Yes, The Observer and Review of Web crews are back for our second part of holiday shopping list. We have 5 items on our list so far, including BlackBerry Bold and Nintendo DSi, and we are going to add 5 more items to the list. Shall we start?

 

	5. IPEVO Kaleido R7 IPEVO Kaleido R7 is the digital photo frame you would want to get this holiday. Yes, it may be a little expensive, but the sleek design of this product as well as its features makes it worth every penny. Kaleido R7 has exceptional display quality, capable of displaying photos at best quality. Built-in Wi-Fi and 512MB internal memory are also part of the package. I literally spent days trying to find something wrong with this digital photo frame, and the only thing I can find is this product’s slightly premium price tag.
	4. Garmin Nuvi 265WT Garmin’s Nuvi 265WT is among the cheapest free-traffic-equipped navigation systems, and it is on our shopping list, definitely, because of its wide 4,3” screen, Bluetooth speakerphone capability, solid design that will make it look good mounted on your dashboard, nice text-to-speech and voice-guided navigation system, and of course its user-friendly touch interface. Priced at sub-$300 — you can even find Nuvi 265WT sold at $150-$200 after discounts and rebates — Garmin Nuvi 265WT holds the highest value-for-money score in its class.
	3. Sony Bravia XBR9 52-inch LCD HDTV OK, we know that the XBR10 series is better, especially with LED backlight, but the $5,000++ price tag makes Sony’s top LCD HDTV product rather unsuitable for our holiday shopping list. We don’t just blindly go for features; we calculate value-for-money as well. In this case, we decided to go with Sony’s largest XBR9, the Bravia XBR9 52-inch LCD HDTV. Comes fully-equipped with 240MHz Motion Flow refresh rates, Internet widgets, and an impressive 100,000:1 contrast ratio with all the vibrancy you would expect from Sony, with only $2,000 on its price tag, are what make this product a fabulous living room companion.
	2. IPod Touch 3rd Generation IPhone is great, but we personally opted for iPod Touch instead for our holiday shopping list. Why? You’ll see . With unrivaled bright and crisp screen, and a choice between 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB of internal storage, iPod Touch is a fabulous portable media player indeed.
	1. Motorola Droid And for our number one item: Motorola Droid. With Android 2.0 as its operating system, this is the first phone that can actually compete with Apple’s iPhone and has a strong chance of winning. With large — the largest in mobile phones so far — LCD touchscreen, 5-Megapixel camera, and long battery life, this is the dream phone you should get your hands on.

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Holidays are coming, and what could be better than starting early on your holiday shopping, right? We at Review of Web thought about starting our holiday shopping as soon as possible, so we took our time and reviewed some tech perks that should be on our, and your, holiday shopping list.

10. Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard

With color GamePanel LCD capable of displaying in-game information for over 60 games so far, Logitech G19 is definitely a must-have. This USB keyboard would make a fantastic holiday present for gamers. If you are thinking about going the extra mile, make sure you get G35 surround sound headset and Gx9 laser gaming mouse to the present as well.

9. Sony CyberShot DSC-G3 Wi-Fi

The latest member of Sony CyberShot family now has built-in Wi-Fi. This 10 Megapixel digital camera has definitely earned its place on this year’s holiday shopping list because it produces crystal clear images. Connect to the nearest hotspot and you can upload images and share it with your friends and family instantly.

8. Asus Eee PC 1005HA

With 6-hour-plus battery life, this netbook from Asus is definitely the top of its class. Eee PC is known to be the pioneer of netbooks, but that is not why we put 1005HA in out holiday shopping list. With Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz processor and 160GB hard drive, plus the sub-$360 price tag, Asus Eee PC 1005HA is a keeper and a mobile computing wonder.

7. Nintendo DSi

We’re not saying that all Nintendo DS owner should switch to DSi, but if you are serious about mobile gaming then this is the gear you should have in your pockets. Nintendo DSi is a superbly solid gaming platform with lots of cool features and exciting games that will keep you entertained for countless hours.

6. BlackBerry Bold

Yes, the newly released BlackBerry Tour and the upcoming Onyx appear to be more interesting, but we think that BlackBerry Bold has a strong appeal to wider users. You can never turn your head away from something priced at less than $200 yet packs so many features that will make your work, and life in general, a whole lot easier.

Stay tuned for the second part of our holiday shopping list to see some of the most interesting gadgets of 2009.

Palm Treo Pro is a smart phone from Palm and is based on the Windows Mobile platform. The phone is available in both GSM unlocked and locked CDMA formats.

With the Windows Mobile 6.1 powering it, the phone boasts of wide range of software which offer complete business solutions such as the ability to edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents, PowerPoint presentations etc. The Internet Explorer Mobile software provides the gateway to the internet and is capable of handling a wide range of networks including Wi-Fi, 3G and is operable on the HSDPA band.

