Things you wished you got for Christmas

Nabaztag
More: nabaztag.com
Price: $200
Nabaztag, a rabbit-shaped ambient electronic device, is WiFi-enabled and recognizes voice commands in five languages. It can read you weather forecasts, RSS feeds, SMS and much more, straight from the Internet, in 36 different tongues.

TOMY xiao
More: zink.com
Price: 34,800 yen ($365)
Takara Tomy's 5-megapixel xiao is the first digital camera to integrate the inkless Zink printer, which produces dry, full-color, smudge-proof, tear-proof and water-resistant prints in less than a minute. Just don't forget to buy Zink paper, which doesn't come cheap at almost 45 cents a sheet. The Xiao is scheduled to launch in North America by April or May 2009.

Eye-Fi 4GB Anniversary Edition SD Card
More: eye.fi
Price: $130
Eye-Fi has recently released the 4GB Anniversary Edition of its much-hyped SD memory card, with double the capacity of previous models. The good news is Eye-Fi cards allow your camera to automatically send pictures directly to the Internet or your computer via Wi-Fi. The bad news is it only works within the United States. It's also only compatible with SDHC-labeled hosts, not standard SD.

PocketCinema V10
More: aiptek.com
Price: $300
PocketCinema V10 projector with stereo speakers is about the size of a cell phone, it can beam photos and videos straight from the card, or whatever else you might want to blow up or share directly from your media player, mobile phone, camcorder or game console -- on an image 15cm to 127cm in diagonal, from 21cm to 180cm away, in 640x480 pixel resolution.

Flip MinoHD
More: theflip.com
Price: $230
The Flip - No fancy features, no external memory, no extra cables, no removable parts. And now it shoots in HD. Dress it up, point and shoot, flip the USB, plug and play. Edit up to 60 minutes of video with built-in software for simple cuts or fun mixes. All the high-tech exposure automation, light correction and color balancing are out of sight, out of mind.

Livescribe Pulse Smartpen
More: livescribe.com
Price: $150-200
Livescribe Pulse's microphone records surrounding audio, while its built-in camera captures pen strokes in order to retrace your notes. It's potentially handy for reviewing lectures, meetings or interviews, where a tap of the pen on your handwritten scribbles triggers the automatic playback of the audio recorded at the moment you wrote or drew them. The Pulse only works with specially designed "dot paper;" it requires additional software (and a computer) to actually convert your notes into digital text; and the pen itself cannot connect to the Internet.

Readius
More: readius.com
Price: N/A
The Readius is basically a 115g e-book reader that also functions as a 3.5G tri-band phone, MP3 player and image viewer -- in 16 spectacular levels of gray. The selling point is the screen, which rolls out to a 5-inch display that's easy on the eyes and even easier on the battery, allowing up to 30 hours of active, continuous reading.

Eco Media Player Revolution
More: ecomediaplayer.com
Price: $200
Not quite the multi-chromatic iPod nano, Baylis' Revolution is a black and bulky heavyweight at 170 grams. However with a similarly-sized screen, its practical functionality far surpasses its competitor. In addition to standard image, audio and video capacity, it features SD memory card extension, twice the playback time on a fully charged battery, e-book reader, FM radio, hi-fi recording with or without external microphone, and even a built-in flashlight.
But what's so eco about this Revolution? Just attach the hand-crank to the back and wind it up for a minute. You've just generated 45 minutes of audio playback time, if not 3 minutes of emergency talk-time on your mobile phone.

Sakku Buddy
More: sakkuus.com
Price: $289/$393
Solar-paneled Sakku Buddy made from colorful recycled awnings in Switzerland. While the 19-volt solar panel isn't yet enough to charge an entire laptop computer, a few hours of sunlight can easily recharge a mobile phone, digital camera or media player battery.