Cheap: iHome Portable Multimedia Speaker – Sharing songs with a group of friends can be difficult with only a single pair of ear buds that is where this device comes in handy. Plug it into a headphone jack and you will be able to easily share music or videos with all of your friends. (iHome Portable Mutimedia Speaker $19.99)
Moderate: Roku HD – Roku HD provides an entire Blockbuster video store connected to your television. The Roku can stream over 15,000 movies from Netflix and over 45,000 titles from Amazon Video on Demand. There are other channels along with free podcasts streams such as TWiT.tv and Revision3 which are heavily tech centered news shows. (Roku HD $99)
Expensive: Motorola Droid – The first competition to the iPhone the Motorola Droid. It is on the Verizon network and runs the Android operating system. Android is an open-source operating system that in the long run will over the most option to its users. The applications that are able to run on the Droid are much more powerful than anything the iPhone can run. Along with its impressive tech specs the Motorola Droid is the right choice for a smart phone this holiday season, especially if already on the Verizon network. (Motorola Droid $199.99 w/contract; $560 w/o)