What Did You Get From Santa This Year?

[Mike Temporale]

What did Santa bring you this year? It doesn't have to be Smartphone related. Of course, it doesn't hurt if it is! :wink:

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[cesarfong]

well happines comes to my home and all healthy.

in techie world i give me a new present an imate sp3i , and my mother give to me a faber castell deluxe pen with 3 functions pen, pencil and pda stylus :):):)

[encece]

Merry Christmas to all again! It was a fun time in my home and my 5 year old boy had a blast! Toys everywhere!

:) Mommy received a DVD Recorder to replace her broken DVD Player under the TV.

:) Daddy got a Delphi XM Radio,
:) Lord of the Rings Box set.
:) Star Wars IV, V, VI Box set.
:) And let's not forget the Huyndai Santa Fe I just bought myself to replace my older heap. :wink:

Nothing Smartphone related, I'm afraid.

Like Caesar above, health and happiness throughout my family was all I could ask for...all the rest is Bonus! :D

[Mike Temporale]

I didn't get much this year. We've all but eliminated gift giving between family members. My wife and I purchased
Paradigm Cinema 70 speakers (http://www.paradigm.com/Website/SiteParadigmProduct/ParadigmModels/Cinema/Cinema_Specs.html) back around the end of October and agreed that these would be our gifts at Christmas. And I recently ordered an Alienware DHS 2 Windows Media Center PC (http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/DHS_2/dhs_2_features.aspx?SysCode=PC-DHS2&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT) for the family, which should arrive sometime in January.

Unfortunately, my daughter came down with a major fever on Christmas eve day. :cry: We were able to keep her tempature down and her spirits up for most of the events. There was some less than happy moments, but it all worked out in the end. Overall, I think she had a blast.

[Mike Temporale]

And let's not forget the Huyndai Santa Fe I just bought myself to replace my older heap. :wink:

How do you like the Santa Fe? We picked up a shinny red one just about 2 years ago, and it's been amazing. 8)

[encece]

I like it alot. My old car was actually not a heap. It was a shiny red 2002 2dr Blazer.
But I needed the 4-doors and wanted something a bit smaller.

The car is great! I had to roll some of the Blazer into this one...so I got the mid level instead of the LX...but I would have liked the leather, sunroof, and climate control. (more for the electronics than the actual climate control.) But other than that...I love it. Black with tan interior. I'm going to install the XM Radio this week...along with my GPS antenna. Great car! Now I need to junk it up to make it even better! :) )

They gave me a great deal as well...gotta love those end of year incentives! (The only time to buy a car if you ask me). Knocked the sticker price down from $24K to $18...add the rollover from the Blazer and it's still a decent payment. I only needed to put down $700 so it was all painless...

...with the exception of the 4-hours in the dealership from begining to end! And the fake getting up rejecting their original offer only for them to come back with a ridiculously better one. I hate car dealers! I hate the whole experience....but I like the car alot!

[xxpinballxx]

I didn't get too much!

I got an aechos AV480 PVP.

I also got but haven't recieved yet a PSP from over seas.

I am going nuts waiting for it to come.

I also got the OK from my better halkf to go head and buy another motorcycle.

I am not sure if I want another sport bike or a cruiser.

All in all it was a nice christmas! Great thread to make the site a little more personalized and friendly.

[MajesticNJ]

I got an XM MyFi portable satellite receiver and a HiTouch 730PS Dye Sub printer. (Really nice prints too!!!!)

The biggest gift I got was a 2003 Kawasaki Ninja ZX12R. We got it as a leftover model right off the showroom floor with 0 miles. Great deal too! Now I can't wait for spring. :)

Fred

[Mike Temporale]

What's with all the motorcycles? :wink: :lol:

[Mike Temporale]

I like it alot. My old car was actually not a heap. It was a shiny red 2002 2dr Blazer.
But I needed the 4-doors and wanted something a bit smaller.

It's funny, because I don't consider it a small vehicle, because it's so large on the inside!

I agree with buying cars this time of year. We purchased ours a couple weeks before Christmas, 2 years ago. And they where more than willing to wheel and deal. December is the slowest month for car sales. Use that to your advantage. 8)

We got the base model, because my wife and I prefer standard, and at the time it was only available on the base. Still, very peppy, and handles the road great!

I haven't done any mod's to it, other than the aftermarket alarm and keyless entry. I will be doing the stereo at some point in the future, but 2 years ago there was zero options for MP3 players in the car. So, I'm waiting a little longer and then I'll be replacing it. Hopefully with something Bluetooth based, that allows me to sync music to it from the house. :D

[Kris Kumar]

I got....

