Holiday Is Almost Here!
$149 and $9.99 a month
For the older folks comes a device that allows people without a new connection to get in on the communication that happens through email. I'm talking pictures, jokes, announcements... you know, emails! Simply plug the HP Printing Mailbox into a phone line and have the net savvy person in the bunch set up permissions to the mailbox, and you're done! A few times a day the Presto service will call out and retrieve any emails that have been sent to grandma and print them out for her! The phone line will not be tied up, as Presto will postpone if a call is coming in or out.
$179
For teens the Fujifilm z10 camera has some really cool features packed into some hot colored cases. Think "Shoot it. Beam it" Blog it." when you're using this cam. There's an image stabilizer that detects up to 10 different smiling faces, infra red technology called IR Simple that allows you to beam the image from one cam to the next (no more "take one with my cam, take one with my cam"), and a blogging feature that automatically resizes images for the net. I'm digging the pink one but it also comes in green, orange, and black.
$ Pay as you go and Phones range from $49.99 to $99.99
It's pretty obvious that every teen in America wants a cell phone. Be a good giver and give one already! With the Kajeet phones you and your kids can work together to come up with the right plan for everyone. This is a pay as you go phone for kids, tweens and teens that's highly customizable with a web-based suite of tools to control and set what times the phone can ring, who pays for what -- whether it's talk time or text messages. All of this in the coolest phones around make it an excellent choice!
$ Free
Game Crazy conducted a survey of teens and tweens recently and found that 80% of 8-17 year-olds are going to be asking for a video game this holiday season. Wow! That means someone on your list is going to be hitting you up for the latest and greatest titles out there! So now you know what they want, but how are you going to get just the right game? Game Crazy has created a 'Parent's Guide to Game Buying' brochure and online wish list to help parents/grandparents with video game shopping. In it you'll find tips on getting games that align with their interests, buying the right game for the right system and choosing games that are content and skill-level appropriate.
Oregon Scientific's Darth Vader Laptop
$59.99
This is a great way to introduce the little ones to laptops. Inside of Darth Vader's head you'll find over 50 learning activities in spelling, vocabulary, math and music. There's a light saber that is attached to the head to make the fun even more exciting. If you're shopping for a girl, check out the Barbi laptop. She'll love it!
