London, November 26 (ANI): Nintendos groundbreaking Wii console was declared the gadget of the year at technology website Pocket-lint.co.uks annual Gadget Awards recently.

The best-selling games machine beating off competition from Apples much-hyped iPhone and Nokias N95 mobile.

It also won the award for best console, beating Sonys Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360.

Apples iPhone won the Best Smartphone award. However, the companys iPod Touch lost out to the lesser known Archos 605 Wi-Fi in the best mp3 player category.

According to the Mirror, the Awards were judged by a panel of top tech journalists.

The winners at the Pocket Lint Awards 2007 were:

Best Gadget Nintendo Wii

Best MP3 Player Archos 605 Wi-Fi

Best Headphones Sennheiser PXC450

Best DAB radio Pure Evoke 1S

Best Console Nintendo Wii

Best Smartphone Apple iPhone

Best Mobile Phone Nokia N95

Best Mobile Phone Accessory Jawbone Bluetooth headset

Best Satnav Navman S901

Best Car Gadget Griffing itrip auto

Best Compact Digital Camera Fuji FinePix Z5fd

Best DLSR Digital Camera Canon EOS 40D DSLR digital camera

Best Printer Kodak Easyshare 5300 All In One Printer

Best Laptop Sony VAOI TX11N ultraslim

Best VoIP Accessory Philips VOIP841

Best TV Pioneer Kuro

Best Home Cinema Accessory Apple TV

Best Console Game Gears of War, Xbox

Best Sports and fitness gadget Timex iControl

Best Green Gadget usbcell (ANI)