Geek Love: Last-Minute Gadgets for Moms
Still searching? Have a high-tech Mother's Day.
April 6, 2008 — -- Mother's Day is right around the corner. But if you still haven't found that perfect gift for your mom, we've got some tech-inspired ideas for you.
Why It Works: Members of your gallery can e-mail photos directly to this Wi-Fi enabled digital picture frame. The frame contains 128MB of built-in memory, plus slots for virtually all memory card types, as well as USB connectivity for computers. It can also play MP3s with built-in speakers.
Price: $149
Why It Works: With a smudge-free touch screen, this digital photo frame has icons that give you control and access to digital photos, MP3s and video clips. The frame is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth compatible, allowing users to transfer their photos to the digital frame via a Wi-Fi connection or to sync the frame with a Bluetooth-enabled phone. The frame has a 6-in-1 memory card reader, standard and mini USB 2.0 ports, a clock, a calendar, an alarm clock and a slick "page turn" effect that enables you to view photos by swiping the display with your finger.
Price: $169.99
Why It Works: With its seven-inch widescreen LCD display, this frame allows for viewing JPEG photos in 480 x 234 screen resolution. It has a mini USB port and cable, AC adapter, and a 4-in-1 memory card slot that supports most of today's popular memory card formats.
Price: $89.99
Why It Works: This camera's new technical innovations are what make it special. A new "dual blog mode" automatically resizes any still image or movie you've captured for blogs, e-mail and video-sharing Web sites like YouTube. A new "successive movie mode" allows for in-camera video editing. The camera's face detection technology with red eye removal identifies up to 10 human faces in a scene and sets the correct focus for a chosen primary face. It also automatically set exposure for all detected faces, regardless of where the subjects are located within the frame. It's available in hot pink, jet black, wasabi green and ice blue.
