Apps certainly aren’t anything new for computer users, but over the past few years they’ve completely changed the way we use our phones. 2010 was a huge year for apps, with developers big and small releasing awesome apps across a range of genres. But only one can be crowned winner of the Gizmodo Gadget Awards Best App category, and for 2010, that winner is…
Reader’s Choice: ANGRY BIRDS!
With a whopping 29.11% of the popular vote, Rovio’s tale of incensed feathered creatures has captured the minds and votes of the Gizmodo audience, beating down some tough competition from VLC Media Player. But in the end, the fact that the game is available across multiple platforms and is constantly getting updated with new levels took Angry Birds to the top.
Editor’s Choice: VLC MEDIA PLAYER!
Given the locked down nature of iOS, an app that lets us watch pretty much any video type is a welcome addition to our app collection, especially given it’s free.
Voting is still open for the four remaining categories, so make sure you get your votes in sooner rather than later!
Best TV
Best Camera
Best Computer
Best Mobile
TheTom
Monday, December 6, 2010 at 12:27 PMI must be the only person who finds Angry Birds slow, stupid and just boring.
matt
Monday, December 6, 2010 at 12:38 PMno. you’re not.
Sureer
Monday, December 6, 2010 at 1:11 PMI am in agreement with you, TheTom :)
TheNotTom
Monday, December 6, 2010 at 2:14 PMLooks like at least 29.11% of your peers disagree with you!
blueevo
Monday, December 6, 2010 at 2:17 PMYep i dont get the fascination with it when there have been free flash games available which provide the same gameplay.
Steve
Monday, December 6, 2010 at 7:48 PMAye, agreed. Angry Birds is an interesting concept with a very shallow experience. Even compared to other phone games, Plants vs Zombies, Game Dev Story, Rage HD, Cut The Rope, Reckless Racing, Galaxy On Fire etc would still get my vote.
It just so happens that Angry Birds has been on the market for ages, has snowballed into the quintissential iPhone game.
I do approve of VLC though, that app does everything iTunes should out of the box, much easier, and minus the hurt. It just sucks it took THIS long for a 3rd party app to come out and do something that was long overdue.
Steve M.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 1:32 AMThere were a bunch of VLC-type apps on the App Store before VLC, some of which actually had a slightly better crack at playing HD MKVs than VLC does from memory (not that anyone should expect hardware-based miracles from software). Sure, they generally had pretty ugly interfaces the last time I saw them, but they were there at least a little before VLC.