October 12, 2010 (Handycam Review): More than 15% of Americans will be buying camcorders this 2010 holiday season, according to a recent poll recorded by PriceGrabber. Although personal clothing remained at the top of the must have holiday purchase for both sex, men are slightly more prone to buy Camcorders (17%) than women (16%). Survey data also reveals that 48 percent of consumers are planning to spend less on 2010 holiday purchases, compared with 53 percent in 2009 and 71 percent in 2008.

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Here is a breakdown of what each gender plans to purchase this holiday season:

Men

* Clothing/Shoes: 56 percent
* Hobby-related items: 32 percent
* Jewelry/Watches: 31 percent
* Sporting goods: 30 percent
* Laptop/Netbook: 27 percent
* Smartphone: 26 percent
* eBook: 23 percent
* Digital camera/camcorder: 18 percent
* HDTV/3DTV: 17 percent
* Video game console: 10 percent

Women

* Clothing/Shoes: 74 percent
* Jewelry/Watches: 36 percent
* Hobby-related items: 31 percent
* Sporting goods: 22 percent
* Laptop/Netbook: 21 percent
* eBook: 21 percent
* Smartphone: 19 percent
* Digital camera/camcorder: 16 percent
* HDTV/3DTV: 10 percent
* Video game console: 10 percent

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Featured Handycam for 2010: Sony Handycam 7.0 Megapixel 12x Optical Zoom 2.7 In. Lcd Screen 160gb

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