Like last year, we are following a couple of ground rules. First, we made it a point that all our best-bet gift ideas must be fun the first day they're received, not in some vaporware-like haze of the future, when the software finally gets written or all the functionality is eventually turned on. Just say no to brand-new platforms. We're all about instant gratification.
Second, the Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide is highly selective. No me-too products. Nothing beige. The high-tech gadgets and high-end electronics that made our list did so because they're white-hot, wicked cool, sick, intense, and insert the totally far-out adjective of your choice here.
So read on. And don't forget to send the URL of anything you really like to your friends, family, and the guy in the third cubicle on the left. After all, you deserve the best this year, too.
Gettin' Tuneful
Visions of iPods will probably dance in more heads than sugarplums this holiday season. But while once upon a time it was enough for an audio player to play MP3 files, the visions are bigger this year -- this year's players do FM, satellite radio, and even Internet phone calls.
Sony mylo
If you want to give somebody something totally unexpected this year, give them a Sony mylo personal communicator ($350). The mylo is a Wi-Fi phone; a pocket e-mail, IM, and text-messaging device a la BlackBerry; and even an MP3 player. Forget that it looks like it came out of a McDonald's Happy Meal. Think of it as an iPod with a Web browser.
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