DVD players are wonderful Christmas gifts, but a little old hat now. Just about everyone has one. But a portable DVD player is just as good a gift, and few of us have one.

Of course an ordinary DVD player allows him to watch movies on DVD. But a portable DVD player allows him to watch his movies WHEREVER HE WANTS.

Going on holidays and think that there’ll be times when a movie or 2 might be in order? Perhaps he goes on work trips where he gets a little bored. Or he does long trips in cars, buses or trains where a movie might be a welcome distraction. Maybe he just loves movies.

Either way, a DVD player that he can take wherever he wants gives him some entertainment options. When he’s bored or has some time on his hands he can sit down to a good movie wherever he is.

Modern technology gives him high quality playback and sound on a digital screen, a compact size and design so he can carry it wherever he wants without it becoming a nuisance, and a long battery life/play time.

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Now here’s a seriously high tech Christmas gift for your man this year. I have recently suggested some wonderful watches as great mens Xmas ideas for 2007. This suggestion is a watch as well.

But not just any old watch. An MSN Smartwatch. One of the more unusual Christmas gifts of this year, but a great gift for a man on the go.

What is an MSN Smartwatch? It’s a watch that makes use of the MSN direct service so that he can do all sorts of things with has watch other than just tell the time. The Abacus Smart Watch is a fine example.

With his Abacus Smart Watch he can update stock quotes, get updating traffic, weather and news, sports scores, movie times and much more.

It all works on FM radio signals, and is constantly updated. So he doesn’t really need to do much to get the latest news other than look at his watch.

The Microsoft technology of the Abacus Smart Watch is stunning, all computerized, and the channels can be customized so that he can get exactly what he wants.

He’ll need a subscription to MSN Direct to make it work, and you’ll need to check their coverage to make sure that he will be using it in an area where they offer coverage, but as long as he can get coverage it works. If you purchase the watch you get one years subscription included.

And of course he can tell the time, use the stopwatch and lap counter or alarm, all the usual stuff that is so useful in a watch as well!

It’s one of the best xmas gifts for this year. Seriously high tech, useful and a great conversation starter.

Normally $179, I just checked and the Abacus Smart Watch is on sale at Amazon now for $99. Now THAT’s a deal, but as with all these things you’d better be quick to get it, it may not last.

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