Best Tech of 2011

By Kevin Hall, Evan Ackerman, Stewart Wolpin and Raymond Wong

This isn't your usual "best of 2011" list. This year, instead of sitting back and taking in the breadth of gadgetry released in 2011 and trying to parse the merits of this smartphone or that computer, we're going to tell you about the technology we're actually using that came out in 2011. For us, what you see here is the best in class because it actually impacted our technological lives in a meaningful way.