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It's the same problem every year – what do you get for the gadget geek who seems to have everything? Here's the first half of a two-part collection of cool Black Friday electronics, desirable regardless of how well gadget-endowed your intended recipient is. We'll have more ideas for you tomorrow.

In addition to the HTC Droid DNA from Verizon, several other new connected devices are going on sale soon – and they're not all new Android phones. Coming to a store near you are several new Samsung Android Galaxy phones, an Android Galaxy camera and other miscellaneous cell-connected flotsam and jetsam.

Smartphones are designed to limit the number of gadgets you had to carry. Yesterday, I made the case for the Apple iPad mini as a device to supplement a feature phone – which means carrying two gadgets. Samsung says it has a better idea: its Samsung Note 2 "phablet" – both a smartphone and a tablet.