Retrevo Searches the Ends of the Web to Find Great Dads and Grads Gifts

Great Father's Day gadgets and graduation gifts for graduates are only a click away.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2007 -- Retrevo research provides recommendations for Father's Day and graduates as the popular 'Dads & Grads' time quickly approaches. This year, get today's gadget loving Dads and tech-savvy students consumer electronics gifts . But don't become the ticket to life-long tech support after you give a gift -- let your dad or grad know about Retrevo (http://www.retrevo.com) the gadget owner's resource Web site.

Retrevo is a comprehensive shopping and support site for gadgets. Retrevo scours the Web for professional and user reviews, anecdotal "hacks" and fixes and has the largest catalog of online product manuals available. Dad and grads can use Retrevo (http://blog.retrevo.com/) to search the products they receive and find everything they could ever want to know about the product. It's a complete online shopping resource with reviews from passionate users and expert users alike; plus, once you buy a gift, Retrevo has all the information Dads and grads need to be a trusted advisor that they can keep turning to for support.

Depending on your Dad or grad, Retrevo has recommendations for everyone. If you are sending your high school grad off to college or your college grad into the real world, a laptop computer is required gear. If Dad travels a lot and doesn't want to miss the big game, a Slingbox allows you to view any TV programming on your laptop. Or for those Dads and grads that want to capture each moment of their life, a digital camera is the answer. You can view all the details and more gift recommendations here:

Gadgets for Dad or the Grad

Time flies and before you know it that little kid in diapers is graduating from school and it's time to reward him or her with a gift. It's also that time of the year to show Dad how much you appreciate everything he does for the family. Retrevo's gadget experts have some great gift recommendations for today's tech-savvy students and gadget loving Dads.

Laptops for Grads

Whether you're sending your high school grad off to college or your college grad into the real world, a laptop computer is required gear. Today's laptops are as much internet terminals and entertainment centers as they are portable typewriters. Good laptops will have lots of built-in wireless connectivity like WiFi, Bluetooth, and 3G along with multimedia capabilities like high resolution widescreen displays. They should offer all flavors of WiFi (802.11a,b,g, plus the latest super fast n), Bluetooth and in some cases 3G cards (or at least slots) to be used with cell phone carriers' high speed internet access. A new generation of laptops just came on the market that incorporate the latest Intel chip code named Santa Rosa. Boasting a faster front side bus, longer battery life, support for the latest WiFi standard, 802.11n, and better graphics and video support. The Latitude D630 (http://www.retrevo.com/search?q=dell+latitude+d630&sub=Search)is the latest Santa Rosa based laptop from Dell. The D630 has a 14.1 inch display while the Latitude 830 has a larger 15.4 inch display. They cost between $1,000 and $2,000 fully configured.

On the Mac side, Apple just announced some new and improved Macbooks with faster processors and more memory. Unfortunately if you want one of the latest and greatest Santa Rosa-based notebooks you'll have to stay in the Windows camp for now. The new Macbooks come in black or white and sell for around $1500.

GPS for Dads

Give any gadget loving Dad a GPS and he will immediately start collecting statistics from car trips like distance traveled or altitude attained. Today's GPS devices are loaded with features and contain lots of information about points of interest. Many will receive real time traffic data and even play MP3 files. The Garmin Nuvi 360 (http://www.retrevo.com/search?q=Garmin+Nuvi+360+&sub=Search) weighs in at around 6 ounces, fits in your hand, is a full featured GPS, and even plays MP3 audio files for around $400. You can use the built in Bluetooth to turn it into a handsfree device to use along with your Bluetooth phone. If you want even more in a GPS than the highly rated 360, you can spend close to $700 for the Garmin Nuvi 660. You get a larger unit with a larger display along with Bluetooth technology.

MP3 players for Everybody

It's hard to imagine any student not having at least one MP3 player but just in case you want to make a gift of one, here are some to make any kid the envy of all their friends.

The iPod shuffle is pretty cool but now there's a new kid on the small and cheap MP3 player block. The Sansa Express (http://www.retrevo.com/search?q=sansa+express&sub=Search) holds as much as a shuffle and has a built in FM tuner and FM and voice recorders. You can expand the capacity with a micro SD card and the best news is that it only costs around $60. We suggest you also check out these other non-Apple players. You can get some important features that Apple left out of iPods like FM radio/recorder and voice recorder. You can also use some of the alternative (less expensive) music libraries like Napster and Rhapsody. Oh, you want to be able to use iTunes? Oh well, in that case you're going to want to get an iPod and that would be a Shuffle, a Nano, or one of the big capacity ones. You'll need to decide between the $240 30GB iPod video, the $340 80GB version, the $190 4GB Nano, the 8GB, $240 8GB Nano, or the $75 1GB Shuffle.

More Gift Ideas

Slingbox Pro

In case you haven't heard about Slingbox, here's the concept; take a signal from a TV source like your cable box put it into a Slingbox (http://www.retrevo.com/search?q=slingbox&sub=Search), connect the Slingbox to a wired or wireless network, run some software on your PC and voila, you can send whatever is on the TV to a remote computer or handheld device running the Slingbox Player. Say the big game is on the TV at home but Dad is sitting at the airport waiting for his flight. A Slingbox and a Windows Mobile device with WiFi or 3G will let Dad watch the game on his new Samsung Blackjack.

Nintendo's Wii

Dads or Grads will jump for joy when you give them a brand new Wii (http://www.retrevo.com/search?q=nintendo+wii&sub=Search) game machine. It's the wireless controller or Wii Remote that really sets it apart from the other consoles. Dad will love the tennis and golf games and the kid will spend way too much time playing adventure games and the best news is it only costs about $250.

The Perfect Digital Camera for Someone

Here's a great little camera for anyone looking for a reasonably priced camera with all the latest features. The recently announced Nikon Coolpix S500 (http://www.retrevo.com/search?q=nikon+coolpix++s500&sub=Search) is a $250, full featured, point and shoot camera. The 7.1 MP camera incorporates optical image stabilization (carried over from Nikon SLRs), face detection, and an ISO rating of 2000 that should give you better pictures in all kinds of lighting conditions.

Retrevo (http://blog.retrevo.com/) is the ultimate in consumer electronics search. Their search only returns reviews, articles and shopping resources for products and weeds out all the other non-relevant information making it easy for you to find the gadget you want. When searching for a specific product, Retrevo only shows you editorial reviews, comments, blog posts, and forum posts about the product.

About Retrevo

Retrevo is a one-stop destination for consumers to research, shop, or fix their electronic products. Retrevo helps consumers compare community opinions, find pre-purchase information, monitor daily deals and obtain product documentation for technical support and troubleshooting. The company provides succinct information in 12 consumer electronics categories, including cell phones, smartphones, cameras, camcorders, home audio and home video, portable audio and portable video, printers and wireless networking (WiFi). Retrevo is backed by Alloy Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners, and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

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