I can’t believe it is just about the season to venture forth and purchase tech gifts for friends and family members. However, since Black Friday is a week from tomorrow it certainly must be!
Where has November gone? It does seem to be flying right by…
And I’m digressing! Back to the topic of finding the right tech gift!
Not only can the tech holiday gift guide links below assist you in finding the prefect tech gift – but the library staff can too! And as I mentioned yesterday tonight the library is hosting its first Try It Before You Buy It program of the seasons. The program will offer people the opportunity to come in and try out a variety of tablets, e-readers and a few other gadgets (including a Kodak Playsport, a fifth generation iPod Touch, a touchscreen, a Windows 8 laptop and a MacBook).
And with our Try It Before You Buy It program and the advent of the holiday shopping season in mind, pasted below are links to two tech sites who have put out their recommendations as to which tech items you might want to purchase as gifts.
And of course if you can’t make the Try It Before You Buy It program this evening you can shoot for the next one being held December 6th (at 6 PM) or simply call us and arraign a time that is convenient for you to come in and take a look at the e-readers, tablets and other tech items that we have in-house and correspondingly ask questions of our tech team who are here to help!
And on to the tech site holiday gift guide links!
The first link is to the CNET 2012 Holiday Gift Guide that includes recommendations in the both general and specific categories. The general categories are: Best Gifts For Less Than $100, Our Favorite Tech Gifts This Holiday, Tech Toys for Big Kids, Best TV’s for Overall Value and Top Camera Picks. And the specific category reviews include: Televisions, Cameras & Accessories, Home Theater, Tablets & E-Book Readers, Phones & Accessories, Desktops and Laptops, Audio & Headphones, Games & Gaming Systems and Cars and Car Tech.
Here’s the link:
http://reviews.cnet.com/holiday-gift-guide/
The second link is to the Tech Crunch gift guide for 2012 and it features specific device suggestions – recommendations include purchasing the iPad Mini, a TIME Led Watch Kit, a Libratone Zipp AirPlay speaker set and the Motorolla Razo i.
Here’s the link:
http://techcrunch.com/tag/gift-guide-2012/
And on a final note, here’s a link to a CNET article highlighting tech devices that will be on sale – on Black Friday:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-34231_7-57549903/black-friday-2012-laptops-desktops-and-tablets/
Have a great day everyone!
Linda R.
Tech & Book Talk at SSCL 