Mother's Day Gifts: Tech Gadgets for Moms
Americans are rejoicing in all that's nurturing and thanking the wonderful ladies that put up with us year after year. Usually it's flowers or perfume or something sweet, but what if this year, we opened her eyes to something that make life a little easier? What if instead of the traditional and less thoughtless gift, we actually planned ahead a bit and went with something techy! Ha, what a concept.
She may claim technology isn't her thing, but there are some high-tech gadgets even the lowest-tech moms could enjoy. Here are some of our favorites we think she will love too.
As long as your mom can snap the photo and send an email she will be able to use this master this device. Kodak's Pulse Digital Picture Frame makes transferring pictures to a digital picture frame as easy as sending an e-mail. The 7 inch frame has its own e-mail address, so whether you're on your Blackberry or PC, take the picture and e-mail it to the frame, which can store around 4,000 images in its internal memory. You also can transfer image files to the frame from a USB drive. Retails for $129.
Easy to use and small enough to fit in a pocket or purse, Flip cameras are already a family favorite. But the newest version goes one step further.
After you use the video camera to capture video, you can slide back the screen to actually watch it.
The Flip Slide stores up to 12 hours of video and includes a flip-out USB arm to easily transfer files to a computer.
Price: $279.99
All you do is stick the flower-like sensor anywhere in your yard where you'd like to grow a plant and, over 24 hours, it will take in data related to soil moisture, sunlight, drainage and other factors.Once you pull it out of the ground and plug the USB end into your computer, it tells you all the flowers, shrubs and trees that are best suited for your environment.
The Web site has a library of 6,000 plants and works with Windows and Mac operating systems.
Price: $59.99
Skype Video Touch Phone
For the mom who cares about staying in touch with loved ones, the Asus Video Touch Phone provides an easy way to have free video chats without a computer. A great device to keep in any room, the touch-enabled phone uses the Internet phone service Skype to have face-to-face conversations anywhere there is a WiFi connection. When callers are using Skype, it's completely free, but you also can make low-cost calls to landlines and cell phones anywhere in the world. Use this device for $199.
