What Are The Best Presents To Get A Geek? [MakeUseOf Poll]

Last week, we asked you which of your Apple mobile devices was the best. I’ll let you in on a secret: The winner is iPhone!

With 148 votes gathered, we saw 48% go to iPhone, 28% go to iPad and the remaining 24% of votes go to iPod Touch. So, if you’re tossing up between the choices, let the Apple geeks of the MakeUseOf readership help you make that decision: Get an iPhone!

Full results and this week’s poll after the jump.


Apple’s iPhone is right ahead of the other devices with nearly half of the votes.

This week’s poll question is: What Are The Best Presents To Get A Geek?

Many of us have recently bought and given Christmas presents, so we’ve probably had some time to think about the best sort of presents to get for geeks. Let’s help out our friends and family by adding our opinion to the poll!

Do you hate it when someone buys you an expensive gadget because you had a slightly different model in mind? Or do you just love getting new toys you didn’t have to research or pay for yourself? Please elaborate in the comments – let us know what you really think!

Angela Alcorn

Ange is an Internet Studies & Journalism graduate who spends way too much time messing with social networks (see AngelaAlcorn.com or @smange).

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  • Helnes December 27, 2010
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    Hard cash is the best!

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    • Antriksh Yadav December 27, 2010
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      Won’t that be weird to give as a gift?

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  • becomeadj December 27, 2010
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    Agreed, you can’t go wrong with hard cash. No need to over think it. If you cant bring yourself to giving hard cash then a voucher is next best.

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    • Aibek January 5, 2011
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      another vote for Voucher!

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  • Osama December 27, 2010
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    PS3 or X360….lol….waiting to get one in a giveaway…lol

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  • Mechante Anemone December 27, 2010
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    Many other ideas: Role-playing games, science books (e.g., see Phil Plaitt’s annual holiday book list), comic books, science-fiction books or movies, the complete Cosmos DVD set, miniatures games, subscription or upgrade to “Pro” service of your favourite online services…

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    • Angela Alcorn January 2, 2011
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      Some great specific geek present ideas there – thanks!

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