December is coming round, ever quicker, and with it the Elektra Awards 2007
Another milestone towards the big event has been passed, with the announcement of the shortlists for all the 16 Award categories.
I won't highlight any individual categories, except one - the Readers' Choice Product Innovation of the Year award. I encourage you to get involved and make a choice from the shortlist of five innovative products.

1) Alpine Electronics Blackbird (PMD-B100P) portable navigation with a built-in radio data system (RDS) TMC tuner for receiving traffic information.
2) Cochlear's Nucleus Freedom speech processor for hearing aid implants.
3) LG's Super Multi Blue, an internal drive that can burn Blu-ray discs and play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.
4) Nintendo's Wii games console.
5) Philips VOIP841 Internet phone for both Skype and landline calls.
Send your choice for the Product Innovation of the Year to competitions@electronicsweekly.com
and enter the prize draw for two VIP tickets to the Elektra Awards and £100 worth of shopping vouchers
All the winners in the 16 Award categories will be announced at the ceremony, on 12th December, at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane. I'll be there!
Full details of the Elektra 2007 event can be found here.