All right, folks, brace yourselves–Best Buy just leaked its Black Friday deals, even though at this point they’re a little behind the curve; Sears and Office Depot had theirs out weeks ago. But given as it’s still about a week and a half out from Black Friday, there’s still plenty of time to call this a leak.
And what they’ve got is pretty interesting, too–check out this list! There are a LOT of items for sale here, so I’m just going to cherry pick some of the better ones. The read link will have a bigger list on hand.
HP Desktop AMD X4 Quad Core, 8GB Memory, 1TB Hard Drive w/20” Monitor, HP Deskjet DJ350 Color Printer & Windows 7 Home Premium – $499.97
Sony 15” Laptop w/Intel Dual Core Processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB HD, Windows 7, Sony Headphones, Built-In Blu-ray, Blu-ray Movie – $479.97
Sony DCR-SX40 Handycam Camcorder – $199.99
Samsung 5.1 Channel 1000W Home Theater System With Blu-ray Disc Player – $399.99
Sony PlayStation 3 Package w/120GB Console, Little Big Planet, and Ratchet And Clank – $299.99
Sounds like enough to get you out of your post-holiday turkey coma, doesn’t it?
November 13th, 2009 3:37 PM | by Christen da Costa
See you later Apple and Michael Arrington, hellos ICD. IC who? Innovative Converged Devices. Don’t worry, if you haven’t heard of them before I think you’re with the majority, such as myself. Today they announced something called the Vega and it looks bad ass to say the least.
Inside the 7, 11 and 15-inch touchscreen device (no word on resistive or capacitive; hoping for the latter) is a Tegra powered graphics processor which should make for some explosively fantastic visuals. Other wonderful features include an Android OS, 3G connectivity, 512MB of RAM, 1.3MP webcam, microSD, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi b/g, USB 2.0, 3.5mm headphone jack, magnetic dock, accelerometer, ambient light sensor and dual digital microphones. …Continue reading: ICD’s Vega Tablet Is Looking Deliciously Tasty
Qualcomm just yesterday introduced a whole new brand of Lenovo gadget that’ll blow your mind open. Check this out.
It’s called the smartbook, and it combines all the best features of a smart phone and a netbook. Slimmer than most smart phones and able to fit in the palm of a hand, it offers not only a QWERTY keyboard but also a “full-size screen”. It’s powered by a Qualcomm chipset platform that has, for some reason, been dubbed Snapdragon and will run a series of different applications including Flash, Adobe and AT&T’s mobile broadband.
It’s interesting to note, however, that this may not be the end of the smartbook line but only the beginning. Word is that everybody from Asus to Toshiba is planning to launch their own smartbook. But do people, especially in a bad economy like this, really want or even need another portable computer when they already have laptops, netbooks and smartphones to choose from? Is there anyone who’s saying “I love my netbook but I wish it were smaller!” or “I love my smartphone but I wish it had more features!” who isn’t just buying the next step in either direction?
Name and price are still being kept quiet on this new model as the product will officially launch this January at the Consumer Electronics Show.
So the gadget recycling program, which usually offers credit on new gadgets purchased in the process, is continuing on. Maybe you’ve been interested but haven’t been able to find a location near you handling it.
That’s okay, because now it’s got a new ally in Sears. They’ll take gadgets in twenty different categories,and pretty much the only caveat is that it has to actually work. You can send them nonworking equipment, which they’ll recycle for you at no cost, but you won’t get any credit for it.
The process is actually pretty simple–here’s the word from Sears’ own press release:
1. Visit www.sears.gazelle.com.
2. Get an offer on electronics by answering a few quick questions.
3. Ship items. Shipping is free and many customers will also qualify for a free shipping box.
4. The customer receives a Sears gift card in the mail for the total value of their items. As a special holiday promotion, through Dec. 31, 2009, participants will receive an additional 5 percent of the value of their trade-in, added to their Sears gift card.
So if you’ve got some old hardware sitting around that you want to trade in, or if you’re looking for a quick way to get a little extra holiday shopping cash, then head on over to Sears and get the credit you need, while emptying your house of clutter.
