We are not immune to Black Friday hysteria. Black Friday is the first official Christmas shopping day in the US, the day after their traditional Thanksgiving holiday.

Black Friday, and its little sister Cyber Monday boast some of the best deals of the year for technology products. Even here in Jamaica, we'll see advertisements for cool tech toys at unbeatable prices; but don't let the sale suck you into buying something that will be old news even before Christ-mas Day.

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So, here is what not to buy.

Leading the category are broadband set top boxes. These include AppleTV, Roku and Boxee. These wonderful devises bring Internet content to your TV and could replace your cable box. Each offers access to premium movie and TV rentals, YouTube access and range of their party apps that bring additional content to your TV.

An added benefit of these set top boxes is 'on demand'. No need to adhere to a schedule or remember when to watch.

Everything you want to see on your TV when you want to see it in beautiful HD. They are great. But don't get one.

By early next year, new TVs will have such services built in; so a separate device, which draws power and takes up space, is just not necessary.

Next on our Christmas Not Wish List is a 3D or HD TV. HD TV has exploded recently with lots of great choices in both plasma and LCD from top brands. Adding to the choice is consumer 3D; watch movies and sporting events in brilliant 3D from your living room. Sweet!

Don't buy this either, for the same reason you'll pass on the Internet set top box. By earlier next year, 3D TVs in HD with built-in Internet access via Wi-Fi will be readily available for display in your living room.

Switching gears, pun intended, I love my GPS navigation device. I can get turn by turn directions to anywhere on the island. I can search for points of interest, mark addresses I visit frequently and hear the instructions as I drive, so I don't need to look. The gadget can even track my mileage and cost out fuel consumption. Way cool!

But I wouldn't buy one for Christmas. Why would you need a separate gadget when your smartphone has built-in GPS with local maps? And, with Internet access you can jump right from the map to the phone book or a website to guarantee you never get lost again.

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Speaking of smartphones, with the right smartphone you can cross off lots of other gadgets from your list - digital camera, video camera, MP3 player, voice recorder and electronic organiser.

Of course, if you absolutely cannot wait, you may find yourself in line to pick up a Roku box, Sharp HD TV and a Garmin GPS Nav System before the holidays. If you do, just be prepared to go shopping again by Easter.

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Tech Fix: It's easy to remove people who no longer fit the 'friend' status from Facebook by clicking on 'Account' in the top left-hand corner, then 'Edit Friends' then the 'X' beside the name of the 'friend' that is a friend no longer. They won't receive a notification that you have 'unfriended' them and you can always 're-friend' them later.

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