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| Nintendo’s Wii Every gift guide on the planet will include this, and with good reason. Replacing the standard joystick with a motion-sensitive wand that can be swung like a bat or parried like a sword, the Wii creates the most active involvement of any current gaming system. That and the price tag ensure that even the most hardened non-gamer will, you guessed it, wii their pants with excitement. $250, www.store.nintendo.com. |
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Whether you’re shopping for a gadget-obsessed boyfriend or a girlfriend in need of some pampering, the Blade’s Holiday Gift Guide presents an array of the latest and greatest gift ideas. (Cover photo by Adam Cuthbert)
Video-View Eyewear
Similar to the viewfinders of our childhoods, Sharper Image’s new Video-View eyewear fits over your regular eyeglasses and creates the effect of watching a 43-inch, flat panel TV from six and a half feet away. The glasses connect to most video playback systems, as well as video game systems and video iPods, ensuring that all your video needs can be blown up right before your eyes without anyone around you having the slightest idea what you’re watching. $349.95, www.SharperImage.com
Vialta VistaFrame Digital Picture Frame
About the size and shape of a normal picture frame, the Vialta Vista are actually 6.8-inch LCD screens that you can connect to your digital camera for viewing your pictures. In addition to providing a handy service for the odd technophile with a digital camera and no computer, they also store up to eight pictures in their memory. If you have eight different lovers, and don’t feel like taking out a whole new picture frame each time one comes over, then this is the item for you. $149.99, www.vialta.com
OhMiBod
A literal adaptation of the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations,” the OhMiBod, a vibrator that connects to your digital music player, will give a recipient a lot more than just excitations. The OhMiBod buzzes in sync with the beat and volume of your chosen tunes, giving a whole new meaning to the rhythm method. The web site is full of helpful hints, like the fact that the OhMiBod connects to your car stereo but should only be used by passengers. We also suggest watching out for potholes. $69 (of course), www.OhMiBod.com
Skype Webcam Combo Pack
Skype, the free internet calling service, offers this combination pack to ingratiate the uninitiated into the world of online video phone-calling. Including earbuds, microphone and the webcam itself, this is everything you need to start keeping in contact with that distant loved one. This can be used for talking to great gram-gram or keeping up on a less innocent contact with your significant other. Just make sure you never, ever mix the two up. $29.99, www.Skype.com
MOTOKRZR K1
Motorola’s first update to the sexy RZR phone, the KRZR takes everything that worked the first time around and adds a blue finish to make the phone look even more appealing. This is perfect for your cell phone addict friend, who will probably wait a record number of weeks before trading it in for a newer model. $349.99, www.Motorola.com
Palm Flexi-case 2 pack
Why should your iPod have all the fun? This two-pack of silicone palm pilot cases, one white, one baby blue, will light up the eyes of that fashionable corporate type who would secretly love to coordinate their hardware with their outfits. $14.99, www.palm.com/us
Cyber-shot DSC-T50 Digital Camera
For the amateur photographer that has everything, this tiny camera has a huge LCD screen and comes in a blazing shade of red. This camera is the perfect way to preserve holiday memories while also matching the holiday decorations. $449.95, www.Sonystyle.com
Icon messenger bag, BOSS Hugo Boss
It’s an indulgence, but it’s time men were allowed to indulge in their bags, too. Moving toward that last vestige of equality, we selected Hugo Boss’ icon messenger bag. Authoritative enough for the working professional, it’s also sexy enough for the guy who wouldn’t be caught dead in the office, but still has some things to carry around. $379
Southside Wallet by Matt & Nat
Although they can seem a bit pricey for bags made of synthetic materials, Matt & Nat’s bags and accessories make up for their lack of leather with a surplus of design. If there are tree-huggers on your list, nothing else will suffice. The upside of vegan design? More colors, like the raspberry hue of this wallet. $45, www.mattandnat.com
L’amour Sauvage Ring, $198
Forget diamonds: wooden jewelry is a girl’s best friend. A great take on other, boring baubles, this ring, cut from boxwood and inscribed with an arrow-pierced heart, is a playful approach to tradition. The nice part of a wooden ring: you can give it without expectations of a June wedding in Massachusetts. $198, www.anthropologie.com
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