Engadget’s top posts, 2008
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Well, the year has come and gone, and with it, our 365 — or in this case, 366 — days of posting. We’ve seen some pretty amazing stuff, gotten to play with a stack of awesome gear, and watched the site grow by leaps and bounds (we just had our biggest day ever in October). We thought we’d cap the year off with a look back at the posts that got the most heat. One thing that’s clear? People really love (or hate) Apple. Check out the top 20 of the year below, and be sure to truck over to Engadget Mobile and Engadget HD for their year-end round-ups!
Top 20 most trafficked posts of 2008 (in order)
- Steve Jobs keynote live from WWDC 2008
- Live from Apple’s “spotlight turns to notebooks” event
- Live from Apple’s ‘Let’s Rock’ event in San Francisco
- Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote
- Live from Apple’s iPhone SDK press conference
- iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th
- The second-gen iPhone: 3G, GPS, only slightly thicker
- iPhone 3G review
- BlackBerry Storm review
- Meet the T-Mobile G1
- Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 QWERTY with Windows Mobile and HSUPA
- Woman files $54m lawsuit against Best Buy for losing laptop
- The HTC Touch Pro
- MacBook Air review
- Dell E and E Slim revealed, taking on Eee and Air in one fell swoop
- Worst parents in the world punk kid into thinking he got an Xbox 360
- T-Mobile G1 review
- T-Mobile G1 first hands-on (updated)
- iPhone firmware 2.0 hands-on
- The Simpsons mocks (m)Apple
Top 20 most trafficked posts during 2008 (in order; non-2008 posts in bold)
- Steve Jobs keynote live from WWDC 2008
- Live from Apple’s “spotlight turns to notebooks” event
- Live from Apple’s ‘Let’s Rock’ event in San Francisco
- Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote
- Live from Apple’s iPhone SDK press conference
- iPhone 3G is finally official, starts at $199, available July 11th
- The second-gen iPhone: 3G, GPS, only slightly thicker
- HOW-TO: Get music OFF your iPod
- iPhone 3G review
- BlackBerry Storm review
- Meet the T-Mobile G1
- Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 QWERTY with Windows Mobile and HSUPA
- Turn your PC into a Mac
- HOW-TO: Get videos and DVDs onto your Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) for free
- Woman files $54m lawsuit against Best Buy for losing laptop
- The HTC Touch Pro
- iPhone unlocked: AT&T loses iPhone exclusivity, August 24, 2007, 12:00PM EDT
- MacBook Air review
- Dell E and E Slim revealed, taking on Eee and Air in one fell swoop
- Blu-ray vs HD DVD: State of the Division
Top 15 most trafficked posts of the year, sans Apple-only posts (in order)
- BlackBerry Storm review
- Meet the T-Mobile G1
- Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 QWERTY with Windows Mobile and HSUPA
- Woman files $54m lawsuit against Best Buy for losing laptop
- The HTC Touch Pro
- Dell E and E Slim revealed, taking on Eee and Air in one fell swoop
- Worst parents in the world punk kid into thinking he got an Xbox 360
- T-Mobile G1 review
- T-Mobile G1 first hands-on (updated)
- Little old lady suing Sony, Samsung, Nokia and everyone else for infringing on her laser patents
- Sony gets official with PSP-3000
- The PS3 Laptop: from Ben Heck to Engadget with love
- Holiday Gift Guide: $1001+
- Best Buy offers HD DVD owners $10 million in gift cards, trade in, shoulder to cry on
- HP’s UMPC 2133 revealed
A few other interesting numbers for you:
Total posts on Engadget in 2008: 11,878
Total number of comments: 697,672 (and counting)
Average comments per post: 58.7
Combined Engadget classic, HD, and Mobile stats:
Posts: 21,880
Comments: 853,044
Average comments per post: 39.0
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