Tech Shout!

Our mother, for sure the most priceless gift we have ever been blessed with. Though the connecting umbilical cord is cut at birth, this is one eternal bond that no time or space can ever undo. An 8-year-old boy’s first crush and a girl’s best friend – a Mother is undoubtedly the most selfless idol ever born. Saluting this very priceless gift to mankind, the second Sunday of each May is celebrated as “Mother’s Day”.

If you want to make this Mother’s Day special for your mum, then we have some excellent gift ideas, which render trend with technology, purpose with pleasure.

Relive all the lovely moments with a slide show on the latest Memorex digital photo frames. Watch pictures of that lovely dimple on your mum’s cheek when you took your first step, till the invaluable glint in her eyes on your graduation day. Dubbed Special Occasions (MDF0712-C) and Floral (MDF0722-WLDB), the photo frames have been specially launched to commemorate the forthcoming Mother’s Day. You can watch pictures in JPEG format on the frames’ 480×234 screen resolution. Both the frames sport a mini USB port and cable, AC adapter and a 4-in-1 memory card slot. While the Special Occasions frame includes a high-gloss, white finish, plus four interchangeable inserts - silver metallic finish and three with wedding, baby boy and baby girl motifs; the Floral is adorned in an elegant blue silkscreen with a floral design on a sleek brown frame. The frames come in at $89.99 each.

Do you see your mum sporting a paunch since the past few months? And if she’s the reluctant kinds who hates gyming it out or watching her diet, then you can gift her the Wii Fit, a fun way to cut those extra inches. A product of the Nintendo group, the Wii Fit, as the name suggests includes ways and methods that can help its users to loose weight in an enjoyable way. With the Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board, your mum can enjoy getting a “core” workout, and also discuss and compare her results and progress on a new channel on the Wii Menu. The Wii Fit makes use of a unique platform peripheral called the Wii Balance Board that can measure a user’s weight and their center of gravity, and calculate their body mass index with the help of the user’s height. The game has around 40 different activities, including yoga poses, push ups and other exercises. Priced at GBP 69.99 in the UK and EUR 89.99 in the rest of Europe, if you reside in North America you may have to delay the gift by a week as it launches there on 19th May. So get ready to make your mum lean to block soccer balls, swivel hips to power back into that lovely black gown that she wore on her engagement 25 years ago.

Click Click! Boost you mother’s photo clicking passion by gifting her a Flickr Pro account on this Mother’s Day! Let her flaunt her photography prowess to the core by updating photos clicked by her on the Flickr Pro account. You need to shell out only $24.95 for a year’s subscription, while a 2-year account costs just $47.99. With the easy-to-use web interface, your mum can upload unlimited amount of photos. What’s more, if you gifted her a handycam in the recent past, she can also upload all the videos onto her account thanks to the newly introduced video-sharing capability that Flickr pro account users can now enjoy.

If your mother is constantly juggling between the home, her work and outdoor travels, and so needs those cuppa coffees to get her going, then gift her the Excalibur 494 Electronic USB Travel Mug. This 16oz heated travel mug can be plugged into your car’s cigarette lighter or computer’s USB port to keep drinks warm. It’s too good to be true, isn’t it!? It has a double-walled stainless steel construction, a spill proof lid, and a rubber anti-skid bottom that makes it an excellent travel mug. At $19.95, the Excalibur 494 Electronic USB Travel Mug is indeed quite a steal.

Incase your mum prefers remaining old school and just shuns away from the idea from learning new technologies, then trick her a little time around, though for the better ofcourse! Gift her the VTech IS6110 Instant Messaging Cordless phone. Though on the face of it she may think that you have perhaps gifted her the oh-so-normal cordless phone, but gradually you can begin teaching her the device’s various functions that a mobile phone includes via the QWERTY keyboard. In addition to offering the normal landline capabilities, the new VTech IS6110 includes free access to MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger. All you need to do is connect the base unit through a USB port to the PC, and get started. The IS6110 includes an extra-large, high-resolution color LCD and full keypad, through which you can begin the first baby step – teaching your mum how to easily read messages and text multiple buddies simultaneously. It also boasts a “click-to-talk” feature that allows users to enjoy instant voice (peer-to-peer) chats with friends. Available on the latest DECT 6.0 platform, the Wi-Fi friendly IS6110 also features superior interference-free sound quality, security and range. Make her trendier by teaching her how to customize ring tones by recording directly from the PC or stereo equipment (MP3, CD etc.) or choosing from 17 “real” musical ring tones preset into the phone. Caller ID/call waiting, a 50 name/number directory and a handset speakerphone are the other features included. The VTech IS6110 instant messaging cordless phone is priced at $99. Beware, now that you’ve made your mum a pro into mobile phone functions, next year around she may just demand a high-end feature centric BlackBerry or Nokia business phone, so start collecting the money from this moment itself!

Though these gifts would surely show the gesture of love and gratitude that you have for your mum, but the most precious gift that you could give her would be a few moments of love, a couple of minutes of joy and a lifetime of togetherness. Happy Mother’s Day to all the lovely Mother’s in the world!