Holiday Gifts

Have you waited until the last minute to get a gift this holiday season? To make it easy for you (and at this late date it has to be easy, right?), HP has rounded up a selection of gifts for every lifestyle and budget.

For the tech trendsetter:

HP TouchSmart PCs have the latest touch innovations and feature a high-definition (HD)-capable or HD widescreen display. HP TouchSmart PCs offer exclusive built-for-touch applications including Hulu Desktop, Netflix, Rhapsody and Twitter. Plus, the HP TouchSmart 600 easily connects to gaming consoles. Starts at $899.

The HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web printer is the world's first web-connected home printer with one-touch, wireless, on-demand access to popular web content. The growing number of HP Print Apps on the HP App Studio includes Disney, CNET.com, Google Maps, Coupons.com, Fandango, Snapfish and DreamWorks Animation. Additionally, the printer reduces packaging waste by shipping in a reusable bag. Starts at $399.

The HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One printer is simple and intuitive to use thanks to its convenient HP TouchSmart control panel. With the sweep of a finger, you can view, edit and print lab-quality photos directly from your online albums at Snapfish.com without connecting to a PC. Starts at $199.Read more

Still have some holiday shopping to do and don't know what to buy? Retrevo.com is a mobile shopping advisor that works from just about any cell phone to give you instant, up-to-date information about consumer electronics in the store like Blu-ray players, cameras, and HDTVs. Retrevo gives you information based on reviews across the web, live pricing, and the product's lifecycle.

RetrevoQ is a free service, from Retrevo.com, that works via SMS Texting (also Twitter) and sends you instant feedback about consumer electronics products.

It can tell you all kinds of information like: Whether or not the product you want to buy is any good; How much you should pay for the product based on its features; and a price range of how much the product sells for online (calculated daily, the answers change as the market changes).

Retrevo uses artificial intelligence to analyze and graphically summarize more than 50 million real-time data points from across the web to give you unbiased, up-to-date product information you need to make smart, confident buying decisions for electronics. Sound good? Find out more at www.retrevo.com.

Have you waited until the last minute to buy gifts? Think it's too late to purchase a gift online? It's not! Brookstone is giving shoppers like you more time to buy products online and receive them in time for Christmas delivery. You can shop Brookstone.com all weekend, right up until 1:00 p.m. (EST) on Monday, and get your gift delivered in time for the holiday.

Also, Brookstone is offering free delivery on qualifying purchases through Monday, December 21 at 1:00 p.m. Gifts can ordered right up through Wednesday, December 23 at 1:00 p.m. using expedited shipping methods.

Visit www.Brookstone.com to get some last minute gift ideas such as the Boombox Portable Music System for iPod and Tranquil Moments Sleep Sounds Machine.

The New York Institute of Photography is America's oldest and largest photography school. Being the photo pros that they are, they have rounded up a list of what they think are the top 10 holiday gifts for photographers.

Gift ideas include everything from personalized U.S. postage stamps, waterproof camera cases, a mini HD camcorder, to a creative effects lens, a very portable tripod and more.

View the complete list and get more product information by visiting The New York Institute of Photography's website.

Pandigital recognized the need for a “one size fits all” device for the kitchen by creating the Kitchen Technology Center (KTC), a product that combines the capabilities of a digital cookbook, HDTV, digital photo frame and Internet device into a single product. (Since it’s in the kitchen, you can be sure that it has spill proof covering!).

Now, each KTC will come pre-loaded with a selection of recipes to fit the season, including Drinks & Appetizers; Soups, Salads & Breads; Meat & Poultry; Seafood & Fish; Meatless Dishes; Sides; and Desserts. The KTC retails for $400 and is a good holiday gift choice for anybody who spends a lot of time in the kitchen.

A quick note introducing "Free Shipping Day."

Since Black Friday has exploded now (so much that I wonder if it has peaked), merchants are trying to find ways to keep shoppers interest. I don't think Cyber Monday provided much of interest this year.

Luke Knowles, founder of FreeShipping.org created "Free Shipping Day" and www.freeshippingday.com. The site has collected more than 250 participating merchants offering free shipping on December 18 with guaranteed delivery by Christmas Eve.

In addition, the website has a very useful list of shipping deadlines for over 250 merchants.