Consider yourself lucky if there are gadget-addicted people on your list. There are lots of gift possibilities.
$15 to $75
The Laptop Desk
Lapworks. $19.95 to $49.95.
Anyone who travels with a laptop knows the discomfort of having the PC heat up his thighs while working where there is no table or desk available.
Positioned between the computer and the legs, the Laptop Desk makes the heat go away.
On the Web
www.laptopdesk.net
The Complete Home Journal
Innovative Software. Windows. $39.95.
People who have been at the receiving end of the holiday gift madness and have been through a lot of personal holidays probably need help keeping track of their possessions.
The Complete Home Journal program gives them an easy way to do that. They can also use it to inventory everything else in the house and augment it with photographs, notes and warranty information.
www.thehomejournal.com
KidzMouse Keys
KidzMouse. Windows 98SE and higher. Mac OS 9.1 and OS X. $29.95.
The standard computer keyboard is too wide, too deep and too dull for children. KidzMouse has fewer keys, a more-streamlined form perfect for little fingers, and has bright colors and cute illustrations to boot.
www.kidzmouse.com
Audio Translator
MDM. $39.99.
For the tourist on your list, there is the Audio Translator, a memory card that fits into Palm, PocketPC and Nokia Series 60 phones, and gives them the ability to translate 40,000 words and 5,000 phrases from English into German, Spanish, French and Italian.
The Translator will spell out its information in text format. It will also enunciate the phrase.
www.gomdm.com/p_audio.
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Juice Box
Mattel. $69.99.
Even tweens are hankering for full-blown portable music players. But for the youngster who would also like to watch cartoons and other short video fare on the go, there is Juice Box.
About the size of a portable tape recorder, the Box delivers sharp pictures, good colors and decent music quality.
To get video content, the recipient will have to buy Mattel's proprietary media cards, $9.99 to $24.99.
www.mattel.com
Wireless Heart Rate Monitor
RadioShack. $49.99.
Got an athlete on the gift list? The Wireless Heart Rate Monitor will track his heart rate and function as a watch, a timer and a stopwatch. It will even calculate how many calories have been burned.
www.radioshack.com
iGo everywherepower
RadioShack. $59.99.
Power adapters are the curse of the traveling class. PDAs, cell phones and other gizmos all need their own adapters, which bulk up briefcases or get lost in the luggage.
