About Electronics & Gadgets: How to Shop After-Holiday Sales

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor You can get great deals on electronics just after the holidays, but be sure to read our tips on mastering the seasonal sales, first. Also this week, what to do with a new iPad, theme park photo tips, top Xbox games, and more. You Just Received an iPad for Christmas. Now What? If you are lucky enough to find an iPad under your tree Christmas morning, you might not get a chance to play with your shiny new toy right away. After all, it would be rude to leave the family gathering and hide out in your room for a couple of hours no matter how much you might want to do exactly that. But at some point, you should be able to steal some quality time with the iPad. So here's a few suggestions on what to do with that time ...Read more How To Shop After-Holiday Sales And Clearance Sales After-Christmas, year-end, and clearance sales during the spring and fall are a great time get some good deals, but you can also end up with a purchase disaster. This is where the consumer needs to know how to shop smart ...Read more Search Related Topics:  after-christmas sales  clearance sales  bargain shopping Theme Park Photo Tips Theme parks offer great opportunities for shooting photos of smiling children ... at least until they hit the point of sensory overload and exhaustion, forcing dad to carry them back to the car. Still, the photo opportunities until that point are well worth the late-day hassles ...Read more Search Related Topics:  photos while traveling  intermediate photo tips  vacation photo tips Top 10 Xbox 360 Games of 2012 This was a good year for the Xbox 360 with lots of solid game releases, which makes finding 12-15 titles worthy of recognition in an end of the year article like this easy. Figuring out which one title deserves Game of the Year, however, is a little harder. After a couple of days of deliberation and research (actually playing stuff again), we came up with a winner. Here are our picks for our favorite retail Xbox 360 Games of 2012 ...Read more Search Related Topics:  best xbox 360 games  bethesda softworks  mass effect Related Searches Xbox 360 Games Holiday Travel Fun Kids Games Holiday Family New Video Games Featured Articles Garmin and Navigon Upgrade Navigation Apps Customize the New iTunes 11 Interface Look up Stats for Your Favorite Talk Show Unhealthy Side Effects to Watching 3D? Best 4-Star Cameras Yurbuds Ironman Inspire Pro Earbuds Review   More from About.com The Perfect Engagement Ring How to find a gorgeous ring with a style and price that suit your needs. Read more...> Hometown Holidays Discover the best holiday events near your hometown. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: Google Maps for iPhone Review

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor This week, we road-test and take an in-depth look at the brand-new Google Maps for iPhone app, which includes turn-by-turn, spoken-street-name directions, and Google's famed database of the world. The app was welcomed by many after Apple's missteps with its own Maps app. But the Google app has some surprising shortcomings. Read on for more. Also this week, last-minute gift ideas, and reviews. Google Maps for iPhone Review: 3 Out of 5 Stars? Google's new Maps app for iPhone was welcomed by iOS users, but the app has its shortcomings, including lack of integration with Apple's Contacts app (which most people use heavily), no Siri compatibility, no offline map caching, and no iPad version (yet). Users are also chafing at Google's login requirement for storing data. ...Read more Search Related Topics:  google maps  iphone apps  gps navigation iPod & iPhone Sports Gifts for Exercisers When you're shopping for gifts for someone who loves to exercise, the iPod and iPod accessories can be treasure troves of gift-giving ideas. Whether it's giving your friend or family member a portable music player to accompany their workouts, a cool new case, or something even more exotic, no matter their preferred sport, exercisers love iPod gifts ...Read more Search Related Topics:  holiday buying guide 2012  ipod nano  ipod shuffle Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Review (X360) Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed features fantastic gameplay that evolves over the course of each race, tons of characters and features, and presentation that will make any SEGA fanboy and kart racing fans in general very happy ...Read more Search Related Topics:  sega  racing games  sonic the hedgehog Fujifilm FinePix XP170 Review Fujifilm has created a very well-built camera with the XP170, ensuring through a double-locking mechanism that this camera will not have problems with leakage ...Read more Search Related Topics:  fujifilm reviews  camera reviews  Related Searches Google Maps Camera Iphone Case Free Iphone Apps Electronics Store Iphone 5 Featured Articles Microsoft Office on the iPad: It's For Real Best DSLR and DIL Cameras Under a $1,000 Last-minute Gift: iTunes Store Credit How-to Budget Priced Home Theater Accessories VidiiU Streamer Lets You Stream Video to Wii U Nintendo 3DS and DS Holiday Gift List   More from About.com The Perfect Engagement Ring How to find a gorgeous ring with a style and price that suit your needs. Read more...> Hometown Holidays Discover the best holiday events near your hometown. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: Best Electronics Gifts

