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First ISSUE of 2010! gift guide - Aberdeen gets christmassy - This Years Hot gadgets previewed

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Holiday Gift guide 4- Our comprehensive guide to the best gifts available in 2010.Find out what to get your friends and family and find the perfect gift for a special one with our detailed guide on the latest tech and entertainment!

How and Where to Shop in Aberdeen 14- What shops should you buy from?,Where has the best deals?,What’s the best way to compare shops? Find out the answer to all these questions and more in our holidayshopping guide. Perfect for new comers to Aberdeen who find the number of shops intimidating.

Aberdeen gets Christmassy 18- We explore the tinsel and light up town, snapping up pictures of everyones decoration efforts and have compiled some of our favourites in a gallery. We also explore the publics viewof what they think of the towns decoration.

Hottest gadgets of 2010 review 24We Review the Apple ipad and Nintendo DSi XL and two other big gadgets of 2010.Are they as amazing as people say? Should you get one right away?Read our in depth article and find out if these gadgets are right for you or just a novelty.

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Christmag’s 2010 Holiday

shop & gift guide

Over here at Christmag, our excellent and hard working staff have found themselves be-ing bugged by family members and friends on good gifts to get their siblings, children and friends etc many many times so to save us the grief of explaining for the 5th time what the difference between an Xbox and a Playstation is and what laptops are worth getting what to avoid, we’ve compiled our holiday season guide for readers to get clued in on some of the hottest electronics and toys and other gifts being sold in stores at the moment.

From ipods to game consoles and from Laptops to board games we’ve got a diverse range of gifts covered so there’s something for everyone to be found in this guide!

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1. The Shuffle RRP: £40 Apple’s smallest MP3 player and among the smallest on the market this handy device is ideal for music on the go, or at the gym. Coming in a rainbow selection of colours the shuffle has something for everyones taste. At only 2GB in size it’s not ideal for those who like to carry large volumes of music with them. + Highly portable + Quite cheap - Not much memory - No screen for music selection

2. The Nano RRP £130-£160 Having had more facelifts than Michal Jackson (RIP) the Nano has come in several shapes and sizes over the years. The Nano has always been the half way guy between the Shuffle and Ipod Classic. It’s small and light like a shuffle but has with more memory and a touch screen for easier navigation. + Portable+ Better Library Navigation- Quite Pricey- Doesn’t play videos.

The Classic - RRP £200The Classic Ipod, having changed the least of all Apple’s different Ipod models since they entered the porta -bale music player market over a decade ago.The Classic has a larger screen and hard drive (memory) than the other models which makes it perfect for Music enthusiasts to carry entire col-lections around with them.It also allows users to watch down-loaded video files or movies too.Making it a good device for longer car or bus journeys or when you’re stuck waiting for hours at the doctors in those dull waiting rooms.+ Large memory for music+ Easy navigation through files+ Good Battery Life- Not nearly as portable- Pricey- Has a lot of competition from other big names such as Sony and Philips.

The Touch - RRP £200-£330Apples most recent model, being known as the Iphone without the phone part, is Apple’s most unique and feature packed portable de-vice in the portable entertainment world.The Ipod Touch’s glorious high resolution 3.5” multi touch screen is leagues above the other ipods for clarity, graphical output, size, contrast. As well as music, video, camera support and an internet browser the Ipod touch has an online application store with literally hundreds of thousands of free and paid for apps for all kinds of audi-ences.The app store adds hundreds of hours of entertainment for users to go through, with hundreds of games to chose from and thou-sands of apps for all kinds of uses theres something for everyone.+ Portable+ Great screen+ Packed full of Features- Very Pricey- Battery life

For years Apple has been the kings of the portable media player market. Very few homes in the UK would be found without at least one i-device. This holiday season they have four fantastic products on the market for music and portable entertainment fans to get excited about!

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Want a new games console? Or tired of one of yours? Trade them in for some-thing else instore!Trade in a DS and get a PSP for only £9.99!

Get the wrong game for Christmas? You can trade in any retail game instore off anything else within the store. Save money and get new games! Trade in Fifa or Call of duty and get Any Wii game for only £4.99! A fiver for a new game!!

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Gamezone will not be beat on trade in prices! We will match any stores offers within 10 miles of our store. Just bring a reciept or written proof!