What Gadgets do you plan on Buying this Holiday Season?

tubemonkey · 10-30-2012, 04:58 AM

What Gadgets do you plan on Buying this Holiday Season?

LCD Tablet (iPad, Kindle Fire, Kobo Arc, Nexus 7, Nook Tab, etc)
Non-LCD eReader (Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Sony, etc)
Smartphone (Android, iPhone, Windows, etc)
Media Player (Galaxy Player, iPod touch, etc)
MP3 Player (Cowon, iPod nano, Sansa Clip, Sony etc)
Computer (desktop, laptop, netbook, ultrabook, etc)
Other (please specify)
No new gadgets for me this holiday season
Not interested in this thread, but love to vote in polls

Multiple choice - you may vote for more than one.

din155 · 10-30-2012, 05:09 AM

I voted for no new gadget for me this holiday season as I already had bought nexus 7. Unless my laptop breaks down, I am saving money to buy audiobooks in my TBR list.

tubemonkey · 10-30-2012, 05:13 AM

I plan on two major purchases:

Nexus 7
Chromebook

Both are Google devices and both cost $249 each. I plan on waiting until Black Friday to see if they get discounted or come with a free gift card.

tubemonkey · 10-30-2012, 05:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by din155

I voted for no new gadget for me this holiday season as I already had bought nexus 7. Unless my laptop breaks down, I am saving money to buy audiobooks in my TBR list.

for audiobooks. What device do you generally use for them?

din155 · 10-30-2012, 05:34 AM

On my smartphone. It is one device that I use for all of my podcasts, audiobooks and most of my reading. I use Nexus for reading PDFs and sony 650 when I am travelling long distance.

shanghaichica · 10-30-2012, 06:37 AM

The nexus 7.

ghostyjack · 10-30-2012, 06:57 AM

I chose "Other", as the only purchase I plan on making is to get a couple of hard drives. I've got a new 4-bay NAS box that has two 1.5Tb hard drives in it, so it needs another couple.

I've got a new phone (HTC One X), a new tablet (Asus Transformer Infinity), and my eInk reader (Sony PRS-T1) is fine. Not sure there is anything else I need.

tubemonkey · 10-30-2012, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostyjack

Not sure there is anything else I need.

Blasphemy! One can never have too many toys.

ghostyjack · 10-30-2012, 07:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Blasphemy! One can never have too many toys.

I may be a heathen, but this is due to a lack of funds, not because I'm a Luddite. I can only spare around £100 every few months, it took forever saving up for the Infinity.

My true Gadge list is too large to type here, damn shame most of them will only ever appear on the list and not in my home.

booklover6 · 10-30-2012, 07:35 AM

I answered new computer, and it is a holiday gift for the family, but it is actually refurbished, and arriving today. Couldn't wait any longer, since the one my kids use broke and they have been using mine!

tubemonkey · 10-30-2012, 07:55 AM

I'm gonna try and wean myself off Windows and onto Chrome. My computer use is strictly online and it's rare if I do anything offline. My idea of an office suite is notepad. My music, photos and videos are stored on an external hard drive, so the Chromebook's 16GB of storage is plenty for me.

Apache · 10-30-2012, 08:10 AM

I will be adding some upgrades to my main computer.
Apache

HansTWN · 10-30-2012, 08:56 AM

I will have to see if I can sneak something past my wife....

JoeD · 10-30-2012, 08:59 AM

This may be the first year I've not really fancied any new gadgets or gizmos. Still there's a month to go, something may catch my eye, but as yet no plans for either myself or as presents for others.

Laptop is due for an upgrade, but I'd like to keep it for another year or two and really get my monies worth whilst it's still just about coping with the games I want to play. Same with my iPad one hopefully at another year or more out of that.

Which means, I'm going to be struggling to come up with presents this year

BeccaPrice · 10-30-2012, 09:02 AM

I'd like a Paperwhite, but I'm going to wait til the problems with the screen dies down.

