Walking through my local Target the other day, my husband, my daughter and I decided to meander through the Christmas area that is tucked away in the back corner of the store. It is seriously hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that Christmas is less than two months away. My daughter… Continue reading Deck the Halls with Cell Phones and iPods?
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all of our readers, your families and friends. Here’s hoping that under your Christmas tree is packed with gadgets! 🙂
Gadget Gifts – Ideas, Recommendations, Suggestions
We’ve put together a list of gadget gifts for the gizmo-lover in your life. These aren’t just great for the Christmas holiday season but any time of year. For the most part, we’ve tried to stay away from the usual and obvious electronic gadgets like MP3 players, phones and cameras, but instead bring you a… Continue reading Gadget Gifts – Ideas, Recommendations, Suggestions
12 Gizmos for Christmas: #6 MP3 Player
MP3 players are again among the Geek’s top 12 Gadgets of Christmas and Apple’s iPod continues to outsell and rule this market. If you’re looking for our list to include Zune, SanDisk, Archos or Creative… you’ll be disappointed because they simply do not make the best seller list. The bestselling iPod is the Apple iPod… Continue reading 12 Gizmos for Christmas: #6 MP3 Player
12 Gizmos for Christmas: #7 Gaming Devices
Gaming systems have always been a hit for our holiday gifts wrap-up and this year, even in a recession, there is no exception. Over the past three years we have the same players with consoles from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft with minor changes to the consoles such as a “Silver Edition”, “Slim Edition” or some… Continue reading 12 Gizmos for Christmas: #7 Gaming Devices
12 Gizmos for Christmas: #8 Blu Ray Players
With many Blu Ray Players dropping to sub-$100 around Black Friday and through the holidays including combo deals with new TVs, Blu Ray Players will be under many trees this Christmas. While DVD sales will still far outweigh Blu Ray Discs, the Blu Ray Players will become a hot commodity. The best seller at Amazon… Continue reading 12 Gizmos for Christmas: #8 Blu Ray Players
12 Gizmos for Christmas: #9 Mobile Phone
The number nine slot in the Geeks countdown goes to Mobile Phones. Typically we’ll list a few types of mobile phones (conventional mobile phones, smart phones and multimedia phones); however this year we are going to exclusively concentrate on smart phones. Perhaps we hang around with too many geeks, but if someone we know purchases… Continue reading 12 Gizmos for Christmas: #9 Mobile Phone
12 Gizmos for Christmas: #10 Digital SLR Cameras
This year we felt digital cameras needed two entries, one for the less expensive small cameras that fit in your pocket and the DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) cameras. DSLRs are becoming more prevalent in households because they allow an accurate preview of framing close to the moment of exposure with a variety of interchangeable lenses… Continue reading 12 Gizmos for Christmas: #10 Digital SLR Cameras
12 Gizmos for Christmas: #11 GPS
GPS units represent our 11th pick in the countdown. Our predictions for the best selling units will be the basic and least expensive model such as the Garmin nüvi 260W. While most will not splurge, some of us simply “need” some advanced features! For example, the Magellan RoadMate 1470 includes advanced features such as multi-destination… Continue reading 12 Gizmos for Christmas: #11 GPS
12 Gizmos for Christmas: #12 eBook Reading Device
Avid readers are turning digital with the latest eBook Reading Devices including Amazon’s Kindle, the Sony Digital Reader and Barnes & Noble’s Nook. Popularity of eBook Readers has been increasing as thousands of books, newspapers, magazines and even blogs can be read and new features including wireless and WiFi access, additional storage space, longer battery… Continue reading 12 Gizmos for Christmas: #12 eBook Reading Device