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t’s December, so you’ve got all your shopping done. Right?
Oh, goodness. Luckily, we’ve been scouring the internet for the coolest gift ideas. We had
every intention of using this as a list of stuff to beg family and friends for this Christmas, but
we’re happy to let you take a look and find some inspiration for gifts to give to your family,
friends or yourself.
TABLETS
Just about every year is big for tablets, nowadays, and Christmas 2014 is no exception.
You’ve got the iPad Air 2, the thinnest iPad
ever released and also the fastest, featuring
still get a tablet that packs a punch, check
out Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD 7, which comes
with a quad-core processor, 7 inch display
at 1280x800, front and rear-facing cameras
and access to Amazon’s app store, which
gives away free apps daily, including popular
games like Monument Valley and Plants vs
Zombies, all for $139.
VIDEO DRONES
Metal, Apple’s newest graphics performance
optimizer that should allow for console-level
gaming to take place on mobile devices. At
$500, it might not be for everyone, but it’s the
safest bet in a sea of competitors.
Also up this season is the Samsung Galaxy
Tab S, which features expandable memory
through the use of SD cards, unlike Apple offerings, and also has a similar fingerprint scanner and 8.4 and 10.5 inch screens — and also
the same pricing as iPads. For Android fans,
this is a great way to meet or exceed iPad performance without sacrificing the openness of
Google’s operating system.
For those looking to save a bit of money and
INSIGHT
Take a childhood love of RC aircraft even farther by upgrading to remote drones, complete with digital video cameras that record
to SD cards. Camera drones tend to be more
stable than toy counterparts thanks to multiple propellers that work together to make
the drone hover. Combined with an onboard
video camera, drones can make for a cool toy
or a snazzy private investigation tool. Pricing ranges from $40 or $50 up into the thou-
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