NOOK HD AND NOOK HD+ ARE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS FROM BETHESDA ROW (PHOTOS)

Still searching for great gifts for your intelligent and literary friends?

End the search at Barnes and Noble at Bethesda Row.

Their new Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets/readers are perfect for consuming mass quantities of books and publications.

Including this blog, as you can see in the screen shots below.

If you're seeking a high performance tablet, with a large app store, the Nook HDs won't replace a Nexus 10 or an iPad.

But for the average reader, the Nook will give them their money's worth.

SAMSUNG HAPPY HOUR EVERY EVENING AT WESTFIELD MONTGOMERY IN BETHESDA!

Stop by the Samsung pop-up kiosk at Bethesda's Westfield Montgomery Mall between 5 and 8 PM every evening through New Year's Eve, and get a gift card!

Test out the latest gadgets from Samsung, and receive a Corner Bakery, California Pizza Kitchen or Caribou Coffee gift card.

iPad MINI GENERATES MINI-MAL EXCITEMENT AT BETHESDA ROW APPLE STORE

THE PASSION'S

GONE!

Tim Cook did his best Fake Steve Jobs impression, and the new Apple iPad Mini was announced.  Last night, Bethesda's response was "ZZZZZZZZZ."

Mid-evening Thursday night, not a single person was in line, despite Apple signs announcing the release on Bethesda Avenue.  Such a lackluster response would have been unthinkable previously.  It seems Apple will need to introduce a product to restore the magic.  But can they do it without Steve Jobs?

CAN YOU BUY A GOOGLE NEXUS 7 IN DOWNTOWN BETHESDA? YES!

The highly-coveted Google Nexus 7 tablet can be hard to find.  Especially in downtown Bethesda.  It's not at the Verizon store.  It's definitely not at the Apple Store!  Not even at Best Buy.

Would you believe I found one at Staples on Wisconsin Avenue?

Not exactly the first place you'd think to look.

But sure enough, there it is:

Google Nexus 7 at Staples in downtown Bethesda

The only two problems are, this one was not getting any electricity and wouldn't turn on.  And, second, Staples can't seem to stock enough to satisfy demand.  So you'll be lucky if there's one there.