Gadgets
Every holiday season, the sale of consumer electronics has been consistently increasing. Everyone has at least one uber-cool gadget on their holiday shopping list either for self or home or for gifting to a dear one. Be cautious though, if that person happens to be a geek, you don’t want to gift something that is passing off or worst, fallen off the geek radar. Have a look at these top five categories and the consecutive gadgets to save you from the geek-blast. The categories that make up our hip-list are as follows.
1) E-readers and Tablets
E-readers
E-readers are selling like hot cakes. Owing to their popularity and their usefulness, they have garnered much of the tech market this year and are expected to cover more this holiday season. Also contrary to last holiday season; there is quite a variety of e-readers available this year. But before you pick one up for a friend or yourself, do consider some factors such as ‘Is the person such an avid reader to carry one for e-books or newspapers?’ If yes, then ‘Where will the person do most of the reading?’
E-readers are now available in two variants depending on the screens. One that comes with ‘e-ink screen’ and other that has a ‘LCD screen’. E-ink readers don’t have a backlight and are comfortable to read anywhere with sufficient light, even outdoors. LCD ones won’t need light but they will cause glare problems in outdoor settings which have strong light.
Amazon’s Kindle 3 is the hottest selling e-reader according to many tech-review websites. Its innovative design coupled with many tools & functions and a lower price tag than most e-readers places it at the top. It has built in Wi-Fi, a very sturdy battery life (up to 3 weeks on a single charge with Wi-Fi on) and 4GB internal memory. With such functions and a great quality, you can simply read on and on.The only drawback with Kindle is the dedicated content service or store conformity which means that you can buy content from only one source, in this case Amazon.
If you don’t want that, you can choose from other e-readers like the BeBook Neo which provides excellent quality without the lockdown and also has a user friendly touch screen interface. And if you are looking for an e-reader which offers colors, you can opt for the Pandigital Novel which has a LCD screen.
Tablets
If the idea of gifting an e-reader is not so appealing, you can always present your geek with a tablet. A tablet is simply a stripped down version of a laptop where the keyboard is taken off and the trackpad is replaced by a touchscreen.
Tablets have been around for some time now but the launch of Apple’s iPad has ushered in a whole new era for them. Although many have complained about the drawbacks of iPad, it still remains on people’s wish list. For those familiar with or have used the iPhone, iPad is just a bigger, slate like version. It runs on iPhone OS 3.2 (which runs smoothly) and is capable of running all iPhone apps and games. A larger, high resolution screen enables watching videos and movies in high definition, enhancing the experience. Also with the YouTube app, watching YouTube videos is a simply a breeze. It also has a battery life of upto 10 hours, making for an extended multimedia experience.
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