Awesome Gifts for Pre-Teens in 2008

Cell Phone: The Apple iPhone is more than just a high tech cellular phone. It is also an iPod and has the Internet. So you get three features in one phone. The Apple iPhone can also take 2MP photos. This phone requires no buttons - everything is controlled by touching the screen. Speaking of its screen, the iPhone has a 3.5 inch widescreen digital display with 480 by 320 pixel resolution. iPhones come in either 8GB sizes or 16GB, depending on how much you think your pre-teen will use his/her phone. Check with your local cell service providers to see if they offer the iPhone.

Wii Fit: How many of you have pre-teens that are really active? Ok. How many of you have pre-teens that are couch potatoes? It doesn't matter now because Nintendo has a cool Wii Fit that will get all of them up and jumping! Wii Fit combines both fun and exercise into a program every pre-teen can benefit from. Your pre-teen can choose from fitness drills like aerobics, strength training, yoga, or balance games. As an example of Wii Fit, your pre-teen can run a virtual reality track and ski jump. This Wii Fit is a sure way to get your pre-teen in shape or as a way to release his or her built-up energy.

Rock Band: Rock band is like a musical instrument version of the past Dance Dance Revolution craze. With Rock Band, your pre-teen and friends can be a part of a virtual reality band with guitars, drums, and a singer. Colored notes on the screen correspond to buttons on the instruments and the play is scored. Your pre-teen can even compete online against others.

Digital Photo Frames: Pre-teens like taking pictures of their friends, boyfriends, trips, special moments, etc. What do they do with these pictures? With a digital photo frame, your pre-teen can take his or her pictures and put them all into a SD card. Once the SD card is placed in the photo frame, all the pictures are displayed for everyone to see.

UGGs: For the un-fashion savvy out there, Australian Uggs are sheepskin boots that all young pre-teen girls are wearing this winter. Uggs are warm and can be worn barefoot. Also, Uggs come in many different styles: tall, short, slippers, tan, dark tan, brown, etc.