Mother�s Day this year is May 8, everyone.
Don�t miss it, and don�t go with the same old
collection of flowers and candy you send every year.
I'm Molly Wood, in for Brian Cooley with a CNET Top 5: the top 5 tech gifts for mom.
Coming in at Number 5, it�s the Amazon Kindle.
If she doesn�t have a Kindle yet, people,
now is the time.
Heck, the ad-supported model is only 114 bucks.
Just make sure you
pair it with an Amazon gift card for book buying, and a certificate for several hours of
alone time for reading � preferably by a pool somewhere.
It�s a winner.
In at number 4, get her a smart phone.
We�ve got a lot of favorites in this category, from
the obvious iPhone 4 to the HTC Thunderbolt to the Shift 4G on Sprint.
The main goal,
though, is getting mom a gift that will help her take pictures, get on Facebook, text you if
you don�t have time to talk, get e-mail, and play games on the go.
If she doesn�t have
one yet, this is the year to make it happen.
Coming in at Number 3 � a Microsoft Xbox Kinect.
Every mom I know right now is
LOVING the Kinect for one reason: Dance Central.
It�s an awesomely fun workout, and
the kids love it, too.
See?
If you don�t have an Xbox, it�s a great bundle, and if you do,
the Kinect add-on makes it less of a boy�s toy, and more of a family console.
OR, if your
mom is anything like me, get her a Kinect AND the new Mortal Kombat game.
I�m not
trying to stereotype, here.
Much.
At a very strong Number 2 � iPad 2.
I got my mom an iPad, and we�ve never been
better Facebook friends!
It�s the perfect e-mail, Web, and video-watching device for mom
-- especially if the dude in her life hogs the remote.
Plus, hello.
Angry Birds Rio.
And, I
can tell you from personal experience, the iPad is the best kid-entertainment and
education tool you will EVER own.
Kid, airplane � iPad.
It�s a beautiful thing.
And finally, my number one tech gift idea for mom this year?
It�s my
number one tech gift idea ALWAYS � a Roku streaming media box.
The
Roku is the perfect gift: it�s as cheap as 59 bucks now, no monthly fee, it�s
dead simple to set up, and you�ll be watching streaming movies, Internet
video, and don�t forget that every episode of �Mad Men� is coming to
Netflix Instant Streaming.
And if there�s one constant in the universe, it�s
this: we ladies love to watch Don Draper.
Ok, now I�m stereotyping.
But
don�t try to pretend it�s not true.
It�s true.
And that�s it for this edition of CNET Top 5.
I�m Molly Wood, and you can
find all the rest of our Top 5 videos over at CNET TV dot com.
