Another reason to switch to windows phone. :)

If by nearly funny, you mean really dumb, then I agree. It had so much potential...

Completely serious. I love making soups and smoothies in it, the fact that it's compact, and the infomercial was awesome.

Windows 8.1 - not technically a gadget, but it will improve all my current gadgets.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fahrenh… - Sorry forgot a link.

Why not just put most used apps on the first page?? Neat idea, though. I like out-of-the-box thinking like this and Fahrenheit.

Magic bullet. Any job completed in 10 seconds or less.

For anyone who is interested in setting it up on Windows 8/7/Vista/XP, I found this tutorial useful. http://www.howtogeek.com/57542/how-to-g…

I'll probably be unpopular with this one, but Windows Phone OS is big for me. It just works well. Sometimes I feel as shunned as Blackberry fans... I love my Lumia 920.

My personal favorite has always been ctrl - shift - x in PhotoShop... Liquify tool

I like pulse.me. It doesn't have all the functionality of Google, but it is simple, beautiful, and works for my needs.

Nevermind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)

4.1 is ICS, not Jelly Bean.

Why doesn't it have a menu button? I thought android phones were required to have home back and menu...

Obvious correlation: Rich people love Star Trek, therefore I should start loving Star Trek, and will become rich.

Just started on JK Rowling's Casual Vacancy. Great Christmas gift so far.

+1

Not going to lie, I do this all the time.

Ubuntu is great, if you get rid of stupid Unity. Try it with gnome 3 and you have yourself a great operating system. http://www.filiwiese.com/installing-gnome-on-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/

I'm surprised at giz for having an equal number of Apple and Microsoft products on a best of list. Hats off.