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor From digital music electronics, to the home office, to gaming, About's gadget guides tee up the season's best gifts in this issue. Also, a guide to free, streaming holiday music. Digital Music Gift Ideas Shop stress-free by consulting this guide to some of the best digital music gifts. This font of information will give you time-saving ideas ...Read more Search Related Topics:  music gifts  mp3 players  music gift cards Holiday Music, Online, On-Air, On Satellite Radio is your #1 source for Christmas, Holiday, and Seasonal music. There are so many sources you can choose from including traditional, online, satellite, and more. Here are some quick links to help you find the Christmas music you're looking for ...Read more Search Related Topics:  listen to christmas music  christmas and radio  old time radio christmas Gift Ideas for the Home Office or Mobile User The best gifts are often practical ones the gift recipient could actually use. With that in mind, I've rounded up several gift ideas for people who work on the go or from their home office. These office accessories and mobile accessories solve problems--a thoughtful gesture in itself ...Read more Xbox 360 Gift Guide Choosing the right gift for the gamer(s) in your life can be difficult, but with our Xbox 360 Gift Guide, it should be a snap! We've listed the absolute best Xbox 360 games in each genre (racing, shooters, action, sports, etc.) so you can be sure to grab the best of the best as well as a list of the best peripherals (controllers, guitars, steering wheels) for those hard to shop for gamers ...Read more Search Related Topics:  gift guide  kinect  first-person-shooter games Related Searches Gadgets and Gizmos Electronics Store Spy Gadgets Consumer Electronics Gifts for Christmas Featured Articles Free at iTunes Store Home Theater Products of the Year Best Waterproof Cameras (Updated) Fujifilm X-S1 Review YouTube Back on iPad Latest Wii U News   More from About.com The Perfect Engagement Ring How to find a gorgeous ring with a style and price that suit your needs. Read more...> Hometown Holidays Discover the best holiday events near your hometown. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: Best Cameras, 3D TVs, and More

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor About's electronics guides are on a roll this holiday run-up week, featuring the best 3D TVs, best ultra-zoom cameras, budget Apple iGifts, and much more. Let us guide you down the home stretch of the shopping season. Korg Mini Keyboard Lets You Indulge Musical Muse The smallest of Korg's microKEY line, the device is also the most portable of the bunch. It measures 395 millimeters (15.6 inches) wide, 131 millimeters tall (5.2 inches) and 53 millimeters (2 inches) thick. It's also relatively light at about 1.43 pounds ...Read more Search Related Topics:  other devices  keyboards  midi controllers Best Budget iGifts While most iPods and iPhones may be too expensive for tight budgets this year, there are still terrific gifts for under US$100 that iPod and iPhone owners will love. Read on to learn how you can create those holiday smiles without breaking the bank ...Read more Search Related Topics:  holiday buying guide 2012  ipod shuffle  applecare Best Ultra Zoom Cameras Keep a couple of things in mind when you're looking for ultra zoom cameras, however. First, a point and shoot camera with a large zoom lens may be a bit more susceptible to camera shake, especially the closer to the maximum zoom you get. Second, you want to make sure the zoom number you're looking at is the optical zoom, not the digital zoom ...Read more Search Related Topics:  beginner cameras  camera reviews  best cameras Best 3D LCD, LED/LCD, and Plasma TVs 3D is the new buzzword in home theater, but what are the best 3D TVs? To get you started in finding the 3D TV that is right for you, check out my current list of Best 3D TVs. Also, keep in mind that in order to watch 3D, you will also need 3D glasses and 3D content ...Read more Search Related Topics:  hdtvs  large screen televisions  flat panel televisions Related Searches Electronics TVS Televisions Digital Cameras Flat Screen TVS LCD TVS Featured Articles TomTom Improves Its iPhone App in New Update Top 10 Portable Console Games of 2012 10 iPod & iPhone Gifts for Travelers Microsoft Surface Pro Tablets Coming in January Review: Swingline Stack-and-Shred Hands-Free Shredder Xbox 360 Karaoke App Details   More from About.com The Perfect Engagement Ring How to find a gorgeous ring with a style and price that suit your needs. Read more...> Hometown Holidays Discover the best holiday events near your hometown. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Advertisement