Nike+ Fuelband
Price: $150
The guys at Nike sure know how to start a movement. Synching form and function, with a dash of style, and everyone’s new fitness obsession correlates to the Nike+ Fuel Band. The high-tech wristband syncs to your PC, MAC, and smartphone via Bluetooth—monitoring daily activity levels by point system. Best used amongst friends to help motivate fitness, the point system isn’t based on any real fitness equation. Its goal is just to push and make you look good doing so. Booyah!
XCom Global International MiFi Hotspot
Price: $17 (monthly)
Anyone who has stayed abroad and was rewarded from their vacation with a roaming data bill that cost more than the average international trip: this is for you. The XCom provides a local sim card and unlimited data plan for the length of any foreign trip. Useful in 44 countries, the international hotspot provides a viable, cost-effective data plan without roaming charges and that alone makes it a gift that keeps on giving.
