Technology gifts for Mother’s Day can be a double edged sword. They are trendy and fun to give, but they can lead to hours (or months) of follow up tech support and frustration before the gift winds up in the hall closet for good. If your Mom is anything like mine, the best technology gifts are ones that are straightforward and don’t have a lot of bells and whistles.
Here is a list of five tech gifts that Mom would actually use.
Keurig Coffee Machine – Perfect for the Mom who likes coffee or tea, which is most Moms. These Keurig Coffee Machines are fast and easy to use and clean. Just fill the water reservoir, drop in the single serving k-cup, and push the start button. The coffee dispenses right into her mug and she is ready to start the day. Price – Starting at $60
Kindle Paperwhite – If your mom loves to read, you can’t go wrong with this E-reader from Kindle. It has a high resolution screen, backlight, and an 8 weeks of battery life. Set Mom up with a Kindle account and it’s pretty straight forward. Price – $119
Digital Photo Frame – A great way to give Mom multiple pictures of the kids and the grandkids. Digital photo frames have finally dropped to a reasonable price. The best part about it is you can preload it with tons of photos before you even give it to Mom. Then it just needs to be plugged in and set on the table. Price – Starting at $15
Wireless Google Cloud Printer – This may seem like a fairly complicated option, but once you set it up all Mom has to do is load the paper and change ink cartridges. The really nice thing is that you can set it up so that you have access to print to it from any of your devices, from anywhere. This means that if you have paperwork or photos that your Mom needs, you can just send them directly to the printer for her. Price – Starting at $70
Samsung Chromebook – Fast, simple to use, and it practically takes care of itself. If your mom is like mine, she primarily uses the computer for web browsing and email. The Chromebook is the perfect computer for that. It’s also hassle free. The Chromebook comes with built in virus and malware protection that it handles updating for you. It also keeps it’s OS updated automatically. If she already has a google account, then she just punches in her username and password, and everything is setup for her. You can read my full Chromebook review here. Price – $250
To my wonderful Mom and all the other Moms out there, Happy Mother’s Day!
Author – Matt McAuley
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Hi Matt,
This was a wonderful list of presents to buy mum’s on Mother’s Day!
What I loved about these gifts are that they are technologically advanced, yet very easy to use. The Digital Photo Frame looks great.
Thanks Praveen for connecting us with Matt! 🙂
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Hiten – Thanks for stopping by and am happy you liked this article by Matt. He did a wonderful job at listing out these gadgets at the right time for those who were still looking out to buy gifts for their mom.
Hope you had a wonderful day.
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Hi Matt,
A timely post and really interesting mate 🙂
I like the first 3 gifts you mentioned in your post ’cause I think they perfectly match for moms even they are not tech savvy 🙂 Really cool!
Thanks for sharing about these gifts with us and have a great week ahead, Matt and Praveen 🙂
Cheers…
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Mayura – Thanks for your comment. I hope you had a good time with your mom on her special day.
I agree that these gifts mentioned are savvy and yet easy to use for moms.
Have a good week ahead.
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I would rather choose crombook that one is cool gift for my mother. and its cheap priced. we add something a side from gadget flower is most comnmon.
Gifts dont really need to be that pricy. As long as you want to give it from your heart, Seen the receiver will be grateful for it as well as enjoy the efforts and time you’d used for seeking or even creating that gift. Yet these tips are usually good so cool. It provides me idea, many thanks.