About Electronics & Gadgets: Make the Most of Your New Gifts

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor Some great electronics & gadgets gifts have finally landed in your home, and it's time to get the most from them. This week, learn how to get off to a great start with your iPad, digital camera, camcorder, or BlackBerry. What to do With Your New iPad Even if you've had an iPod or iPhone, setting up and using the iPad is a bit different. There's a lot to learn, of course, but these tutorials, how-tos, and tips are what you're likely to need to know in the early days of having an iPad...Read more See More About:  ipad  ipad accessories  ipad battery What to do With Your New Digital Camera When you purchase a new digital camera, following the correct initial setup procedure is important. With most point and shoot models, it isn't overly difficult to learn to use your camera correctly, but it can be a little tricky if you've never done it before...Read more See More About:  learn to use new cameras  troubleshooting cameras  How to use Your New Camcorder You finally got the new camcorder you wanted, but now what are you going to do with it? Here are some tips for new camcorder owners to make you look like a camcorder pro in no time...Read more See More About:  camcorder buying guide  camcorder recording tips  Get the Most Out of Your New BlackBerry If you'e wondering what apps are must haves, or how to tweak your phone's settings to suit your needs, these articles will help you hit the ground running with your new BlackBerry....Read more Electronics & Gadgets Ads Electronics Digital Cameras Gadgets Top 10 Teen Gifts Latest Spy Gadgets Featured Articles More Tablet Computers on the Way Home Theater: Make the Most of Year-end Sales HTC 4G Phone Coming to Verizon? New Google Nexus S: GPS Navigation New PSP Game Releases This Week Fujitsu Ultra-portable Document Scanner   More from About.com Top 10 Media Stories of 2010 Discover which blame games, survival stories and key media figures under fire made our list. More> Ten Best Talk Show Moments Oprah and Conan left to start new ventures, but there were a few other shocks and surprises in 2010. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: Kodak PlayTouch Pocket Camcorder Review

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor This week, camcorder guide Greg Scoblete reviews the new Kodak PlayTouch camcorder, while iPhone/iPod guide Sam Costello helps out procrastinating shoppers with last-minute iPhone/iPod gifts. Read on for these stories and much more. Kodak PlayTouch Pocket Camcorder Review The video quality of the PlayTouch is excellent for a pocket camcorder. Like all such models, it fares better in well lit environments but the low light performance is certainly passable...Read more See More About:  pocket camcorder reviews  pocket camcorders  kodak camcorders Six Last-Minute iPod, iPhone, and iPad Gifts Time is ticking away before Christmas morning and you may not have all your shopping done. If so, don't despair: here are six great last-minute gifts for the iPod, iPhone, or iPad lover in your life....Read more See More About:  holiday buying guide 2010  Top 12 PC Multiplayer Action Games Ever since Quake started offering options for play over the Internet, multiplayer first-person shooters have been a dominant force in online gaming. Today FPS fans have a remarkable variety of settings and mods to choose from. These are the top-recommended PC titles...Read more See More About:  online shooters  fps games  counter-strike New iTunes App Mimics Polaroid Instant Prints LoL Software has released a new iPhone, iPod, and iPad app that allows you to mimic the look of vintage Polaroid instant prints...Read more Electronics & Gadgets Ads Digital Cameras Best Camcorder Smallest Camcorder Compact Camcorder Reviews Camera Featured Articles Free Music Downloads This Week Free Holiday Music Online Pro Home Studio Quality on a Budget Top 10 Xbox 360 Games of 2010 Top 10 Wii Games of 2010 Top 10 Playstation (PS3) Games of 2010   More from About.com Great Gadget Gifts iPad or iPod? Kindle or Nook? Point-and-shoot or DIL camera? If you're confused by this year's must-have gadgets, check out our top picks. More> The Gift of Entertainment The lowdown on the latest holiday releases, plus recommendations on the best in music, movies and more. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: Tips and Tricks for Finding a Kinect

