The hottest holiday gadgets
The prices of flat screen televisions dipped 20 percent during last year’s holiday season. While we won’t see such a dramatic drop this season, experts predict that prices will fall as much as 8 percent, according to research from DisplaySearch.
Said the Los Angeles Times:
U.S retailers can’t blame the soft discounting on booming business. There’s a surplus of unsold TVs nationwide because so many households already have high-definition televisions. That’s why forecasters predict that sales will be flat compared to last year.
“It seems like it would make sense to drop prices on TVs when you have a warehouse full of them,” said DisplaySearch analyst Paul Gagnon. “But that’s not the whole story.”
Other hot electronics items this season, according to Mashable.com:
iPad
iPhone 4
Apple’s new iPod
Microsoft’s Xbox Kinect
HTC’s Desire
Samsung’s Galaxy S
The Droid and the Kindle are also anticipated hot items.
What gadget do you want to give or receive this holiday season? Which electronics will be hot items?
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17 comments Add your comment
Nikki
October 13th, 2010
12:30 pm
The only thing I want for Christmas is my sanity, and thankfully, I just may have that. lol
Jamie
October 13th, 2010
1:28 pm
A job would be nice. Hopefully Christmas will come early.
kj the gold glove winner
October 13th, 2010
1:33 pm
A waste of time with this article. We shouldn’t be worried about the latest gadgets. We should be worried about getting good will and peace on earth.
cursive
October 13th, 2010
1:51 pm
Got a good deal on Goodwill and Peace on Earth KJ? No? Then why bother coming to an article about bargains?
Chris
October 13th, 2010
2:00 pm
I found Peace half off at Goodwill.
Petie The Crab
October 13th, 2010
2:33 pm
I love gadgets. I just bought the newest thing for sports fans. Kitchen gadgets in the shape of school mascots. As a Florida fan, I simply had to have this small microwave shaped like an alligator which opens it’s mouth to specifically cook potatoes. The “Tater Gator” works well and cooks my potato just right. I’m also considering a pooper scooper called the “Dawgie Doo”.
G.O.A.T.
October 13th, 2010
5:03 pm
@bigdawg I’m pretty sure you can read google it!
jason
October 13th, 2010
5:05 pm
I want a Nokia N8. That is the best phone.. Just read the reviews.
js
October 13th, 2010
5:35 pm
i want a house that wasn’t built in the 70’s. is the magic wand some sort of vibrator? ha ha ha.
Sally
October 13th, 2010
6:22 pm
GoogleTV or Apple TV or both.
KBili
October 13th, 2010
7:14 pm
Chris @2pm…thank you so much for the “from the belly” laugh your post gave me.
My Two Cents
October 13th, 2010
11:10 pm
Too poor to buy any of those fancy gadgets. Saving my money for next year’s tax increase.
Texas Sucks
October 14th, 2010
8:01 am
HTC EVO IS BETTER THAN IPHONE AND DESIRE
tps
October 14th, 2010
8:16 am
Spelling error:
Xbox Kinect
Tod Watkins
October 14th, 2010
9:50 am
Only a matter of time until government jumps into the electronics industry.
Fred
October 14th, 2010
10:22 am
An AMD Phenom with a six core processor, 8 gig of RAM, and a terabyte hard drive. About $500-600 afetr xmas. Intel charged 4 times as much for their chips which are essentially equal in performance, depending on application.
http://www.thriftyandfrugal.com
Chris
October 14th, 2010
11:47 am
@Jason…definately agree about that Nokia N8