Answers.com teaches you the lingo for smart gadget shopping this holiday season

Answers.com teaches you the lingo for smart gadget shopping this holiday season

SD cards, 5.8 GHz, HDMI, PictBridge. What does it all mean? Answers.com decodes techie geek-speak in their first-annual Winter Holiday Gadget Guide so consumers can make better buying decisions on personal electronic devices this gift-giving season.

Who: The Holiday Gadget Guide provides information for anyone shopping for personal electronic devices. This guide is especially helpful for those who break into a sweat, stare blankly when faced with spec sheets and feature lists for technology devices, or want to know which products are the most popular ones on the market.

What: The Holiday Gadget Guide draws on Answers.com’s vast database of knowledge. Consumers can first take a self-guided discovery tour of the techie terminology touted by the different devices. Then, with the basic lingo down, they can shop and compare with more confidence directly on the Answers.com site.

Where: Access the information at www.answers.com/gadget_guide.jsp

When: Live now through the end of the Winter Holiday season … so get going.

Why: Digital cameras, portable music players and gaming consoles will again top many wish lists again this year. However, these electronics are often marketed using complicated tech specs and product features. The Holiday Gadget Guide aims to turn confused consumers into educated buyers quickly, so they can finish their shopping early and have more time to swill eggnog, play dreidel or watch reruns of Miracle on 34th Street.