What to get the guy that has everything? The age old question frustrates many shoppers who are buying for people who are particularly difficult to buy for. The gadget guy almost always falls under this category. In order to make your buying experience a little easier, here are a few suggestions from some nerds to help you select from all the cool gadgets to please your gadget geek.
Netbooks
A netbook is a small portable laptop computer designed for wireless communication and access to the Internet. They are the hottest trend in personal computers today. They are smaller than traditional laptops but are much more affordable. The wireless revolution has made netbooks quite appealing to own. The ease to connect to the internet almost anywhere makes the netbook a very useful computer. Simple tasks like checking your e-mail or word processing can be done on them. This gadget is very useful for a person who doesn’t have a laptop but has the need for portable computing on the go. Even Google is rumored to be entering the netbook arena soon. Their popularity is rising so expect to see these mini-notebooks around more and more. Price-wise, the netbook falls under the more expensive category, so it’s probably not optimal for a casual gift exchange. Price: $200 and up.
Roku HD Player (Netflix Player)
Netflix users rejoice. Now you can stream your Netflix videos directly to your TV. For just $100, this little box delivers thousands of streaming Netflix movies and TV shows on any TV, straight over the Internet–unlimited viewing, all for one flat monthly fee. With the Roku you will no longer be at the mercy of the USPS for your movie viewing. It’s not quite enough to ditch your cable subscription but it’s a great way to expand your on-demand viewing choices to any TV in the house. Price: $99
Amazon Kindle Reading Device
The perfect gift for any avid reader. The Kindle provides a seamless platform for reading e-books and other written media for the everyday consumer. You can download new books for the fraction of the price of the real Mccoy. You can even get magazine and newspaper subscriptions sent to your Kindle device for a small price. Imagine reading the New York Times on a little handheld device. No matter bleeding of ink onto your hands and a cumbersome paper to interfere with your consumption of news. Every day, the number of titles available for Kindle grows by the thousands.
Price: About $250 (Note: There are two new competitors to the market offered through Sony and Barnes & Noble which will be sure to lower the price to all consumers)
iPod Touch (3rd Gen)
The latest generation of iPod Touch offers widescreen touch display with expanding capacity for playback. Enjoy up to 30 hours of music and 6 hours of video playback when the battery is fully charged. You can surf the web, email and do most any tasks associated with web browsing. It even has a neat feature where you can enable shake to shuffle. That’s right, you can enable a feature that will shuffle your playlist when you shake the iPod Touch. Apple hits yet another homerun with their latest generation release of the iPod Touch, sure to please any geeks appetite for the latest and greatest gadget. Price: Around $200
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