Gadget Guide: Christmas is Coming – Top 10 Gadgets to Organize your Holiday Shopping

Are you making a Christmas shopping list and checking it twice? Filling in gift ideas for the naughty and nice?

MOMeo Magazine researched a few little smartphone helpers to help you organize your holiday shopping (because before you know it, Christmas will be here)!

Top 10 Gadgets to Organize your Holiday Shopping

#1: Smart Shopping List for Blackberry
In a season with many headaches, perhaps the biggest are caused by shopping lists. How can something so simple be so stressful?

The Smart Shopping List app is a shopping list that does it all. Track billing, expenses, separate and merge different lists – even ask your friend and family what you’ve forgotten.

Cost – $1.99

#2: eBay for BlackBerry
Not all shopping needs to be done at the mall – and you may not find what you’re looking for, anyway. If you’re shut out, why not do your shopping on your BlackBerry?

The eBay app works with your calendar to give reminders on bids, and provides real-time alerts if you won – or lost – any item. If your loved ones have…interesting…tastes, the eBay app might be the best way to shop for them.

Cost – FREE

#3: Neosistec Car Finder for BlackBerry
What’s your number #1 Christmas shopping nightmare? Forgetting where you parked. In the dark, weighed down by parcels, tired and (probably) grumpy, a lot of cars look the same.

Why go through that? When you leave your car, mark your location through your Blackberry’s GPS. To find your car (or any another point you wish), Car Finder will guide you back via compass or Blackberry Maps.

Cost – FREE

#4: Black Friday Survival Guide for Android
If you’ve done a lot of Black Friday shopping, you know how stressful it can be. Even the most battle-hardened MOMeo can be reduced to tears.

The Android Black Friday Survival Guide app understands it’s not just about the day itself, but planning. Keep track of sales, news, and deals listed before the big day, and then use it to plan your route of attack.

Cost – FREE

#5: Christmas Manager for Android
Let’s face it – before it can be celebrated, Christmas needs to be managed.

Tree decorations. Invitations to give and respond to. Time-sensitive tasks to prioritize and check off. Gordian strings of lights to test your patience. Oh yeah – kids whose stockings “Santa” needs to stuff.

Sasabo’s Christmas Manager for Android is consistently one of the best-reviewed services available. Plus, it’s way cute. Santa! Falling snow! Deck the halls!

Cost – $2.99

#6: ShopSavvy for Android
Really, just what it sounds like. It’s like having a real-time shopping assistant in your pocket. The cool thing about ShopSavvy is the ability to find a product based on barcode or title.

Use the camera to read the barcode, enter the number in manually, or type out the title. If it the item is found, you’ll get a wealth of information on it. So you’ll know for sure just how many extra features are on that Super Mega Deluxe Edition of Avatar.

Cost – FREE

#7: Gift List for Android
The gift list is a such a simple thing – so why do we keep screwing it up? The Gift List app for Android makes it easy to track gifts, both for the holidays and year-round. (Because birthdays still happen, you know.)

Just list people and events, and update what you buy. You can view reports of what still needs to be done at any time.

Note: there is a free version of Gift List – but has no password protection. For $1.49, a little security is probably worth it.

Cost – $1.49

#8: MobiQpons for iPhone
You’ve got a gift idea, and even found a coupon for it! Awesome! But you’ve forgotten it at home! Curses!

Rest easy. MobiQpons displays any available coupons for stores, restaurants and services around you. To use them, just show your phone to the cashier. A scanable barcode comes up on your screen. No scissors required.

Cost – FREE

#9: Christmas Gift Finder for iPhone
For MOMeos in the United Kingdom, there’s probably no better Christmas app than the Christmas Gift Finder. Not only is it free, but actually saves you money.

VerySoftware combined with several retailers and gift providers to offer users discounts – sometimes a few pounds, sometimes up to 33%. Merry Christmas, indeed.

Cost – FREE

#10: Hey Santa for iPhone
Stuck for ideas? Consult an expert – and when it comes to Christmas, there’s only one.

Hey Santa provides gift suggestions. Set a budget, specify their likes, and include relevant stuff like age and gender. There’s more than 2,000 “original and quirky” ideas, so you can branch out from cash and gift cards.

Cost – FREE