10 Gifts for the Geek Who Has Everything
SmartWatch: Sony SmartWatch
Back in the 1980s, my fellow geeks and I wore our Casio calculator watches with pride, but these days, most of us leave our wrists bare, a waste of valuable skin real estate. However, now you can buy a smart watch that lets you control your phone, check email, play music or even get social updates, without wasting precious seconds digging in your pocket for your handset.
Android phone-using geeks like me will love the Sony SmartWatch ($150), which pairs with your phone via Bluetooth and runs a wide variety of custom apps, including special Facebook and Twitter clients, along with email and a music player.The SmartWatch can also be configured to sound an alarm when you take it too far away from your phone, alerting you that you've left your handset behind.
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December 12th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
These are all great gift ideas, but I went a different direction for my Geek who has everything. I initially didn’t know what to get my son; I thought he already had every gadget known to man. Thankfully, one of my coworkers at DISH gave me the idea of getting a DISH Sling Adapter. Once I connect that to my DISH Hopper DVR, my son will be able to stream any live program or any recorded program from our DVR to his phone. He is a big pop culture TV and Movie buff, so I know he will love being able to access that stuff at any time.
December 30th, 2012 at 8:50 am
About the keyboard, if the one receiving the gift is a gamer, don’t buy him/her a Unicomp Ultra Classic (it is not good for gaming since it can’t detect more than 2 key presses at the same time, it is great for typing though). A great keyboard for gaming and typing is a RK-9100 with Cherry Blue switches, or a Razer BlackWidow 2013 with Cherry Blue Switches. A great keyboard for skill-based games (but not so good for typing) is a Corsair Vengeance K60 with Cherry Red Switches.