PC Magazine 2005 Gift Guide

PC Magazine have now presented their 2005 Holiday Gift Guide. These are some of their choices.

Cell phones
Best Overall: Sony Ericsson W800i
Best Cingular:Nokia 6682
Best Nextel: Nextel i355
Best Sprint PCS: Sprint VI-125
Best T-Mobile: Samsung SGH-T809
Best Verizon-Wireless: Motorola E815

Desktops
Best Gaming: Voodoo Omen a121
Best Business: Lenovo ThinkCentre M51 and Apple+iMac+G5
Best Media: Dell XPS 400 and HP z555
Best Entertainment: Sony VAIO XL1
Best General-Purpose: Compaq Presario SR1620NX

Digital Cameras:
Best Compact: HP Photosmart R817
Best Ultracompact: Canon PowerShot SD500 Digital Elph and Kodak EasyShare V530
Best Enthusiast: Canon PowerShot G6
Best Superzoom: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30
Best Digital SLR: Nikon D50

Digital Camcorders:
Sony HDR-HC1 HDV 1080i Handycam Camcorder
Sony DCR-DVD403 DVD Handycam Camcorder

HDTVs:
Best LCD: Sharp Aquos LC-45GX6U
Best Plasma: Dell W4200 HD Plasma TV
Best RPTV: Brillian 6501mPB

Laptops & Tablets:
Best Multimedia & Gaming: Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513
Best Gaming: Dell XPS M170
Best Ultraportable & Business: Sony Vaio VGN-TX670P
Best General Purpose: HP Pavilion dv4000 (Pentium M 770)
Best Tablet: Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad X41Tablet

MP3 Players:
Apple iPod 30GB (with Video)
Apple iPod nano
MobiBLU DAH-1500i

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