Gadgetory

if I can think of one thing that every scene that fan has in common is that you're all incredibly tough to shop for your discriminating bunch and you already own a bunch of gadgets so why would your loved one spend any money for a new gadget that you won't like or won't need so to avoid another membership to the sock of the Month Club here are five tech gifts that are easy to give or receive and they're all priced under fifty dollars these come from Cena's 2012 holiday gift guide I rank them by order of their likelihood to please the geek who has everything starting at number five an mp3 player now you probably own a dozen different gadgets at this point that can play mp3s your smartphone your Xbox your tablet laptop TV maybe even a musical kegerator but there's something special about a cheap clip on mp3 player whether it's an iPod shuffle or a sansa clip zip you can take them to the gym you can leave them connected to your car stereo or you can even use it to voice your home brewed animatronic Abraham Lincoln at number four the Logitech Harmony 300 universal remote control this $30 computer programmable remote makes a great gift for anyone with too many remotes or even just one nasty grimy sad worn-out remote instead of shaming the nerd in your life into taking a can of lysol to their busted remote just treat them to a new one if you can spare sixty dollars an upgrade to the harmony 650 adds a little built-in screen and some cool extra features number three is the least sexy products on this list but it's also the product that i personally want the most the dlink dir 605 l cloud router you might remember this little guy from the top five routers under eighty dollars you get lightning fast wireless and Wi-Fi speeds and the killer feature an Android or iOS app that can control it all from halfway around the world you can kick freeloaders off your Wi-Fi monitor connection speeds and even reboot the whole thing they may already have a great router but I bet it doesn't come with a nap coming in at number two headphones can you ever have enough headphones you can think of this as an instant affordable way to make the gadgets you already have sounds so much better if you want some peace and quiet you can try the audio technica ath m34 portability go the Panasonic her go fit and for style there's the Panasonic RP HDX 7 there are tons of great options out there and I've never seen someone disappointed by a new pair of headphones now before we get to number one just in case you have a little more on the budget here's a peek at some of cnet's top gift ideas for under a hundred dollars I'll take one of each thanks and now my vote for the number one tech gift under fifty dollars that's perfect for the gadget nerd who has everything a bluetooth music receiver this little box will make pretty much any existing stereo Bluetooth compatible now Apple's new lightning connector has made your old speaker dock obsolete here's a way to reclaim it by going wireless works with Android iPhone windows phone blackberry tablets you can even use it to upgrade that boombox you kept from the 80s that way you'll get the geek cred and the street cred but mostly the geek cred so there you have some great gift ideas all for under fifty dollars but that's just the tip of the iceberg check out seen its full holiday gift guide for more great gift ideas to any budget at moortop files like this top 5 cnet com I'm Donald Bell thanks for watching you