Top Gadget Gifts for Christmas

Top Gift Ideas for Christmas

Have no ideas for Christmas gift? Unsure which gadgets will let your family surprised and happy? We rounded up great gift ideas for everyone on your list: dad, mom, kids, girlfriend, boyfriend and friends. Check out our 2013 gift guide now.

1. Best Tablets for Christmas Gifts

iPad mini with Retina Display: It is the best small tablet, period. It has small screen yet high pixel density, fast A7 processor and long battery life, which makes it excellent to watch movies or play games on the go.

iPad Air: It is reviewed as the best iPad on the market: Vast ecosystem of apps, great performance, and a fantastic screen. If your friend is a geek of Apple products, pick it as a gift for him.

Nexus 7 (2013): Thanks to its stellar performance and affordable price, the Nexus 7 is the tablet which your family prefers to Android OS.

2. Best Phones for Christmas Gifts

Samsung Galaxy S4: It has everything you'd admire: Android 4.2.2, a fantastic camera, a powerful quad-core processor, a user-replaceable battery, and a microSD storage slot.

HTC One: The gorgeous, finely tuned HTC One has everything you'd want in a smartphone: a stunning metal design, a powerful quad-core processor, and a beautiful 4.7-inch, 1080p screen. It runs Android Jelly Bean, takes great pictures, and has a feature-packed camera app.

iPhone 5S: It delivers an improved camera, a nifty fingerprint sensor, and a next-gen CPU and motion-tracking chip. Apple throws in the iWork app suite for free. iOS 7 adds some nice step-ups, too, including AirDrop file transfers and the Android-like Control Center.

Or if you want to get phablets which are more pocket-friendly than tablet and larger than smartphone, you can refer to HTC One Max vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra to select one.

3. Best PCs and Macs for Christmas Gifts

MacBook Air 13: New Intel fourth-gen CPUs help the updated MacBook Air achieve amazing battery life. The multitouch trackpad is still the industry's best, and even better. It is cost-effective.

Dell XPS 27: The updated Dell XPS 27 is highlighted by excellent performance and features, plus a higher-than-1080p touch screen, Nvidia graphics, and Intel's latest fourth-gen CPUs.

Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro: A 3,200x1,800-pixel, ultra-high-resolution display, an innovative keyboard that folds up its keys when in tablet mode, and newer Intel processors are features appeals your friends who are fond of ultrabook.

4. Camera

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX50V: It is the smallest, lightest camera with a 30x zoom. It has a large assortment of shooting options, direct control over exposure compensation, and excellent photo and video quality for its class.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200: It has an excellent f2.8 25-600mm zoom lens; fast shooting performance, even when shooting in raw or raw plus JPEG; and excellent picture and video quality for its class. It has a ton of shooting options, including full manual for stills and movies. It also has a hot shoe and an audio input socket.

Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR: It has a nice 42x manual zoom lens; fast performance; very good picture quality for its class; a lot of shooting options, including manual and semimanual modes and raw capture; and excellent hardware features.

5. Best Toys for Christmas Gifts

Playskool Rocktivity Mix n Crawl DJ Ball: A combo shape-learning toy, ball and music maker, Playskool's DJ ball is the newest addition to its Rocktivity line of baby-friendly "instruments." This toy rolls around just as you'd expect. Flip it open and infants and toddlers can press the shapes to trigger lights and music — including versions of "Get the Party Started" and "Hey, Ya!" — as well as a turntable.

Crayola DigiTools Paint Pack: Crayola's DigiTools simplifies the process with its kid-tested app and approachable physical accessories like a functioning digital paintbrush, an air brush and a paint roller. Kids can learn elements of drawing, color mixing, tracing, stenciling and swirling — all without ruining your carpet.

LeapPad Ultra: The LeapFrog Ultra is a ruggedized but otherwise typical tablet with most of the same functions (camera, Wi-Fi, Internet access), but its browser is locked down to prevent kids from accessing unsafe content. Use the app store to choose from 800 apps, e-books, games and other curated media.

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