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IT Insight: Tech Gifts Sure to Please

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Buying for someone who is on the forefront of technology can be difficult, especially with supply chain demands. The techie in your life is one of the most exciting people to shop for at the Holidays and here are a few innovative gifts to consider.

With the New Year fast approaching, what better time to invest in your health! The gift of health is truly the best way to show you care, right?

Track your sleep, nighttime and daytime bio signals, and your daily activity with Oura Ring Generation 3. Fifteen advanced sensors, updated algorithms, and improved software features ensures advanced sleep staging accuracy for all you restless sleepers. Software includes nighttime resting heart rate, heart rate variability, skin temperature and respiratory rate.

Gen 3 also includes daytime heart rate, live heart rate and workout heart rate measurements, blood oxygen sensing, meditation, and even natural health cycle insights, such as reproductive health features.

For the gamer in your life, how about a new hand-held system? The ASUS Rog Ally is it! With beautiful graphics, incredible power and running on Windows 11, games are crisp and clear on this 7”, full HD touchscreen display with smooth 120hz refresh rate and AMD Free Sync premium. Game anywhere in handheld mode, connect to your PC or use the ROG 65W HDMI adapter to hook up to your TV and connect multiple controllers to play with friends! Game on any platform that supports Windows.

With the quality and performance of a video gaming system, the Valve Steam Deck 512GB handheld gaming system is outfitted with a 7-inch touchscreen, and two trackpads under the control sticks that allow gamers to operate games never designed outside of mouse and keyboard capabilities. Valve partnered with AMD to create a specialized APU optimized for handheld gaming that delivers the ability to run AAA gaming titles. Like Rog Ally, this can also dock to a PC or television. The Steam Deck is compatible with both wired and wireless controllers, and you can even connect multiple controllers at once to play couch co-op with your friends.

For the hunter or nature lover, how about a wireless game camera that runs off cellular data? The Keen Ranger PT outdoor camera connects to the Internet by a 4G cellular network and gets non-stop power from the solar panel, running day or at night. The 355 degree-pan and 140 degree-tilt provides spectacular viewing with real-time alerts and push/email notifications triggered by motion and sent to your phone instantly. Don’t miss a minute of what’s out there!

The sky’s the limit with the high-tech, inexpensive, fun-to-fly Holy Stone HS-720 Foldable Drone. With GPS Assisted Intelligent Flight you’ll never lose this drone. It returns automatically whenever the battery is low, if the signal is lost, or you press the key return. It flies at your will, following you automatically, flying along a path you set, or flying around a point in circles. Long-life Brushless Motors have lower power consumption and give you a quieter flight and the foldable design and fitted carrying case make it easy to take the drone with you. It’s easy to use and master for a smooth flying experience. You can also obtain the Holy Stone remote ID module to ensure FAA compliance.

The ’90s are back with the original Tamagotchi! Delight the children in your life. Available in 45 different casing designs from solid colors to retro patterns, choose one that matches your child’s personality! How much fun was it to take care of your Tamagotchi “pet”? You can feed it, play with it, give it medicine, check its health and even discipline your Tamagotchi if he bothers you! The alternative to hand-held or gaming consoles!

Finally, the Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Bluetooth Earbuds allow you to control your playlist or answer calls with the tap of a finger with touch control — no more fumbling for your phone to change a song! The slim, light design, and unbelievable noise cancellation allows you to truly control what you want to hear! Treat yourself!

If you have not started yet, hop online, and make the spend! With thousands of gifts for your tech savvy friends and family, you will be the hero and your holidays will shine!

From all your friends at PCGiT, Happy Holidays and a healthy, Happy New Year!

JoAnn Hodgdon is vice president and co-founder of Portsmouth Computer Group (PCGiT) with her husband David. PCG provides comprehensive managed IT services, business continuity, security, cloud computing and Virtual CIO services to their clients. You may reach her at joann@pcgit.com or at www.pcgit.com.