The Best 2013 Smartphone as Recommended by Consumer Reports

You may find another smartphone that has slicker features, but you won't find one that's rated higher than the Samsung Galaxy S4.

Consumer Reports shows this phone in the top spot for ALL carriers. That's one of the reasons Why I Picked the Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphone.

And regardless of whether you use AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon Wireless, the least expensive phones show up on Amazon.

Just as an example, here's the Verizon Wireless version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 on Amazon. Even if I upgraded my plan to this phone, Verizon would charge $199 just for the phone. Amazon is just plain cheaper!

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Best Xmas Gift for the Fitness Fanatic - Fitbit Force Activity and Sleep Wristband

Everyone knows a fitness fanatic -

the person who either makes it to the fitness club 3 times per week or INTENDS to make it to the club 3 times a week.

The runner.

The marathoner.

The weight lifter.

The size 8 wannabe.

Help them out this Christmas.

Give them the latest and greatest technological fitness tool to get to their goals - the Fitbit Force Activity and Sleep Wristband.

It looks sleek. It tracks everything fitness you can think of. It's a no brainer gift for the fitness fanatic.

Click here to read my review of the Fitbit Force.

Click here to order one today.

Best Christmas Presents For Women Over 50 Who Need To Lose Weight

If your Mom, sister, girl friend, or spouse is overweight - you may consider buying her the key to the sure-fire and scientific way to lose weight.

That could be a gym membership, or a gift card for a personal trainer, or more specifically - the knowledge that will help the recipient get healthy.

Yup - recent science is proving that strength training busts all the old beliefs about weight loss. Restricting calories and doing aerobics doesn't work. Aerobics is a step in the right direction, but calorie restriction SLOWS down metabolism and obviously that's counterproductive to weight loss.

Strength training has also proven to increase metabolism. The double whammy of eating right (not calorie restriction) and strength training MELTS off weight.

Give your favorite female over 50 a new outlook, an improved body image, and the strength to move into senior citizenship with renewed vitality!

Give them these books:

And send them to Weight Training For Women Over 50 for details.

Best Christmas Present For Dog Lovers - Create a Custom Online Photo Calendar

Recently, I used lulu.com to create a custom online photo calendar for a birthday present. The recipient absolutely loved the calendar.

But a custom calendar also will make the best Christmas present ever!

Wanna know how? Click here to my squidoo lens to make your lulu.com custom calendar.

And in case you feel like making a calendar to sell like my calendar Cockapoo Dogs, you can use the same steps in the squidoo lens to build an online calendar to sell!

Here's the Cockapoo Dogs calendar:
http://www.lulu.com/product/calendar/cockapoos/18619731

CR Best Buy: The Barnes and Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader Rates Higher Than An Amazon Kindle!

According to recent Customer Report ratings, the $140 the Barnes And Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader beats several Amazon Kindles sized and priced simialarly or higher.

This Christmas season, the Barnes And Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader may just outdistance the Kindle!

And WHY might that happen?

In the words of an Amazon reviewer,

The device itself is amazing . . .

-great TOUCHSCREEN interface

-perfect reading screen

-clean looking design, small because there is no keyboard to make it bigger and it's smaller than the original Nook

-reads formats natively that the Kindle won't

-read all the ebooks you want in B&N stores for free

-library checkouts are easy

-press and hold on a word to get its definition

-highlight and take notes in a book easily

But that's not all the Barnes and Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader can do!

You can read Kindle books with the Nook!

Wow! Opens up ENDLESS possibilities!

Order Your Nook Gifts Now!

Just Click The Pic Below!