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Smarter.com Announces 1st Annual Holiday Hot List Smarter.com Identifies Top 10 Must-Haves for the Season
Los Angeles, CA – (November 22, 2005) - Smarter.com, a leading international comparison shopping search engine, today announced the debut of their first annual Smarter.com Holiday Hot List identifying what shoppers are clamoring for this holiday shopping season.
With online holiday retail sales expected to reach $26.2 billion, a 22-percent increase over last year (eMarketer), consumers are relying on the Internet more than ever this shopping season for its convenience, low prices and product selection. In addition, with over 70% of internet surfers shopping online for products before making in-store purchases, online shopping is the most efficient way to have a hassle-free holiday shopping season.
Identifying search and shopping patters from their network of online shopping and coupon websites, the Smarter.com 2005 Holiday Hot List highlights the top ten items sure to be on wish lists this season. Among the picks are the new Xbox 360 and 4GB Black iPod Nano, the latest innovations in gaming and consumer electronics from favorite brands, such as Microsoft and Apple. The list also features Motorola’s Razr Phone and the latest Plasma television from Panasonic, to name a few.
"Year-after-year, consumer electronics products dominate holiday wish lists and all indications show that consumer electronics retailers are in for another strong holiday season, but consumer electronics aren’t the only thing on this years Hot List,” said Talmadge O’Neill, co-founder, Smarter.com “Our Hot List of the season's must-have’s lets gift-givers take advantage of seasonal promotional offers in a diverse range of categories including apparel, consumer electronics, toys, home & garden, music, movies and more, and order the items with ease on Smarter.com."
The Smarter.com 2005 Holiday “HOT” List includes:
Microsoft Xbox 360™
With movie-quality, high-definition graphics and spine-tingling surround sound, you've never exp experienced anything like this. Xbox 360 redefines interactive entertainment as we know it.
Apple iPod Nano in Black - 4GB
With this 4GB (1,000 songs) model starting at $199, the pencil-thin iPod Nano packs the entire iPod experience into an impossibly small design. So small, it will take your music places you never dreamed of.
Chloe Paddington Bag
This is the HARDEST bag to get this year. If you flip through the latest magazines, only the hippest "it" girls have it. The leather is super slouchy and soft but ultra durable and scratch resistant. The medium size is functional for everyday.
Sony CyberShot DSC-T7 Digital Camera
The thinnest Cyber-shot® digital camera yet, the DSC-T7 from Sony features 5.1 Mega-Pixel image capture, a Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens with 3X optical zoom and 5 area multi-point auto focus, all in a camera body only 5/8 of an inch thick. It includes a full-sized 2.5" hybrid LCD monitor with a Clear Photo technology for improved viewing in bright sunlight.
Motorola RAZRV3 Cellular Phone
Motorola has had tremendous success with the release of the Motorola RAZR. The RAZR contains clean lines, productive functionality, and an intuitive design, with in-demand features such as Bluetooth, MP3 ringtones, and a built-in camera. However, the RAZR goes further to provide revolutionary features that go beyond what manufacturers have released to date.
Robosapien V2 Robot
The Robosapien Robot is a full function fast moving robot designed by NASA scientists. The Robosapien is simple enough for kids and advanced enough for adults. Features include real, multi-speed fast dynamic walking, running and turning; fast, full-functioning arms with two types of grippers; 67 pre-programmed functions including pick-up, throw, kick, sweep, dance, fart, belch, rap, and half a dozen kung-fu moves, among a number of other features.
Panasonic TH-42PD50U 42” Plasma Television
The Panasonic TH-42PD50U Plasma TV is the latest addition to Panasonic's Viera consumer plasma television lineup. This plasma is a direct replacement of the 5th generation TH-42PD25U EDTV plasma - the best selling plasma TV in America last year. There are several notable differences in the new model such as the bottom-mounted speakers, the integrated ATSC tuner, and the absence of a cable card slot. The new PD50U does contain Panasonic's fine 7-series plasma panel, which has much longer life, better brightness and almost negligible phosphor burn in. Panasonic has smartly omitted a couple of expensive add-ons in favor of making this plasma a great value piece for the picture quality.
Amazing Amanda Interactive Baby Doll
Amazing Amanda has voice recognition, sensory technology and articulated animatronics to offer the most complete and revolutionary nurturing play. She comes with a variety of accessories to which she reacts in an intelligent manner - recognizing what each item is. By responding to voices, recognizing objects and showing emotions with realistic facial expressions, Amazing Amanda establishes an interactive mother-daughter bond that is unparalleled among children's toys
Sony DCR-DVD403 DVD Handycam® Camcorder
Capture powerful sound and sharp images direct to DVD with the DCR-DVD403 Handycam® camcorder. Built for serious recording, the DCR-DVD403 comes with a Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar® T* lens for creating superior quality images. Featuring high-resolution imaging with a 3.3 Megapixel Advanced HAD™ CCD imager, you can take not only sharp digital video, but also detailed digital still photographs. You can record Dolby Digital 5.1 Channel surround sound with the built-in microphone to make watching your movies like a visit to the theater. Other features include built-in flash and Super NightShot® Infrared System to help record in low light situations. See the bigger picture with the 2.7" wide SwivelScreen™ LCD display with touch panel capabilities. Bets of all, you capture digital videos directly to DVD for the ultimate in recording.
Nikon COOLPIX 8800
The flagship of Nikon's Coolpix series, the Coolpix 8800 offers the longest zoom range available in the 8-megapixel category, and is the first 8-megapixel 10X zoom digital camera with Vibration Reduction (VR). VR automatically detects and compensates for the small camera movements that cause image blur. It features an 8.0 mega pixel effective CCD (3,264 x 2,448-pixels) and a 10x Optical (35-350mm) Nikon lens, with Nikon's Extra-low Dispersion (ED) glass elements. It has a high resolution (235,000 pixel) electronic viewfinder (EVF) for through-the-lens viewing and a 1.8" vari-angle color LCD monitor. Additionally, combining a number of high-end Nikon technologies, a feature called Auto Color Enhancement accurately records, assesses and fine-tunes the colors within images to achieve more vivid results.
About Mezi Media:
Mezi Media, Inc. is a global leader helping consumers save money when they shop online through comparison shopping search in the U.S., Japan and China (http://www.smarter.com, http://www.smarter.co.jp, http://www.smarter.com.cn and online coupons in 10 countries including the U.S., Japan and China (http://www.couponmountain.com/, http://www.waribikiya.com, http://www.dahongbao.com cash back rewards (http://www.morerebates.com/) and Smarter SMS which provides portable, fast, easy and powerful comparison shopping and coupons from the convenience of a cell phone.
Mezi Media Inc. was founded by former Overture Services team members Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao in 2002 and has been profitable every quarter since inception. The company has more than 90 employees and offices in Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Tokyo. More information is available at (http://www.smarter.com/press)
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