Five best presents for tech-savvy dads

Since we know the latest gadgets may run into the thousands of ringgits, we recommend five items that’s practical, stylish and affordable depending on your budget (the Smeg fridge is worth displaying in the living room. We promise, your dad won’t be embarass with that choice).

Let’s take a look:

Something affordable and for the home. Store that old wooden photo frames away with a digital frame. We recommend the 7-inch digital photo frame from Sony. It could store up to 250 pictures, with a wide choice of slideshow viewing modes. The frame can also be viewed in landscape or portrait format, too. Whether it’s a family portrait or pictures from your dad’s recent holiday trip across the globe, this digital photo frame is ideal to cherish the memories.

For the more health-conscious dads, perhaps the Nike+ SportWatch GPS is the ideal present. Just like a personal running coach, the Nike+ SportWatch GPS will kepp trach of your location, pace, disaces, laps and calories burned. It will store your run histroy as well your personal records? Feeling demotivated? The watch also comes with run-reminders to ensure that you’re progressing well.

Dads these days need to be connected to the internet and they’re in touch with their friends on Facebook (and maybe Twitter, too). The iPad with Retina is the ideal present for the the more social media-friends dads. The display has a sharper display screen, essential to view videos, photos and to make that FaceTime call. Don’t worry much about the internet speed as the new iPad with Retina display comes with advanced Wi-Fi that’s twice as fast from the previous generation of iPads.

For advid photographers, the Samsung GALAXY S4 Zoom is the ideal present. It may not be in the local market just yet, but how about keeping it on your list and buy for dad when it’s available. The GALAXY S4 Zoon is a convergent of the Android-based smartphone with a high-end compact camera. The zoom features 10x optical zoom and with just a touch on the screen, he is able to upload the photos to social media sites like Facebook or Flickr.