Christmas time is a season of great joy. It is a time of remembering the past and hoping for the future. Finding the right gift, however, can be a challenge with so many compelling products vying for your attention. Fortunately, I’ve picked some of the best products to get you started. From versatile fitness trackers and sleek Chromebooks to the fastest tablets…these are the hottest holiday tech gifts of the year.

Best smartphones
A smartphone isn’t just for Christmas. It’s for at least a year, perhaps, until the next Christmas. If you are feeling generous this Xmas, you might want to fork out for a smartphone for your loved one.
I’ve selected the best mobile phones for your consideration, including the iPhone 6, Samsung Galaxy S5, Nokia Lumia 630 as well as the Amazon Fire Phone and the Sony Xperia Z2. Yep, its time you open your window and see the apple!

Tablet /E-reader
Tablets are a great way to browse the Web, catch up on TV, play games and a whole lot else besides. The first tablet in our roundup is the iPad Air 2, which represents everything a tablet should be. It’s very light, powerful, has loads of cool apps and the screen is a knockout.

Tesco Hudl 2
The second version of Tesco’s super-cheap tablet improves on the first in a few key ways, such as the quality of the screen.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
If you definitely want an Android tablet rather than an iPad (which I prefer), this is a good way to go, and it’s a big step up from the Hudl. The Galaxy Tab S is super-slim and light, and its bright, OLED display has excellent contrast. Magazine readers will revel in the colourful, vibrant display-it brings lifelike clarity to images and HD video. Samsung’s Magazine UX software is also geared towards having all of your favourite reads only a simple swipe away

Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro
Lenovo makes one of our favourite laptop-tablet hybrids. It starts off as an ordinary thin laptop, but the lid and display fold back a full 360 degrees to form either a thick tablet, or a stand/kiosk device when only folded partway back. This year the company is on its third version. It’s changed up the design with some tweaks for a thinner, lighter system. The difference is that the new hinge has the look and feel of a wristwatch band and is constructed of more than 800 individual pieces of steel and aluminium.

Apple iMac with 5K Retina display
The iMac remains the gold standard in all-in-one desktop computers. In person, the new “5K” 5,120×2,880-pixel display is simply stunning, especially when displaying high-res full-screen photos and video. For a photo or video professional, it’s certainly worth a serious look, although it is very expensive.

Microsoft Surface Pro 3
The idea behind the Surface Pro is that it can replace both a laptop and a tablet. This latest Surface is thinner than its predecessors, with a larger, higher-resolution screen. Just be aware that you’ll probably have to buy the clip-on keyboard separately.

Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display (15-inch, 2014)
The flagship MacBook Pro laptop exists somewhere between the chunkier idea of a “pro-level”, power-user laptop and the slim ultrabook ideal. But the high-end 2,880×1,800-pixel native resolution screen it packs in is incredible.

Smart Watches/Fitness Trackers
With a vast array of smartwatches saturating the market, it can be difficult to find that perfect present for your loved ones. I have listed some the best smartwatches on the market – from the Pebble Steel and Asus ZenWatch through to the Acer Liquid Leap and the Samsung Gear 2 Neo…the Gear 2 Neo has top the list for me, however.

Are you a “player”?
Many people will have a next-generation console on their Christmas list, but which one should you buy? In one corner we’ve got Microsoft’s Xbox One and in the other corner we’ve got Sony’s PlayStation 4. First up, it’s worth asking the potential recipient of the generous gift which platform their friends have as you can only play online with users of the same console. If you don’t already have a steer, here’s our head-to-head comparison between the devices.

Beats Solo 2
Music Lovers-These Solo 2 cans may not win audiophile hearts and ears, but for their intended audience — namely, people looking for exciting-looking headphones with lots of high-quality bass — these are excellent on-ear headphones

Bose Quiet-Comfort 25
Bose can’t put a foot wrong with its noise-cancelling headphones, and the new QC 25s are no exception. The new design features better audio performance and noise reduction, plus an improved folding design that allows them to fit in a more compact carrying case.

LG Smart TV
LG’s connected TV platform gets the nod largely because of its oh-so-simple design that puts seemingly disparate sources of video onto one home screen. Our favourite part of LG’s smarty-pants user interface hasn’t got anything to do with apps, but rather with networking.

Panasonic Smart Viera
While it doesn’t quite gel with the TV’s central architecture, Panasonic’s new My Home Screen user interface is the freshest, newest idea in connected TV. It takes design cues from both LG and Samsung, though the customisation options on My Home Screen are unique.

Samsung Smart Hub
Now expanded to five separate screens – one each for TV, on-demand films, social media, Samsung’s apps, and your own digital media – Samsung’s Smart Hub is the only connected TV platform that includes catch-up TV apps for all terrestrial channels.

Christmas brings family and friends together. It helps us appreciate the love in our lives we often take for granted. May the true meaning of the holiday season fill your heart and home with many blessings