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Tech Toys For The Holidays
Let’s get unreal. How ‘bout this floating home? Really? The conceptual Trilobis 65 is both a sleek house and a sleek ride as featured in Doornob Design Ideas. It includes an underwater observatory so you can watch Jaws watching you, and worth a look, if only to dream about
On a more reasonable note, however, how about the new Nexus 4 Google Phone? Oh, I forgot, as of this writing (11/27) it’s sold out. Bummer. But when and if it comes back to play, it’s unlocked, very smart and priced to sell at $299 for an 8Gig, GSM, HSPA+. Operative word unlocked! It’s fast, capable, and gets great reviews.
Update Google Nexus4! It was literally just revealed that the Nexus 4 would be back in stock 11/27 at 12:00 PM PST. So depending on when you read this, you can pick one up.
Update 2! This is getting fun (ridiculous). Goggle’s Nexus Cart broke almost immediately with unprecedented demand! About 7:30 PM my cart finally went through. If you happened to order one, hopefully yours did too. So now the wait. For early orders it was 4 to 5 weeks. Now I see it’s up to 8 or 9.
Other phones getting huge press are the Samsung Galaxy III and the Galaxy Note 2 and the ever present iPhone. Unless you have a deep pocket, however, you’ll need to get them on contract, and you already know how that game plays.
There’s also the Sweet little Nexus 7 tablet, available now with 3G+ data. Great price for a great 7” tablet. For about $299 you can get a 32G with data. The other iterations cost less and get strong reviews as well. There is also the new Kindle Fire at a great price, but somewhat geared to the Amazon ecosystem.
And for you Apple fans, well, there’s the Apple ecosystem you know and love with the new Mini great, but feeling a little rushed and maybe a bit long in the tooth. A new mini is supposed to get the retina display.