It is time to tech the halls.
What do you say? We have Steve Koski,
Tech journalist with us out here with
some great gift ideas and we are sitting
in one of them this tell us about this
awesome electric vehicle that we're in.
And we're also avoiding
the rain by doing this.
This is, it's great.
And you've got the panoramic
roof and this Polestar 2 sedan,
Polestar 2. OK, so who makes this?
This is made by Volvo, OK and Polestar was
Volvo's Racing brand.
So this is their performance
brand and they've also evolved.
Into their leading edge EV.
Ohh. OK cool. Cool. It's spacious.
It looks like it's pretty high tech in here.
It is. It's it's very luxurious but it's
very competitively priced with the Tesla.
OK and some of the features, I tried
them out on the way here. I let it drive me
in traffic. Really it's
it's got auto steer and
takes a little getting used to.
But it was right every time.
It starts at 48 grand. Yes, $48,000.
And by the way you don't get
paid by any of these companies.
These are just you're a tech
expert and you're giving us.
Ideas that you think really
stand out in the crowd.
Yes. Yeah, yeah. And I would love
one of these. Under my tree
for sure. Yeah,
if you got a tree big enough.
Or maybe just down in the parking lot,
be OK about some other things.
Alright. Really nice ride though.
Super comfortable.
And you said it had a pretty smooth drive,
so pretty sharp too. I gotta say,
the exterior looks really nice on this too.
OK, so we've got Darren's holding the
umbrella because it's raining out here.
What else do we have out here
that you want to show us?
Well, I was.
I was gonna start you out on this one.
Let's go on that side.
This is this is the perfect complement.
For your EV, this is an electronic
coffee mug. Ohh. It keeps the
coffee at the perfect temperature,
which you said cold day out here like today.
A perfect yes it is.
So Ember has my coffee at 130.
At 137. Fahrenheit is where and
what is the name of this skin?
This is ember. Ember.
OK and how much are these?
This is about $200.00 OK
and this is the red version.
So it's part of the fund that's going
into helping people who don't have access
to healthcare and things like that.
So money is going.
There's more than just the product.
Yeah.
It's kind of a holiday holiday thing.
So these are waterproof.
These all weather phones from
Samsung or these are really
kind of exciting new technology,
the folding phones and they they really.
They really? You do a lot for you.
It's almost like an iPad.
It's like 1/2 iPad but it's all your phone.
That's pretty neat.
It is.
And so this is the the Z fold 4 from Samsung.
It's really A2 horse race in
in mobile phones these days.
The smartphones really between
Apple and Samsung.
I'm kind of leaning toward the
Samsung right now and T-Mobile has
$800.00 off of this right now.
OK so get in on that then what
do you got here and if you want
something you know a little bit
a little bit smaller ohh.
This is the pocket size. Samsung.
Yeah this is this is the.
We fold for OK or the Z flip 4
rather and the size of your phone.
That's good cause I always have to
put my phone in my back pocket. Takes
up tons of room. Alright, we're
gonna talk laptops here as
we try to clear the surface.
Yeah, you know everything is going 5G.
If you got 5G on your phone,
you might want it on your laptops too.
And that's kind of where these
these Acer laptops come in.
You've got a Chromebook and a a
Windows machine and so you have
your choice here and if you if
you have a lot of work to do,
you're doing Windows programs,
you want to go. Full bore. Yeah.
Then you probably wanna go with the,
the swift three.
OK and if you're happy with going online,
yeah, wherever you are and you're
just doing e-mail stuff like that,
then the Chromebook is really a great.
What
are the prices for these? Then
the the Windows machine is
around $1000, depending on you.
It'll go down to I think 500 depending
on the features and and then 500 and
below on the Chromebooks. Yeah, cool.
And then you gotta get through the Wi-Fi,
right? Yeah. And.
So this is a mobile hotspot from Netgear.
It's 5G works anywhere.
It's their net hawk M6. Cool.
And this is, this is unlocked so
you can use it with any carrier.
I think it's linked to AT&T right now,
but you pay for that separately.
So you buy this for a little under $800.00
and then you've got 5G everywhere you go.
Awesome.
And if you want a little bit bigger screen,
then this is like really popular colors also.
And I saw one of these on the CEO.
That's gonna say someday
that's gonna be on my desk.
There you go.
So that's a 34 inch wow,
curved monitor.
It's got like a billion colors.
By the way. It was nice and dry out
here right before the segment started.
And then this happened.
Of course it was. Yes.
OK, what else is gonna watch the news?
This is cool. This is from Fender,
and it's obviously an acoustic guitar,
but it is the it's called the California
Series, and this is their newporter player,
Newport player guitar. And as you can see,
it's got not only a built-in pickup.
It's got a built-in tuner.
No way. And tunes it up for you.
That is brilliant for me.
Brilliant. Yeah exactly.
And I like this this headstock.
This is borrowed from their electric
but I'm a little dyslexic and see that.
So turning the pegs different
ways on different sides. Yeah.
This cleans it up for me.
And one last thing. The aura.
Yeah. One last thing.
If you got something on your list he's
really you know watching their their sleep.
Yeah. And their Wellness.
This has medical grade sensors in it for
your heart rate it will your air your.
Everything all in a ring.
And how much is this?
This.
This is the newest one in Rose gold
from Aura and it's about, I think, $550.
Awesome.
But this is the last generation,
which is, you know,
like like maybe a year old,
and these are great as well.
So the price points go down.
Where can people
learn more about you and
all of your advice and tips?
They can go to tvtechtoys.com and
there's an Easter egg on there.
If you want to get $50.00 off one of
these rings, there's a link there.
I don't get paid, but. You can save.
So yeah, you could save,
right. How we do it here.
We're working for you.
Alright, stay with us.
We'll be right back as we
run inside, try to dry off.
Thanks for coming
on, Dave. Thank you.