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December 2, 2003
More Christmas lust for Geeks (like me)...
Ok, so tis the season for the hipster magazines to print all those "must have" lists for christmas 03. Because I have no will power when it comes to gadgets and cool new stuff, I bought every list I could find. Including Popular Science, Men's Health, Wired, Robb Report, Maxim of course, Outside, Road & Track, and a small local pub Computer Source Magazine. Wired has the best list BY FAR, Road & Track and Outside were the lamest. Here are my best picks from all these lists:
The hands down winner for best marketing placement is the Sony Clie PET-UX50 PDA. Their plucky marketing intern managed to get the device on ALL the list I read. It is a cool little hand-held with multiple built-in wireless protocols, a generous keyboard, color screen, camera, internet browser, mp3 and video player. Lots of features in a tiny, well designed product. The downsides are no phone and reliance on Sony Memory Stick. If it had a GSM phone and supported SD memory, I would be helplessly in love!
In the computer meets home entertainment category, the coolest by far is the MSI Mega. They use the new MiniPC case format and add in instant on for FM, CD and MP3 playing (so you don't have to boot the PC part). You can buy the bare bones kit and add your own CPU, hard drive, video card, DVD player, speakers, etc........ It is a good platform to get into home theater and pc meets stereo very cheaply (and geekilly).
One of the more lustful geek cars that is going to be available in may of 2004 (sadly too late for Santa) is the Lotus Elise. Small, agile, great handling, and a geeky look. Way more edgy than the New Mini which is already passe. If you are more on a budget and live in one of the areas that they are being sold (California - you can't get them up in Washington yet), drop on by Scion and buy the xB. They are cheap and you can customize everything on-line. In fact on-line is just about the only place you can buy one.
The Robb Report was disappointly devoid of really cool things to buy. Mostly things to buy if you have too much money and not enough taste or brains. They did point the way to revive Indian Motorcycles though, which is only going to be done by rich guys trying to buy personality. They do make a good motorcyle though, and America needs another big twin.
Maxim finally started delivering the goods with the Street Cleaner from Supersoaker that can hurl water 35 feet! And this year the AirZooka made it to a couple lists. I am getting a couple for the office to plaster people with air from afar.
Posted by Martin at December 2, 2003 8:07 AM
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