, you have a different power to affect the way time behaves, and it is time’s strangeness that creates the puzzles. The time behaviors include: the ability to rewind, objects that are immune to being rewound, time that is tied to space, parallel realities, time dilation, and perhaps more. Braid treats your time and attention as precious; there is no filler in this game. Every puzzle shows you something new and interesting about the game world.

3. Novatel MiFi 2200 Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot Modem

   With Mobile Broadband Service and Wi-Fi capability, the MiFi 2200 for Verizon Wireless enables you to take full advantage of America’s largest and most reliable 3G network. This Intelligent Mobile Hotspot automatically connects to Verizon Wireless Mobile Broadband service to give broadband Internet access to up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices. You and your colleagues will be able to check email, access corporate intranets, download files, send pictures with a Wi-Fi-enabled camera, and access the Internet on any Wi-Fi-enabled device–even when you’re nowhere near a traditional hotspot.

4. Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1

   The LUMIX DMC-GF1 is the latest addition to the award-winning LUMIX G Series, which debuts as the world’s smallest and lightest system digital camera with a built-in flash. The LUMIX DMC-GF1 distinguishes itself from previous models with its elegant, compact design reminiscent of classic film cameras, yet builds on Panasonic’s success with the revolutionary LUMIX G Series of digital interchangeable lens system cameras based on the Micro Four Thirds system standard. With its compact size, user-friendly design and ability to record High Definition (HD) video and take professional-quality photos, the LUMIX GF1 continues to redefine digital photography standards.

5. Bento 3

   Meet Bento 3 for Mac, the breakthrough new version of the wildly popular personal database from FileMaker that’s as easy to use as your Mac. Bento 3 now includes iPhoto integration, security options, multi-user sharing, and much more! Choose from 35 pre-designed templates included with Bento, download and import templates from others who share your passion, or design your own custom forms using beautiful themes designed by Mac artists.

6. iPhone 3GS

   

   The iPhone is an Internet and multimedia enabled smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPhone functions as a camera phone (also including text messaging and visual voicemail), a portable media player (equivalent to a video iPod), and an Internet client (with email, web browsing, and Wi-Fi connectivity) — using the phone’s multi-touch screen to render a virtual keyboard in lieu of a physical keyboard. Time magazine named it the Invention of the Year in 2007.

7. Picasa

   Picasa makes digital photography easy, fast, and fun, with an intuitive interface that appeals to both novices and experts alike. You can enjoy your entire catalog of pictures within minutes of installation. You do not have to remember cryptic file names or confusing directory structures, instead your pictures are laid out for you visually. Just point and click on a thumbnail of your picture to view, e-mail, print, or watch a slideshow. You can even set your slideshow to your favorite MP3 music files for a complete entertainment experience!

8. Canon PowerShot SD780IS

   It may be the slimmest Digital ELPH Canon has ever created, but the impact couldn’t be bigger. The PowerShot SD780 IS Digital ELPH captivates the senses with bold saturated colors and a daringly original design that matches the intensity of Canon’s most innovative camera technology. Even when picture-taking conditions seem pretty unforgiving, you’ve got Canon on your side. So the shots you used to miss are the images you’ll now be sharing, and the movies you never took before will be HD unforgettable.

9. Apple Mac mini

   Upgraded with a faster 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Apple’s innovative Mac mini desktop is a great choice for home computing tasks and creating a digital media hub. It fits everything that makes a Mac a Mac inside an elegant 2-inch-tall, 6.5-inch square–just add your own keyboard, mouse, and display. The Mac mini also includes excellent video processing power from the integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics chip, an ultra-fast FireWire 800 port, and dual video outputs–a Mini DisplayPort and a Mini-DVI port.

10. RipIt

    

    RipIt is the simple DVD Ripper for Mac! Copy your DVDs to your computer quickly and easily with RipIt. Moving files around on your computer is a lot easier than alphabetizing shelves full of DVDs. Why carry around bulky DVD cases or disc wallets when you don’t have to? Use your Mac’s built in search tool, Spotlight, to find a movie in your collection… instantly.

11. Acorn

    

    Acorn is an image editor built for the Mac with simplicity in mind. Fast, easy, and fluid, Acorn provides the tools you need to alter and enhance your images, without any overhead. Acorn feels right, it won’t drain your bank account, and you don’t need a Ph.D. in computer graphics to use it.