View Poll Results: What Gadgets do you plan on Buying this Holiday Season?
LCD Tablet (iPad, Kindle Fire, Kobo Arc, Nexus 7, Nook Tab, etc)	47	28.83%
Non-LCD eReader (Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Sony, etc)	33	20.25%
Smartphone (Android, iPhone, Windows, etc)	19	11.66%
Media Player (Galaxy Player, iPod touch, etc)	7	4.29%
MP3 Player (Cowon, iPod nano, Sansa Clip, Sony etc)	6	3.68%
Computer (desktop, laptop, netbook, ultrabook, etc)	24	14.72%
Other (please specify)	10	6.13%
No new gadgets for me this holiday season	60	36.81%
Not interested in this thread, but love to vote in polls	9	5.52%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 163. You may not vote on this poll

10-30-2012, 04:58 AM	#1
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,851 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	What Gadgets do you plan on Buying this Holiday Season? What Gadgets do you plan on Buying this Holiday Season? LCD Tablet (iPad, Kindle Fire, Kobo Arc, Nexus 7, Nook Tab, etc) Non-LCD eReader (Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Sony, etc) Smartphone (Android, iPhone, Windows, etc) Media Player (Galaxy Player, iPod touch, etc) MP3 Player (Cowon, iPod nano, Sansa Clip, Sony etc) Computer (desktop, laptop, netbook, ultrabook, etc) Other (please specify) No new gadgets for me this holiday season Not interested in this thread, but love to vote in polls Multiple choice - you may vote for more than one. Last edited by tubemonkey; 10-30-2012 at 05:01 AM.

10-30-2012, 05:13 AM	#3
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,851 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	I plan on two major purchases: Nexus 7 Chromebook Both are Google devices and both cost $249 each. I plan on waiting until Black Friday to see if they get discounted or come with a free gift card.

10-30-2012, 08:59 AM	#14
JoeD Guru Posts: 895 Karma: 4383958 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: na	This may be the first year I've not really fancied any new gadgets or gizmos. Still there's a month to go, something may catch my eye, but as yet no plans for either myself or as presents for others. Laptop is due for an upgrade, but I'd like to keep it for another year or two and really get my monies worth whilst it's still just about coping with the games I want to play. Same with my iPad one hopefully at another year or more out of that. Which means, I'm going to be struggling to come up with presents this year Last edited by JoeD; 10-30-2012 at 09:01 AM.

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10-30-2012, 05:09 AM	#2
din155 Guru Posts: 880 Karma: 7556602 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, Win 10 thinkpad 8in	I voted for no new gadget for me this holiday season as I already had bought nexus 7. Unless my laptop breaks down, I am saving money to buy audiobooks in my TBR list.

10-30-2012, 05:34 AM	#5
din155 Guru Posts: 880 Karma: 7556602 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, Win 10 thinkpad 8in	On my smartphone. It is one device that I use for all of my podcasts, audiobooks and most of my reading. I use Nexus for reading PDFs and sony 650 when I am travelling long distance.

10-30-2012, 06:37 AM	#6
shanghaichica Guru Posts: 991 Karma: 5782970 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Scribe,Kindle Oasis 3, iPad Pro 11,15 Pro Max,iPad mini 7,colorsoft	The nexus 7.

10-30-2012, 06:57 AM	#7
ghostyjack Guru Posts: 718 Karma: 1085610 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, England Device: PRS-T1, 1825PT, Galaxy Tab, One X, TF700T, Aura HD, Nexus 7	I chose "Other", as the only purchase I plan on making is to get a couple of hard drives. I've got a new 4-bay NAS box that has two 1.5Tb hard drives in it, so it needs another couple. I've got a new phone (HTC One X), a new tablet (Asus Transformer Infinity), and my eInk reader (Sony PRS-T1) is fine. Not sure there is anything else I need.

10-30-2012, 07:35 AM	#10
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,545 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre 1, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle, Kobo Libre Colour	I answered new computer, and it is a holiday gift for the family, but it is actually refurbished, and arriving today. Couldn't wait any longer, since the one my kids use broke and they have been using mine!

10-30-2012, 07:55 AM	#11
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,851 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	I'm gonna try and wean myself off Windows and onto Chrome. My computer use is strictly online and it's rare if I do anything offline. My idea of an office suite is notepad. My music, photos and videos are stored on an external hard drive, so the Chromebook's 16GB of storage is plenty for me.

10-30-2012, 08:10 AM	#12
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,306 Karma: 90981752 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	I will be adding some upgrades to my main computer. Apache

10-30-2012, 08:56 AM	#13
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	I will have to see if I can sneak something past my wife....

10-30-2012, 09:02 AM	#15
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	I'd like a Paperwhite, but I'm going to wait til the problems with the screen dies down.