By Timothy Sexton, Contributing writer

Gadget geeks and tech freaks can rejoice this holiday season as some truly cool new toys for big boys (and girls) will be hitting the market for the first time. Some of these gadgets manage to combine nostalgic tradition with mind-blowing Jetsons-style futurism.

Take the InTouch from Giant International, for instance. How many holiday seasons have we witnessed the last-minute decision by harried shoppers to purchase a photo frame because they just couldn't think of anything unique? Giant International's InTouch is not your grandmammy's picture frame.

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This little device has a 7-inch display, speakers, 128 MB of memory and a USB port that can store images on a wide variety of media. That would be great enough, but wait until you hear what makes the InTouch perhaps the must-have tech gadget of the season: You can access Wi-Fi with this little baby, meaning you can fire it up for RSS news feeds, Flickr, Facebook and just about any Web site you can think of!

Speaking of Wi-Fi, is there any laptop owner who hasn't been waiting for the day when he or she could get into a car (with someone else at the wheel, of course) and surf the Internet as if sitting at home? AutoNet Mobile is first out of the gate on the last crusade to make the Holy Grail of computing spring to reality. AutoNet Mobile's wireless Wi-Fi gadget costs a not inexpensive $500, with a $30 monthly subscription on top, but baby steps are always needed before any revolution. And if you can find someone on the road who already has one, you can get Wi-Fi for free since the range is about 100 feet.

Another surefire hot holiday gadget, at least for the tech geeks who are also fitness freaks, comes from Expresso Fitness. Expresso's new S3u and S3r fitness bikes engage your body as well as your mind. These highly stylized masterpieces of fitness equipment are fitted with state-of-the-art television monitors and software that drops you right into the action of more than 30 interactive biking trails. The graphics are amazing and the workout will leave you breathless for more than just one reason.

If you have ever been a soldier, or taken advantage of the opportunity afforded behind Disney World's Animal Kingdom Lodge, then you know that night vision goggles are truly one of the coolest gizmos ever invented. And if you have ever wanted to really push the envelope of just how geeky you can look, then this holiday season you owe it to yourself to purchase Jakks Pacific EyeClops BioniCam.

Sure, you may look like David Hedison in the original version of "The Fly," or maybe a Borg, or maybe even Jamie Gumm in "Silence of the Lambs," but how else are you going to have nearly perfect vision in the middle of the night up to 50 feet away? Perfect for looking out for Santa Claus from inside a darkened room.