Mon, 21 Dec 2009 2:23p.m.
10 Handpress portable coffee maker for camping
This little beauty will let you make perfect espresso coffee whilst camping with the requirement of ground beans and boiling water. You pump it up like a bike pump to get the necessary 15 bar pressure to extract the perfect crema to waken you from your gadget free camping holiday. http://www.handpresso.co.nz/ Whilst its not really 'tech' i think that it comes under the 'required stimulants' category.
9 EyePet game for Playstation 3
My husband bought this for the kids and i thought it would be a 'play with it once' game, but my daughter spends hours dressing, grooming, and playing with her cute little monkey creature. From my point of view, its cheaper than a real pet in the long run, and we don't need to find a pet sitter when we go on holiday $89.95
8 Kindle or other e-readers.
Kindle has now been released for the iPhone and its free, so an amazon.com credit would go a long way to buying books! http://knowit.co.nz/2009/12/kindle-ebooks-come-to-kiwiland
7 Magic Mouse for Macs
Apple has brought out a lot of cool things, but this mouse is one of the cooler ones to play with. Its also not to hard on the budget at a $119 compared to say an Apple laptop!
6 Netbooks
The market is now flooded with netbooks of varying types and specs. These are ideal as a computer when going on holiday or away anywhere. Small enough to pack away in any bag, large enough to be able to do more than a PDA, keep up with emails, etc.
5 Tivo
The new cool thing in NZ, you can set it to record all your favourite programs whilst away on holiday. Great for the wanna-be-techie, however it has its drawbacks. It can be costly and has a few requirements ( http://www.telecom.co.nz/mytivo/whatyouneed )
4 FlipHD
Ever wanted to be a youtube star? This is your chance! easy to use, great quality, not to hard for the non-technical hand held camera. Has a great price on it that's affordable to most people.
3 iPhone 3GS/Android Phones
Smart phones are where its at nowdays. You want to be able to tweet, Facebook, YouTube etc without having to open up laptops now. Great to keep up with friends, checking email, let your friends know what you are up to. Make sure you get a good data plan with it as well (100MB is fine for most)
2 Canon 7D
Drool worthy new Digital SLR cameras for those camera Buffs. 18-megapixel semi-pro DSLR that shoots 1080p video in up to 30 frames per second, this however is a costly, and yet awesome present.
1 Ultimate Spud Gun
Can be seen here making holes in car doors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOmywd4Z_ck , just the thing to sort out the boy racers . Buy one here at http://ultimatespudgun.com/