This year it looks like the gift everybody is looking for is the same as last year: the Nintendo Wii. The small video game console sells out almost immediately when it reaches stores, even after Nintendo Co. has ramped up production several times, a year after its launch. The Wii responds to the user moving the wand-like wireless controller, while other consoles are controlled by a confusing array of buttons and joysticks. It also comes with an array of casual, nonviolent games that appeal to adults. That’s why. With the Wii, Nintendo set out make a console that would entice people who were not hardcore gamers, and it has succeeded.

Sometimes when our cellphones don’t pick up signal, we would try to climb up to higher elevation just to be able to text or call. But now, it seems people would not need to climb to their roof anymore for there is going to be cell station at Mt. Everest! They want to be on top and do not see hurdles. China’s largest cell phone service provider successfully tested a transmission station on Mount Everest on Tuesday, making it possible for people in the area for next year’s Olympic torch relay to make calls, a state news agency reported. China Mobile had to hire yaks and porters to transport equipment up to the station at an altitude of 21,325 feet, the Xinhua News Agency said. Aside from the physical challenge of climbing the mountain, which straddles the border of Nepal and Chinese-controlled Tibet, the torch had to be designed to burn in bad weather, low pressure and high altitude.

Exactly what cell phone you can choose depends on where you live, for carriers dictate what models their networks will support. The 8800 Sirocco, by Nokia, features ring tones by Brian Eno, a stainless steel body and a sapphire-coated glass lens. But this super-spendy phone is only available in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. It is just one of the coolest cell phones that are not available in the United States.