November 2007

Garmin StreetPilot c340 Traffic-Ready Vehicle GPS Navigator

Garmin’s StreetPilot c340 is the perfect gift for someone who doesn’t want to stop for directions but really should. This GPS unit is powerful yet simple enough to use that even a luddite could use right out of the box. The StreetPilot helps you make the right turns wherever you are with a easy-to-use touchscreen [...]

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TomTom ONE 3rd Edition Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator

The second gizmo featured in the GPS category is TomTom’s ONE 3rd Edition. TomTom has an improved user interface with new options to customize the nav screen and more information with easier access to other functions. The MapShare feature allows you to edit maps instantly on your device and report map errors easily using your [...]

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Eye-Fi SD Card with WiFi (wireless) access

Although nominally a Wi-Fi enhancement for your digital camera, The Eye-Fi card is an SD card that currently goes up to 2GB of capacity. This is definitely new, if not revolutionary. This means no more either having to hook up your camera to your computer OR extract the card and plug it into a card [...]

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Garmin nüvi 660 Pocket Vehicle GPS Navigator

Welcome to the Geek’s top five picks for the “12 Gizmos of Christmas” countdown. Coming in at the number five spot are GPS units. Last year, GPS units were one of the top sellers of gadgets and that theme will continue this year with GPS units like Garmin’s nüvi 660. This all-in-one Personal Travel Assistant [...]

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Zune 80 GB Digital Media Player

The elusive Zune 80GB Digital Media Player is the last item featured in the portable audio category of our “12 Gizmos of Chrismas“. The Zune allows you to connect easily with your music, videos and pictures wherever and whenever you want and even has a built-in FM tuner allowing you to listen to local news [...]

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SanDisk Sansa M240 1 GB MP3 Player

The second product featured in the Portable Audio category is SanDisk’s Sansa m240. What’s so special about this portable audio player? Well for starters it does not weigh much more than it’s own power source which is a single AAA battery. The m240 includes an FM radio and voice recording, a backlit LCD screen that [...]

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Apple 8 GB iPod nano AAC/MP3 Player

We’ve reached the halfway point for the “12 Gizmos of Christmas” countdown with Portable Audio being the sixth most wished for category this Christmas season. Obviously, we could not feature the Portable Audio category without an entry from Apple so we started off with this top seller from Amazon. The Apple 8GB iPod nano allows [...]

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Sling Media Slingbox PRO

Continuing with the high definition category, the Geeks must include Sling Media’s Slingbox Pro for hi-def on the go. The Slingbox Pro ensures that you can watch all of your favorite home theater entertainment anywhere you go, with the ability to watch and control up to three standard definition and one high definition video (via [...]

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Sharp Aquos LC65D64U 65″ 1080p LCD HDTV

The Sharp Aquos 65″ 1080p LCD HDTV is the Geek’s second choice for the high definition category as this new LCD HDTV raises the bar by fitting a large screen size into a smaller footprint. By reducing the number of parts and modifying the circuit layout, Sharp has developed the Slim-line design which reduces the [...]

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Helio adds TV Guide Mobile

TV Guide and mobile content provider Helio introduced a new service offering TV show information, program listings, search functions and daily recommendations to Helio users. Text-based program alerts can be set to remind yourself and friends of what’s coming on the tube. TV Guide Mobile is available to Helio subscribers for $2.99/month, in addition to [...]

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