I love Thanko. There’s just no two ways about it. These guys clock out some of the craziest ideas in gadgetry with a straight face, and I love picking them up to talk about them.
Today I’ve got a real winner–USB powered fingertipless gloves.
No, seriously. Gloves, with internal heating coils, powered by a USB drive and missing the tops of the fingers to make your typing easier.
You see what I mean about how it just LOOKS like a stupid idea? Who needs gloves indoors, right? Nobody, really. But here’s the kicker–heat on your hands can loosen muscles. Like the muscles you’re using to type, for example. These gloves could be a way to beat carpal tunnel syndrome before it even starts. I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but it sure sounds feasible to me!
And if you actually want a pair of these winners, you can lay hands on them for right around thirty bucks a pair.
If you’re still pining after a touchscreen Mac and can’t hold out any longer for the long rumored Apple Tablet computer, well, you’re in luck, kind of. More like in debt considering the prices I’m about to tell you about.
Troll Touch, whose apparently been outfitting Macs with touch resistive screens for sometime now, just announced the availability of their latest batch of touchscreen units for the newest iMacs and the Macbook White Unibody. For the iMac you can do it yourself for just $1,099, but that will only score you the smallest size. Or you can drop $3,699 for the largest iMac complete with touchscreen already installed. The Macbook version goes for $1,699 and that includes the machine.
At these prices I might concede and buy a Windows based machine. Also, it’s touch resistive, which we all know can be bit arduous to say the least, though the video above seems to prove otherwise.
In an interesting move, now retailer Orange is getting into the cash for old gadgets game with its Recycle and Reward program. While they don’t have the awesome automated kiosks of other vendors, Orange will give you a quote and a check within a week when you take whatever it is you’d like to get rid of–old mobile phones, laptops, and music players (bigger stuff that the automated kiosks can’t handle) and offers up cash for them.
It IS somewhat limited–no bringing in your old furnace, water heater or what have you; it’s pretty much exclusively a consumer electronics setup–but hey, free cash for stuff you weren’t using anyway? That’s no small treat.
Also, Orange is also launching its Copy and Keep program, where they’ll charge you a whopping twelve bucks or so to transfer all your media, addresses and contacts from your old mobile phone to your new one. Pretty useful if you’ve forgotten how or just plain old can’t be bothered.
So if you’re needing a new phone, and want to get rid of the old one, then it’s a great time to think Orange.
For those of us out there daisy-chaining USB hubs because one is never enough, Sanwa has produced a 12-port beauty that will satisfy any USB junkie.
The 400-HUB009 should have the most inputs you’d ever need. What you will need is a cord tethering system for this hub given its design as you computer will obviously only be on one side of the hub.
Yesterday Lenovo kicked out an a new All In One desktop computer designed for small businesses, the ThinkCentre A70z. While it’s a far from an exciting piece of kit, the $499 price tag should appeal to those on a tight budget.
Specs for the AIO machine include your choice of Intel Celeron or Core 2 Duo processors, a 19-inch display, up to 500GB of storage, optional WiFi and a webcam.
Coming to you today from the folks at fu-bi is the Retro Cube Mini Speaker With MP3 Player.
Basically, it’s pretty much what it says on the box. It’s a speaker that hooks to your iPod or your PC, with either a headphone jack or a USB cable, and will give you about three hours of music for roughly every hour spent charging the battery. You can also fill up a USB stick, MMC card or SD / SDHC card with music and play them directly from the speaker itself.
It looks like nothing so much as a old fashioned guitar amp, and this is probably where the “Retro” part comes into play. They sell for about fifty bucks each, but only can be had in Japan for right now. It’s kind of a nifty idea, but it’s a little bit short on execution. I mean, great, congratulations. It’s a speaker. I’ve got several. But I like that it can be taken anywhere and will play music from outside media, turning it into a pocket stereo. It’s the kind of thing I could’ve used back when I was in high school.
