Gadgetory

father's Day is coming up if your family's anything like mine they're so stumped on what to get you that they'll just flat out ask you what you want of course when anyone asked me that question my mind immediately goes to things like a custom-fit replica of a stormtrooper costume or maybe a solo trip to Vegas with nothing but a suitcase full of pharmaceuticals and someone else's credit card but as far as practical gifts go I'm usually stumped when I'm put on the spot so here's my cheat list of the top five tech gifts for dad that you can just forward along to your family starting off at number five the belkin ultimate keyboard case $99 gets you the best keyboard solution we've seen yet for the iPad it works with basically every generation except for the first one unlike a lot of keyboard cases out there this one protects both the front and the back of the ipad making the whole thing look like some kind of boutique spy computer you've ever caught dad actually cursing at the iPads touchscreen this is a no brainer at number four the samsung galaxy s4 if dad's a smart phone geek why not treat him the Samsung's latest flagship Android phone you can pick it up on every major carrier and dad will feel like he's on the cutting edge for the rest of the year big screen some great camera features and some serious bragging rights number three is a little bit selfish if t panasonic lumix dmc SD 200 if dad's a shutterbug chances are he's taking photos of you my flickr collection looks like a photo essay of a lovely Widow and her child because I'm always the one behind the lens so if you want to look better and dad's photos dropping five hundred dollars on this digital camera will do the trick at number two the microsoft surface pro this laptop tablet hybrid is the coolest thing that come from microsoft since the xbox 360 even if dad is stuck in the past when it comes to Windows this gives them a safe little sandbox to play around with without tampering on his precious home PC plenty of power full windows 8 experience spring for the keyboard covered watching really geeked out finally at number one you know what dad's favorite gadget is the TV panasonic tc-p 55 st60 is fresh out of the factory and already climbing the ranks as one of Cena's best overall TVs the picture quality is beautiful thanks to that plasma display which is thin down a lot over the years not a bad price either for what you get the 50 inch model comes in at thirteen hundred dollars so there you have it five tech gifts that are sure to make dad happy that he didn't change his identity and run off to vegas for our full list of tech gifts for dad head over to cnet.com I'm Donald Bell thanks for watching