Thank you everyone for the great feedback on our post on gift ideas for the him-who has-everything! Who says it more blessed to give? I share my personal wish list with those of you who are thinking of stuffers that will make your Christmas stocking bulge … always remember, good things do come in small packages.
APPLE NANO WITH VIDEO
I definitely want this as I am a huge MAC fan. More than a music player, Steve Jobs and his happy helpers just keep building on one great idea and look how the ipod has evolved… the new ipod Nano that launches in time for Christmas has a larger screen, a polished aluminium finish, a built in video camera and comes in 9 wonderful colours. A built-in mic lets you capture audio, too. And when you play back your video on iPod nano, you’ll hear the recorded audio with it. All of which means your indispensable music player is now your indispensable video camera. There are also 15 fun video effects let you add a little Hollywood to your video. 8GB with 2000 song storage and 8 hours of video is $228 whilst 16GB with 4000 songs and 16 hours of video is $288.
E BOOK READER
Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Sony are selling this new baby. Sony calls it the “ebook reader”, Barnes and Noble calls theirs the “Nook” and Amazon calls it the “Kindle”. Call it whatever, but this paperless book can hold all your ebooks provided you think this is a good way to read. What’s available:
Barnes and Noble Nook (US$259)
Where to buy: Barnes and Noble
• 2 screens, one 6-inch e-ink screen and 1 color touch screen
• Runs Google's Android operating system
• Has Wi-fi
• Wirelessly downloads books over AT&T's 3G network
• Barnes and Noble will offer special downloads if you go into the store
• Lending feature lets you lend e-books to your friends for 14 days for free
• Comes with 2 gigabytes of memory which lets you download about 1500 books but you can also expand it with a memory slot
• Reads any e-pub or e-book format so there is no one format of books that you need to buy for this device and if you buy books through Nook, you can port them to other devices
Kindle 2 (US$259)
Where to buy: Amazon.com
• Holds 1500 books
• 6 inch display
• Downloads books over AT&T 3G and now works internationally
• On-board dictionary
• Syncs bookmarks and highlights to the Web on kindle.amazon.com
• Can also read books on your Windows machine using Kindle software
• New PDF reader
• Books are DRM'd meaning the books you buy on Kindle will only work on Kindle
Kindle DX (US$489)
Where to buy: Amazon.com
• Holds 3500 books
• 9 inch screen
• Built-in PDF reader
• Heavily geared towards students to read textbooks
• Downloads books over Sprint's 3G network
• On-board dictionary
• Syncs bookmarks and highlights to the Web on kindle.amazon.com
• Can also read books on your Windows machine using Kindle software
• Books are DRM'd meaning the books you buy on Kindle will only work on Kindle
Sony Reader Pocket Edition (US$199)
Where to buy: sonystyle.com
• Portable 5-inch display
• Very basic. No built-in wireless or expansion slot for more memory
• 512 megabits of memory means you can store about 350 e-books
• 3 fot sizes
• Comes in pink, blue, or silver
• Reads any e-pub or e-book format so there is no one format of books that you need to buy for this device and if you buy books through Sony, you can port them to other devices
• Access up to 1 million free books on Google Books and support for free check out from libraries that support the e-pub book format. That means you check out the book, read it for 21 days, and it is completely free
Sony Reader Touch (US$299)
Where to buy: sonystyle.com
• 6-inch display
• Touchscreen and on-board keyboard
• No built-in wireless
• Stores up to 350 books with an expandable card slot so you can store more
• Reads any e-pub or e-book format so there is no one format of books that you need to buy for this device and if you buy books through Sony, you can port them to other devices
• Access up to 1 million free books on Google Books and support for free check out from libraries that support the e-pub book format. That means you check out the book, read it for 21 days, and it is completely free
Product summaries taken from: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/07/earlyshow/leisure/gamesgadgetsgizmos/main5922376_page2.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody
FUJITSU MULTI-TOUCH HANDHELD PC
Big on looks, I love the red packaging! This beauty, the size of a long wallet is Fujitsu’s new LifeBook UH900. Has a 5.6 inch vivid glare screen and is 20.4cm X 10.65cm X 2.38cm in dimensions. It is ultra lightweight at only 500g so that it can be easily slotted into a clutch bag or pocket even. Full Windows 7 PC capabilities and a 62GB SSD storage space driven by an Intel® Atom™ Z530 processor, it comes with a touch pen for precision and possesses a full suite of wireless connectivity and communication tools such as Bluetooth® support, web camera, stereo mic with an additional integrated 3.5G technology configuration which allows high speed internet access, anytime, anywhere. Visit http://sg.fujitsu.com/pc for further details.
- Elaine
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2 comments:
Great suggestions! Gonna put the iPod nano on my list! ;-)
Thanks Lana!!!! Happy Nano-ing - I am sure you are going to get great videos that will download seamlessly into your new macbook pro. Make sure you use the movie function after that on your mac and make your own home movies!
XX The SimplyFab Team
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