PC Pro announces Awards 2011 finalists

 

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Posted on 24 Aug 2011 at 17:01

The shortlist for the 2011 PC Pro Excellence Awards has now been unveiled - see below for the full list of finalists.

The Excellence Awards are based entirely on readers' opinions - but not on votes alone. We ask readers to rate the products by reliability, customer support and overall satisfaction.

The company with the highest overall rating in each of our 19 categories wins, while those hot on their heels take home a Highly Commended award.

The companies that make our list of finalists have performed above the industry average, so to even make the final list in any of these categories is a fine achievement.

For 2011, we've added a new category, for the top products that have made the PC Pro A List throughout the year.

The award winners will be announced 29 September in London.

Laptop Award

Acer, Apple, Asus, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba

Netbook Award

Acer, Asus, HP, Samsung, Toshiba

Desktop PC Award

Acer, Apple, CCL, Chillblast, CyberPower, Dell, PC Specialist, Novatech, Scan

Printer Award

Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Samsung

Storage Award

Crucial, Kingston, OCZ, Samsung, SanDisk, Synology, Verbatim

Monitor Award

Asus, BenQ, Eizo, Hanns G, Iiyama, LG, Samsung

Camera Award

Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony

Wireless Router Award

Buffalo, Cisco, DrayTek, Edimax, Netgear, TP-Link

Motherboard Award

ASRock, Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte

Graphics Card Award

Asus, EVGA, Gainward, Gigabyte, MSI, Sapphire, XFX, Zotac

Smartphone Award

Apple, HTC, RIM, Samsung

Best Online Retailer

Aria, Broadband Buyer, CCL, Misco, More Computers, Novatech, PC Specialist, Quiet PC, Scan

Best ISP

Be Broadband, Eclipse Internet, O2, Plusnet, Sky, Virgin Media, Zen Internet

Best Mobile Broadband

3, O2, T-Mobile, Virgin Media

Best Web Host

1&1, Fast2host, Heart Internet, Memset, Zen Internet

Software of the Year

Acronis True Image 2011, Adobe Photoshop Elements 9, Google Android 3 (Honeycomb), Kaspersky Internet Security 2011, Microsoft Windows Phone 7, Norton 360 v5, Sony Vegas Pro 10, Ubuntu 11.04

Education Product of the Year

Adobe Photoshop Elements 9, Amazon Kindle, Casio Laser & LED Hybrid, Light Source projectors, Google Docs, Mathletics, NetSupport School, Rosetta Stone, Steinberg Cubase

Business Product of the Year

Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, Google Apps, Memset MiniServer VM, NetSupport Manager, Sony VAIO Z Series, Synology DiskStation DS211j, VMware vSphere, Zen Internet Fibre Optic Broadband

A List Product of the Year

Apple iPad 2, Dell XPS 15, Eizo ColorEdge CG275W, Intel Core i5-2500K, Nikon D3100, Samsung Galaxy S II, Scan 3XS Carbon, Sony VAIO Z Series