2011 MUST HAVE Gadgets for Men

Words By Kiescha Cherry

The end of 2010 is rapidly approaching and soon we will bid it farewell.  Out with the old and in with the new. What follows is a list of gadgets you “must have” for 2011.

Amazon Kindle – The newest version of the Kindle (3G) can hold up to 3500 books.  You can read up to a month without recharging and it also has Wi-Fi. The Kindle stores gives you access to over 630,000 popular books from $9.99. You can read leading magazines and international newspapers before they hit the newsstands and you have access to thousands of blogs (www.amazon.com/kindle).

Droid Pro by Motorola – Motorola and Verizon Wireless recently introduced the Droid Pro. The Droid Pro will have a 3.1 touch screen with a full QWERTY keyboard. It also has Adobe Flash Player 10 and Wi-Fi just to name a few features. There is also an application which allows you to create, view, and edit Word and Excel documents (www.motorola.com).

BlackBerry PlayBook - BlackBerry recently introduced their version of the tablet PC. The BlackBerry PlayBook allows users to browse the web, play games; it is Adobe Flash 10.1 enabled and has Wi-Fi. In addition to these features, you can pair your Blackberry Smartphone with the BlackBerry PlayBook via secure Bluetooth connection to have full access to email, calendar, BBM, documents and more (www.blackberry.com).

Windows Phone 7 – Microsoft recently introduced the Windows Phone 7.  The phone features various hubs: people, games, office, and music & video, which serve a different function. For example, the people hub allows you connect with friends on facebook, as well as text messaging. The game hub is integrated with Xbox Live and the office hub gives you access to the mobile versions of Microsoft Office (www.microsoft.com).

Apple iPad – The iPad allows users to browse the web, send emails, share photos, listen to music, read e-books and much more. One of the cool features include: viewing web pages in portrait or landscape (while viewing a whole page at a time).  In addition, the iPad has a virtual keypad and you can zoom in and out of websites (http://www.apple.com/ipad/).