This week on the Gadget Lab podcast, it’s gadgets, gadgets, gadgets: We’ve got a Dyson Hot space heater, an assortment of iPhone and iPad cases (and other nerdy stocking stuffers), and a sleigh-full of Android tablets.

Reviews editor Michael Calore and staff writer Christina Bonnington open the show this week with the Dyson Hot, a badass $400 space heater. The heater boasts an awesome design, and shoots both hot and cool air from an elongated cylindrical “doughnut” in the middle. Christina chose it as her staff pick for this year’s Wired Wish List.

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Look familiar? The Xyboard tablet is not all that different from the Xoom. Photo courtesy of Motorola

“Those who cannot remember the past,” George Santayana wrote, “are condemned to repeat it.”

Motorola must have a very short memory. This much is apparent in the impending release of the Xyboard, Motorola’s successor to the Xoom Android tablet. The Xyboard is up for pre-order on Verizon’s web site, but by most measures, the device isn’t all that different from its predecessor.

For one thing, it boasts markedly similar specs. The Xyboard comes with a slightly more powerful dual-core processor...