The Newest Gadgets of the Season

Now is the time to solidify yourself as the most current and trendy gift-giver of the holiday season. Take the time to review the hottest new gadgets from around the globe that are guaranteed to radiate smiles and hugs from boyfriends, brothers, parents, and other loved ones from right under the tree to miles away.

Some gadgets are timeless, and with a little new millennium flare, they are contemporary and cutting edge too. For instance, check out the Sketch 3D that’s made by o2 Creative Solutions. With this new software and classic Etch-a-Sketch designed hardware, users can create 3D drawings that appear on any output device such as plasma displays and LCD screens. Just use the Etch-a Sketch’s three dials and two-color glasses to create stereoscopic imagery that’s both fun and functional. Keep your eyes peeled to see when and how they market this device, and you may see Etch-a-Sketch installation art at the next party on the coolest house on the block.

If you want something more practical, check out the Viper SmartStart, by Viper. Now, you can start your car from virtually anywhere when you buy the remote car starter and download the accompanying app to your iPhone. Feel free to unlock your car, protect it with a Viper alarm, and start it from anywhere in the world with this new device. If you’re ending your movie in the middle of the winter, and you want to warm and protect your car at the same time, use this app from inside the venue to do both. Also if you get locked out of your car, your loved ones in LA can unlock it for you using this new iPhone app.

The Viper SmartStart costs $499.99 and you can get it at BestBuy. The first year of service is free, and it costs $29.99 for every year after.

A new toy and device from Japan is the Otamatone designed by CUBE Works and Maywa Denki. Leave it to the Japanese to create this “out of left field” instrument/toy that is catching wind fast. The Otamatone is a little character that is shaped like a musical note. You can activate the notes and sounds by scaling its body with your fingers to create your own music. When you move its mouth, it will sing to you in vibrato. Move over 1980′s Casio Keyboard. People won’t be able to keep their hands off this new gadget retailing at $84.99. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qecPQ0FB-64

The best iPod speaker system out there is the Griffin Evolve Wireless Speaker System. This new speaker system can transmit wonderful, full-bodied sound from your iPod touch or 4^th generation iPod Nano wirelessly up to 150 feet away. At your next get-together, have one speaker in the kitchen and one in the living room playing crisp booming music for up to 10 hours.

These stylish cube speakers each have their own lithium Ion battery pack that even charges wirelessly. No more fumbling around with wires and carrying your iPod deck into the next room. The Griffing Evolve Wireless Speaker System retails for $350.00 and is available now.

These new gadgets may just find themselves in your own crib instead of under their tree, but at least your intentions were good, right?