- Seinfeld DVD Season 1 and 2 :)
- Pacman Retro TV Console :-)
- Nokian Hakkapeliitta RSi Winter Tires for my car :wink:

[Mike Temporale]

- Pacman Retro TV Console :-)

I've heard some good things about that. Is it the one with 5 different games all built into the controller?

- Nokian Hakkapeliitta RSi Winter Tires for my car :wink:

Ah, snows... I put mine on a couple weekends before this snow fall, and boy am I ever glad I did! 8)

[Kris Kumar]

- Pacman Retro TV Console :-)

I've heard some good things about that. Is it the one with 5 different games all built into the controller?

Yes, it has 5 games..Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Galaxian, Rally-X and Bosconian..miss the Frogger. ;-)

- Nokian Hakkapeliitta RSi Winter Tires for my car :wink:

Ah, snows... I put mine on a couple weekends before this snow fall, and boy am I ever glad I did! 8)

I had Bridgestone Blizzaks last year, had heard about the Nokians, so decided to give it a try. Got some snow last nite. So was going wild!

[Kris Kumar]

I got an XM MyFi portable satellite receiver

Would like to know...how well it works inside the buildings. I heard that it has Tivo like feature to record programs, which is awesome. I would love to have that feature in my car stereo.

[encece]

I received a Delphi Roady2 which does not have the record feature but the newer car versions do. They're called SkiFi2 and can be found on the Delphi site.

[jkovacs]

I got a Belkin Bluetooth GPS receiver for my SMT 5600. The software with it is for Pocket PC so I'm playing around with the Mapopolis Smartphone beta. So far its very cool. 8)

...Joe K.

[joan_fl]

Dremel :P
Lingerie :oops:
Mini iPod 8O
Bonsai Pots 8)

[sbisson]

Well, I discovered that the leather tissue case that came out of Fortnum and Mason's crackers was just the right size for my SPV C500...

[rabisdogis]

My dad got me a Fujisu P1120 Sub-Notebook and my girlfriend got me a Siemens SX66. I don't know which one to use! They are both just as portable!!!!

[quidproquo]

Got a new Memorex MP3 player (yeah...I can use the PPC or the Smartphone - but not so good for running) This MP3 player has FM radio as well as 256MB internal memory... plus I had a 256MB SD card as a stocking stuffer. :)
Now I can carry around all the music I have in WMA format on this one unit. Straps to the arm so it is nice for workouts/running.

Also, got a super fast SanDisk 12 in 1 memory reader. This thing reads all kinds of memory... Sony sticks, SD, xD, CFI, II, MMC, etc. etc.
Makes getting photos off the digital camera go super fast! :o

[mores]

what did i get for christmas?
a broken p900 !!!
:cry: :cry: :cry:
i removed my sim card to configure a cellphone that was going to be my mother-in-law's present, and when i re-inserted the sim card into the p900, i was told to insert a correct sim card.
meaning ... it's simlocked. totally. and the service menu shows that i tried unlocking it 5 times.
i wonder how i did that, with the sim card removed and the phone lying on my desk with the battery about 30cm beside it.

service center's refusing to repair, because it thinks it was hacked illegally. i contacted sonyericsson and the (extremely friendly) helpline folks are looking into the subject.
oh, and my warranty ran out 10 days ago.

besides this mess, i got rosenthal cuttlery, 2 blown-up pictures of my family in nice frames, a kitchenaid artisan mixer, warm leather gloves, monsters inc. DVD, an alessi cooking pot, and the girlfriend and i got ourselves a new ford fiesta in exotic yellow.

[encece]

thats what you get for getting a non-MS Smartphone :D
What did you give your mother-in-law instead?

[mores]

no no, the p900 is MY phone. been using it for a year now, without any problems. i got it when there were no ms smartphones around in austria, now i'm glad i didn't get one because they don't impress me anymore.
no touch screen is a no-go for me.
but let's not get into a "my smartphone is better than yours" discussion.
all i asked for was a little sympathy :(

the mother-in-law got a samsung sgh-e330. simple, color screen and a camera. she don't want more.

[encece]

No Sympathy from me....Mine IS better than yours!!! :D

Just kidding. sorry to hear your woes on Christmas.

[Santa Fe]

A new and lighter weight saddle for my old pony. Even has a place for the GPS and cell phone... :)

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