Wow what a Thanksgiving! We had lots of activities and way too much food. We'll have to watch our consumption till Christmas. Technology wise here are some holiday thoughts:
Tablet PCs are very hot for the holidays. There are several special deals out there for 7" Android tablets at less then $100. Be careful on those, the ones we saw were very outdated Android operating system and almost useless memory. We recommend the Asus or Lenovo 7" Android tablets at $125. The older Kindle Fire HD (like the one PCSS owns) only costs $139.00 from Amazon. Even the first generation Apple mini costs $299.00. So what should your buy? Its a matter of taste. No winner, no loser. They are all nice small tablets. If you go up in size to 9/10" then you go up substantially in cost. Not much less then $299.00 for an Android 10" with the new iPad Air on top at $499.00.
Laptops are always popular holiday items. Windows 8 laptops are priced from $399 and Windows 7 laptops from $499. We also like color printers for the holidays. The quality has gone up and the features are many with wireless now a standard. The photos are near spectacular if you use the best photo paper. Even the costs of inks are down some. Wireless speakers are also hot. You can stream music from your PC, Phone or any Internet device to these speakers. Bose, JBL and Sonos make some remarkable quality speakers. I have heard them all and I'm pretty amazed.
Prices have continued to go lower on LARGE screen monitors. 24 inch is the new standard and with prices south of $200, why keep looking at that "small" screen. The 24 inch screen lets you put up two full size programs next to each other - like a browser and spreadsheet. Its a multitaskers dream come true. Also waterproof, phones, keyboards, camera and anything else electronic are also jumping off the shelves. Seems we are a messy group and love to drink and whatever, much to the detriment of our cyber gear. Seeing that I wiped out a keyboard this year, I made the waterproof plunge...
So it looks like an interesting, if not exciting year in holiday technology. Just let me help out if you are looking for that SPECIAL holiday gadget! Merry Christmas friends!
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