My Mother's Day gift to myself!
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What do you want for Mother’s Day? One popular Mother’s Day gift is an iPad, according to a recent TechBargains survey.
- Of 1,500 respondents, 91% said they would prefer an iPad over flowers this Mother’s Day
- 13% of moms want flowers
- 26% of respondents will buy mom flowers
- 31% of moms want a tech gadget
- 11% will get their mom a tech gadget
Seems there is a sizeable gap between what moms want and what they will receive. I suppose that is true of any gift exchange.
For Mother’s Day I bought myself a sterling silver necklace, above, that says “I love Lucy.” I told me husband that I wanted to get a card from him and Lucy. I’m easy to please – partly because I know exactly what I want!
What do you want for Mother’s Day?
The Kindle Fire is one hot gift at $199!
Today is the first day of the Bargain Babe Hot Holiday Gift Guide! We’re kicking it off with electronics gifts. Over the next two weeks, we will suggest gifts for kids, teens, men, and women. There will also be a day devoted to unique and quirky gifts, and we’ll finish the gift guide on Dec. 9 with a roundup of the best overall gifts.
If your budget is tight, don’t forget to enter our final five Win Giveaways for a chance to win $619 in Christmas and holiday presents, ENDING NOV. 29!
Now onto electronics gifts. An * means the gift is top rated!
Netbooks are soooo last year. This year’s hot holiday gift for people who crave being connected to the Internet is…a tablet! You have plenty of choices.
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I recently considered buying an iPad and discovered there are four different ways to buy it that result in a price difference of $330! The iPad is by no means a necessity, according to an Apple-obsessed friend of mine, but if you are going to buy one you might as well get a deal. See below for basic tech terms.
MiFi – A small device that allows you to set up a WiFi hot spot wherever you are.
3G – A high-speed Internet network that the 3G iPad can connect to (the WiFi iPad can only connect to WiFi hotspots, like at McDonalds, Starbucks, or your local library).
This chart assumes you do not break anything and incur replacement costs. Check warranties on all devices before you buy.
