Last-Minute Shopping? Shell Out for High-End Gadgets
Forget deals. If you're still shopping, shell out for high-tech gadgets.
Dec. 4, 2007 — -- As the final hours approach before loved ones expect to findt gift gadgetry in their stockings, forget about finding deals. It's time to pony up for high-quality gizmos that will guarantee a smile.
Plantronics Calisto Pro, $250
The Calisto is a deluxe phone center that makes calling at home fun, convenient and comfortable. At the gadget's base is a cool-looking hub where a tiny cordless telephone and Bluetooth headset recharge. The base can tie together a traditional landline, an Internet-based VoIP, like Skype, and cell phone calls so that they are accessible from the handset, speakerphone or Bluetooth headset.
The Calisto is an ideal package for the home business user who needs to make calls using different technologies.
Dymo DiscPainter, $279
Although we transport some of our most important files with CDs and DVDs, most people are still labeling them with markers.
With Dymo's DiscPainter, print high-resolution color images from a Mac or PC directly onto inkjet-printable discs. After a few minutes in the DiscPainter, you'll have great-looking images printed on the disc.
Bose Portable Soundock, $399
Bose and the iPod have been making sweet music together for several years, but their newest collaboration, the Soundock, brings portability back to the music player.
The iPod sits front and center; the system's base can rotate when the iPod isn't in place.
The digital music system, which also comes with a remote control, provides terrific sound quality in a tidy package, allowing users to transport music from room to room. Bose worked hard to maintain long battery life while not compromising the ability to fine tune the audio.
This is a beautiful and functional portable speaker system that produces lifelike-sounds at all volumes.
Logitech MX Air, $140
Logitech makes some nifty computer accessories, and the MX Air Mouse is one of its latest. The Air Mouse is a rechargeable cordless mouse that can control a windows PC by being moved through the air or on a flat surface.
Users will love the added buttons dedicated to multimedia. The ergonomic design and the ability to use the mouse in the air will help alleviate joint stress. Gamers will also love the ability to control the computer from the couch.
Kensington SlimBlade Media Notebook Set, $129.99
Notebooks are meant to be portable; laptops are meant to go on your lap. The truth is, however, that most laptops sit on a desk, while users miss out on the conveniences of a desktop. That's why Kensington created the interchangeable parts of the SlimBlade three-module set, which includes a wireless keyboard, a laser mouse and a keypad.
Although we transport some of our most important files with CDs and DVDs, most people are still labeling them with markers.
With Dymo's DiscPainter, print high-resolution color images from a Mac or PC directly onto inkjet-printable discs. After a few minutes in the DiscPainter, you'll have great-looking images printed on the disc.
Bose Portable Soundock, $399
Bose and the iPod have been making sweet music together for several years, but their newest collaboration, the Soundock, brings portability back to the music player.
The iPod sits front and center; the system's base can rotate when the iPod isn't in place.
The digital music system, which also comes with a remote control, provides terrific sound quality in a tidy package, allowing users to transport music from room to room. Bose worked hard to maintain long battery life while not compromising the ability to fine tune the audio.
This is a beautiful and functional portable speaker system that produces lifelike-sounds at all volumes.
Logitech MX Air, $140
Logitech makes some nifty computer accessories, and the MX Air Mouse is one of its latest. The Air Mouse is a rechargeable cordless mouse that can control a windows PC by being moved through the air or on a flat surface.
Users will love the added buttons dedicated to multimedia. The ergonomic design and the ability to use the mouse in the air will help alleviate joint stress. Gamers will also love the ability to control the computer from the couch.
Kensington SlimBlade Media Notebook Set, $129.99
Notebooks are meant to be portable; laptops are meant to go on your lap. The truth is, however, that most laptops sit on a desk, while users miss out on the conveniences of a desktop. That's why Kensington created the interchangeable parts of the SlimBlade three-module set, which includes a wireless keyboard, a laser mouse and a keypad.