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor If you're trying to find this year's hot (and scarce) video game accessory, Kinect for Xbox 360, Xbox guide Eric Qualls tells you how to connect with one. Also this week, we review Rock Band 3, pick the best sub-$250 digital camera gifts, and more. Tips and Tricks for Finding a Kinect Still looking for a Kinect? A lot of people are. It has sold phenomenally well so far, and is definitely the hot videogame gadget of the season, which makes it hard to find. We have some tips to help you find one without having to resort to dealing with eBay scalpers and paying way, way too much...Read more Wii Games: Rock Band 3 Review It's always exciting when a new Rock Band game comes out and that huge box arrives at your door with a slew of cool peripherals. I was particularly excited about Rock Band 3, which promised to revolutionize band-style games by going beyond five-button toy instruments to real ones....Read more See More About:  rhythm games  wii game reviews  nintendo wii Best Digital Cameras for Less Than $250 A $250 camera budget doesn't sound like much, but you'll be surprised at the best inexpensive digital cameras you'll find in the sub-$250 price range. This range provides a good mixture of slightly older beginner-level models that have dropped in price, along with new point and shoot models that have a good feature set...Read more See More About:  beginner cameras  camera reviews  Best Online Collaboration Tools Previously, businesses were confined to their offices, where employees dutifully clocked in, worked their eight or nine hour shifts, then clocked out. Now, employees grab their BlackBerrys, laptops or iPads, find wi-fi access, and are good to go at anytime and anywhere ... with the help of online collaboration tools to get the job done...Read more Electronics & Gadgets Ads Gadgets Digital Cameras Best Gadgets 2010 Gift Ideas Gadgets WII Games Featured Articles Free Music Downloads This Week Online, On-air, On-satellite: Holiday Music Five High-priced Audio Gadgets Home Theater Stocking Stuffers Review: Axiom Audio M3v3 Bookshelf Speakers Nintendo DS / Nintendo DSi Gift Guide   More from About.com Great Gadget Gifts iPad or iPod? Kindle or Nook? Point-and-shoot or DIL camera? If you're confused by this year's must-have gadgets, check out our top picks. More> The Gift of Entertainment The lowdown on the latest holiday releases, plus recommendations on the best in music, movies and more. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: Gifts for Music Lovers, Kinect Game Reviews

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor Just when I thought I'd shared all of the best gift guides from About.com's Electronics & Gadgets team in previous newsletters, they surprised me with a passel of terrific new holiday-home-stretch stories. These include neat accessories for iPods, dozens of video game reviews and gift tips, home theater goodies, and more. Also, this week, practical advice on syncing multiple iPods, and using rechargeable batteries. iPod & iPhone Gifts for Music Lovers If someone on your year-end gift list is a big music fan and an iPod owner, that means there's a nearly endless list of good gift options. Or, if you've got a big music fan on your list who doesn't have an iPod, we've got some suggestions for you...Read more See More About:  holiday buying guide 2010  ipod classic  ipod touch Top Dozen Kinect Game Reviews (X360) Find reviews of all of the games released for Microsoft's Kinect sensor for Xbox 360 right here. These games require the Kinect camera to play...Read more Best Home Theater Add-ons and Accessories Check out Home Theater guide Robert Silva's list of products that can add both to the functionality and aesthetic enjoyment of your home theater experience. Some suggestions are very inexpensive and practical to implement, while others are expensive and indulgent, but all add to the variety and what can be attained in the home theater experience....Read more See More About:  home theater accessories  home theater systems  home theater connections Best BlackBerry Accessories Here are the best BlackBerry accessories available today...Read more See More About:  blackberry accessories  blackberry software  blackberry how-tos Electronics & Gadgets Ads Game PC Gadgets Cheap PS3 Game Video Game Download X360 Game Featured Articles How to Sync Multiple iPods to One Computer How to Buy Video Games as Gifts Top Ten PlayStation 3 Games of 2010 Choose the Right PSP Model Nintendo DS, DSi Gift Guide The Energizer Recharge Smart Charger   More from About.com Great Gadget Gifts iPad or iPod? Kindle or Nook? Point-and-shoot or DIL camera? If you're confused by this year's must-have gadgets, check out our top picks. More> The Gift of Entertainment The lowdown on the latest holiday releases, plus recommendations on the best in music, movies and more. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement