Best products of 2006

As we wrap up 2006, here are a couple of lists featuring their best products of 2006.

First up is PC World’s 20 Most Innovative Products of the Year which gives Office 2007 the crown. The Redmond giant’s latest upgrade of the world’s most popular productivity suite introduces several new features that revolutionize how people work with documents. Also on the list are Parallels Desktop application for the Mac, the Nintendo Wii, the T-Mobile Dash, and the PlayStation 3. The article wraps up with 5 innovations to look for in 2007 (including hybrid hard drives and wide-scale WiMax).

Next up is Digital Trend’s The Best Products of 2006. The winners are broken up among different categories (best laptp, best monitor, best video game console, etc). Among the winners are the SanDisk Sansa e200R and Apple iPod Nano, Window Blinds by Stardock, the Xbox 360 and the HP Media Vault.