Last Minute Gifts

With the holidays fast approaching here are a few gift ideas to stuff your stockings, unique gift ideas and an online destination where you can find it all.

AOL Keyword Shopping or Aol.com
Online there is still time! AOL Shopping is making it easier than ever for procrastinators to quickly connect with last minute gifts on their shopping site (available at AOL KW: Shopping or on the Web at aol.com). For example, Best Buy is offering iPods which you can order online and pick up at a store near you as late as Dec. 24.

Shoppers can visit AOL's new "shopping information kiosk" for a list of dozens of merchants offering last minute shipping, along with deadlines to get gifts sent in time for Christmas. This feature also lets you tracks your gifts, to give you that extra peace of mind.

Also, AOL has a Last-Minute Gifts shop that provides great ideas for gifts that can be shipped in the nick of time. And for those really last minute shoppers, it also aggregates merchants that offer gift certificates that can be sent by postal service or email.

Unique “out of the box” gift ideas

Beamer Two-Way Video Phones
Nearly 2/3 of all Americans live two or more hours away from close family and friends, and that can be tough during the holiday season, especially if you're not traveling. But the Beamer Videophone Station can help you see who you've been missing and stay connected to your loved ones-- all year round.

Beamer works with any phone, over any standard analog phone line to add video to your calls-- no extra charges or subscription fees. It's really changing the way people communicate.

A 2003 winner of Good Housekeeping's Best Buy award, Beamer is simple to set up and simple to use --there's even a privacy button if you're not up to being seen when a call comes through!

You can buy a Beamer for just $250 at any Best Buy and retailers like Good Guys, Frys and J&R or at www.vialta.com.

Roomba FloorVac
This holiday season, Roomba is shattering a holiday gift taboo. It has long been considered a poor move to buy your sweetie an appliance as a gift, but a home robot like Roomba makes a vacuum suddenly more personal. To help people get the Roomba FloorVacs they desire, iRobot has posted customizable “permission slips” for would-be recipients to give spouses or family members. The permission slip, at http://www.roombavac.com/pslip/permslip.asp, can be printed out and given to friends or family to say, “It’s okay to give me a vacuum this year, as long as it’s a Roomba FloorVac.”

Roomba cleans all types of floors, it covers each area in the room three times and has a special sensor to avoid falling down stairs or cliffs. After all, why spend your valuable time cleaning your home when Roomba will do it for you?

The original Roomba is available for $199. The company also makes deluxe versions for a little more ($229, $249). www.roombavac.com

Sure to please stocking stuffers

AT&T PrePaid Web Cents Card
You’re looking for great stocking stuffers for online gamers, sports fans and music lovers, AT&T has the perfect gift. AT&T has teamed up with leading content providers such as Disney Online and Shockwave.com for an easy and secure way to pay for online entertainment without having to use a credit card online.

AT&T Web Cents Cards make perfect gifts for any online enthusiast and especially for the millions of people who do not have a credit card or don't feel comfortable using one online.

Available cards:

• Disney's Blast for children ages 3-9
• Disney's ToonTown, a new online world for ages 7 and up which includes a CD ROM of the game
• Shockwave.com GameBlast for players of all ages
• Mobile Craze for ring tones & downloads for cell phones;
• CBS Sportsline Fantasy Teams for teen or adult sports fans;
• Vindigo for handheld PDA users to find the best places to eat, shop & play.

Web Cents cards are sold in over 20,000 stores nationwide. To find a retailer near you, go to the AT&T Web site at www.webcents.att.com and type in your zip code.

The retail value of the cards runs from $9.95 - $29.95. Kids and adults alike will love them and have lots of fun, on safe, secure Web sites.

Energizer Batteries
Energizer is ready to meet the explosion of digital cameras that will be out there this holiday season with two great power options.

The Energizer e2 Lithium AA battery is the worlds longest lasting AA battery providing up to 5 times more power in digital cameras versus ordinary alkaline. What that means to the consumer is up to 350 pictures on a single set of batteries compared to 50-60 pictures from ordinary alkaline batteries.

Rechargeable—NiMH batteries are also ideally suited for high tech gifts. Energizer’s Rechargeable AA batteries power thousands of pictures in your digital camera and can be recharged hundreds of times.

Another great gift idea, Energizer recently rolled out their new 30-minute charger that will charge 4 AA’s in half an hour. It’s available this holiday for a suggested retail of $29.99. www.energizer.com