The design of the Palm Treo Pro is completely different from its predecessors. Notable improvements include a reduction in the weight and the dimensions of the phone, which by the way of a reduction of about 0.2 inches across dimensions has made the phone visibly sleek. The Palm Treo Pro includes a 2.5 inch TFT touch screen with a full QWERTY keyboard providing the best of both worlds. The keyboard layout is professionally done with a wide range of shortcut keys to provide easy access to some of the most frequently used programs such as the calendar, email and an ‘OK’ key to ease out the navigational queries.

On the multimedia front, the phone supports popular audio and video formats such as AAC, MP3, WMA, WMV and MPEG-4. The micro SD expansion slot on the phone is designed to allow access to a 32GB card which essentially means that a lot of multimedia content can be stored and accessed on the phone. The phone is also equipped with a 2MP camera with 8x zoom and video recording capabilities.

The price of the phone, which retails at $199 for the locked and $399 to $599 for the unlocked versions and the QWERTY keypad which has a slightly cramped up feeling are perhaps the only downside of the otherwise good business phone.

Palm Pre, widely regarded as the successor for the Palm Treo was introduced to the world markets in the first quarter of 2009. The phone is the first in the line of Palm phones which run on the new Linux based platform developed by Palm, called the web OS.

Palm Pre is unique in its design in that the device has only one control button located at the center with a full scale slide out QWERTY keyboard. The phone measures 3.9 inches by 2.3 inches and can easily fit into the pocket.

This phone is equipped with a multi-touch touch screen which measures 3.1 inches diagonally. The touch screen is a capacitive touch screen which responds impressively and allows you to scroll through the lists fairly comfortable. A notable addition to the Palm Pre as compared to the other touch screen smart phones is the appearance of a white ring around the icons to indicate a registered touch. Also the presence of a physical QWERTY keyboard provides an easier means to type out long emails messages etc. The phone is also equipped with a built-in accelerometer which sets the screen orientation automatically with respect to the phone’s position.

The phone works well with all the network systems in place namely Wi-Fi, 3G and also supports GPS functionalities on the integrated GPS receiver. Its web browser is based on web kit and renders web pages very quickly when compared to other smart phones.

Palm Treo Pro is currently available at $199.99 with Sprint.

Also see our review of BlackBerry Bold and IPhone 3GS vs Nokia N97

BlackBerry Bold 9000 is a smart phone from the stable of Research In Motion (RIM). The phone is often compared to the likes of the Apple iPhone. But in reality, they’re two different phones and a direct comparison between the two of them is often misguided.

Blackberry Bold has a screen size of 480×320 but lacks a touch screen interface. The phone is bundled with a keyboard which is slightly different from its contemporaries with a slight angular shift in the keys. This angular shift means that it takes just that bit more of time to adjust to, but once you do, the layout works like charm.

The build quality of the phone is superior in comparison to its predecessors and the addition of quite a few layers of gloss on the body gives it an incredibly attractive look. Though critics do say that the chrome finish on the phone is borrowed from the iPhone, it suits the Blackberry to the hilt.

One of the most important features of Blackberry – the email -hasn’t undergone any drastic change from the previous models. There are a few improvements with respect to the ability to view pictures and attachments and a full HTML support. Though these may seem to be basic improvements, they add a whole new dimension to the phone.

This phone supports all the current technologies such as 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi without any significant loss in the battery performance. The bundled browser renders pages very quickly without any noticeable lag and the addition of the full HTML support only means that the phone can now be used to view pages in a more complete form when compared with its predecessors.

One aspect of the phone where RIM has improved significantly is the User Interface of the phone. It has been tweaked enough to include new high resolution icons.

The menu and the organizer have been cleaned up a bit but not enough to warrant any special emphasis. While media capabilities are not the key aspects of a business phone, the Blackberry Bold could have done well with significant improvements in multimedia category by introducing a better video playback capability and of course a better media manager.

What is the cost of BlackBerry Bold in US and in India?

The Blackberry Bold retails at $249 under contract from AT&T in the United States and Rs 31,999 under contract with Airtel in India.

Here is an official BlackBerry Bold video tour

Related: Review of Iphone 3GS vs Nokia N97

Some softwares and tips to protect your expensive gadgets, phones, mp3 players.

http://www.ihoundsoftware.com/ A great free app [free upto 3 devices] to protect your gadgets like ipod, phones. You will get an alert as soon as your lost gadget is connected into some other computer. They claim that this “Software works on most USB devices that you need to connect to your computer to update. i.e. MP3 players, Flash Cards, Jump Drives, Phones, iPods.”

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/cool-websites/label-a-usb-flash-drive/: Label your USB Drive with your name and contact info.