Tech Christmas Gifts 2009: BEST Cheap Gadget Gifts Under $100 (PHOTOS)

Who says high-tech has to be high-priced?

Thanks to our guide to the best gadget gifts under $100, there's no reason to break the bank this Christmas 2009.

We've put together a guide to the very best cheap tech gifts to give (and get) this holiday season.

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Lomography ColorSplash Camera

Lomography's ColorSplash Camera is decidedly un-digital, but still retro-cool. The camera comes with a colored flash (available in other colors besides blue, including red) that will put a dash of color and zing into your snapshots ($70).

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[mojosavings]

07:23 AM on 12/12/2009

Wait til Amazon starts rolling out the deals. They've had some incredible prices already.
MoJo Savings

[liarsclub75]

01:33 AM on 12/12/2009

The best cheap gadget wasn't even on the list - a Slinky.

[dzagama]

06:58 PM on 12/11/2009

China, china, china, china.

[hypnotoad72]

09:58 AM on 12/12/2009

The real question is, are they being haphazard on purpose or accident? It's clear the people we're offshoring jobs to are not brighter than anybody else, to say the least if we were to judge the quality of products imported...

And if it is on purpose, who is the one responsible for the credo "Make these cheap, make these toxic, save us a buck or make it so they have to replace the same thing over and over"?

[dzagama]

11:20 AM on 12/13/2009

Walmart.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/

[QueenMaeve]

06:32 PM on 12/11/2009

Well, now....*That* was a vapid pile of nonsense. Star Wars toasters and fuzzy sweaters for iPhones? Two words. Day and yum.

[HonestJohnnis]

03:43 PM on 12/11/2009

aww you scrubbed my ebay listing with the magic mouse, i was just trying to make a quick buck, all the while warning other apple owners that the mouse does not work as advertised and phantom scrolling is horrendous.

[bushitbrain]

01:40 PM on 12/11/2009

Wandering Girl & Spring Baby are Right ON & George Carlin would heartily exult: "YEAHHH", in complete agreement.

Lets face it: the spirit of giving has much more to do with helping a friend or loved one, or giving them something OF yourself that you created, NOT BOUGHT ! Such `presents' are superficial, vacuous emblems of conformism & peer-pressure; rather than being caring that emanates from the heart, they are a mere facsimile, born from the wallet.

However, as we all know, The American Economy Runs On Jesus ! Take away the gazillions of $$ spent on gadgets, & the leading index crashes. Parents indoctrinate children on `Santa Claus', for the same reason they do on the `Easter Bunny': to grease the chutes for programming the christian mythos into their fragile, pliable minds.
Then they grow up, knock up, & do the same crapola to another innocent generation. Which guarrantees the perpetuation of christianity, & of course, the American economy ! Hey-Hey, two birds for one stone. Now ya can't beat that ! As Dawkins points out:"No child is born a christian child, just a child born of christian parents".
Why not re-embrace the real meaning of the season, imparted to us by the sages of the past, and by science: The Winter Solstice(12/21) marks the point in the year when the days get longer, and the beginning of winter's end. Go to the planetarium rather than the church for spiritual enlightenment. Oh, & BTW, its much cheaper, & less

[Joethepauper]

05:14 PM on 12/11/2009

Great post! As a Pastafarian Jedi (glorified atheist), I second the motion about not indoctrinating our spawn to think the way we do (that way of thinking got us into the various messes we are stuck in...not just us, but most of the world...we are just the most caught-up in it). How about instead of buying a bunch of cr@p that the recipients don't even want or need, the religious people just treat everyone around them as Jesus would have (or as most athiests do without relying on religion), and stop being so damn greedy. Continue that practice throughout the rest of the year, and begin the process of thinking for yourselves instead of following whatever everyone else is doing. All those gadgets just end-up in landfills when the next gadget comes along, anyway. That 32 GB key is the only thing I would spend money on, because it's useful and looks solidly-constructed. If it's made in China, I wouldn't buy it, though. I can't even find underwear that hasn't passed through Chinese hands before it got to me. Stop funding our future overlords!

[QueenMaeve]

06:39 PM on 12/11/2009

One would think rampant materialism would fall by the wayside in this economy, but I guess we gotta keep moving the economy forward, even if it means buying utterly useless tripe. (sigh) How weird is it that our economy demands that we spend, even when we can't afford it? First, we're criticized because we don't save enough. Then, the economy's in the tank and we're not spending enough. I get whiplash just thinking about it.

[JohnStuartMill]

01:20 PM on 12/11/2009

Mostly crap. I want those 3 minutes back.

[Graham7720]

10:41 AM on 12/12/2009

Agree. Variations on a theme, no less.

[wandering girl]

12:14 PM on 12/11/2009

I'm sorry, but unless a gadget costs less than $5, it's not either "cheap" or worth wasting money on. in today's economy, blowing more than that smacks of Republican Teabaggism.

[springbaby]

11:14 AM on 12/11/2009

Please, let's stop buying c.r.ap.!! Some of these items are worthwhile and useful, but seriously, does one really need a "Pouch Cozy" for an iPhone? Let's cut down on the waste and impulsive buying; rethink all of your wants before you purchase. Someone got paid cents to make these while others took profits to the bank.

[Max Levitte]

08:50 AM on 12/12/2009

I totally agree! I work for a website called cheapism.com and we have a gift guide for useful cheaper quality holiday gifts:
http://www.cheapism.com/p/cheap-holiday-gifts.mhtml