Great Gifts for this Holiday season

Sorry Bob, Santa isn’t a miracle worker!

Welcome and Happy Holidays! We here at CTOvision wanted to provide some of our favorite gadgets as suggestions for presents. While this is a little late, there’s always Amazon Prime (or Gizmodo’s final ship dates here). We tried to put together the devices that we think are the best in their class, while highlighting some technologies for certain “stereotypes” in your lives!

Tablet:

Transformer Prime/iPad2 32GB ($500, $550). The Prime (our thoughts here) is the first Tegra 3 device, and is to receive Android ICS in the near future. The dock is an additional $150, but take it from an Transformer 1.0 owner, it’s well worth it.

Lighter and thinner, the Prime is a true iPad contender

No, the Galaxy Nexus does not eat iPhones for breakfast

iPhone 4S (~$200 on contract). The 4S doesn’t have 4G, and it still has a tiny screen. But it’s not the most popular smartphone in the world for nothing. The dual-core processor has really improved the viability of the 4S, but you may find yourself lusting over “the next big thing.”

Xbox Kinect is sure to entertain your family for hours

Any of these devices will be great under the tree (and next to your tv) this year

Apple TV ($100). The Apple TV is still a great device at a good price that continues to get better with constant software updates. I keep finding new uses for it all the time. With an Ipad 2 you can mirror almost anything onto your TV.

Don’t believe the hype, the Kindle Fire is a great e-consumption device

For fun + reading:

Kindle Fire ($200). The Kindle Fire (despite the myriad of garbage reviews) is not a replacement for an iPad. It’s a better reader, and more portable. Also, if you are an Amazon Prime or Netflix subscriber, it’ll provide you with a bevy of entertainment options wherever you’ve got Wi-Fi.