Creative Black Friday Starts Early

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, Hot Deals, Music, Portable Audio / Video,

Creative is offering free shipping through Black Friday in addition to some discounted items. Their ZEN Mozaic 4GB plus TravelSound and A/C Adapter is now only $119.00. Their Live! Cam Video IM / Video Chat is now a mere $9.99 and you can get a Fatal1ty USB Gaming Headset for $59.99. Check with Creative for other deals on their site and holiday gift guide. With the money you save in shipping, you can purchase an accessory to go with your new toy. (P.S. Skip the refurbished.)

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Consumer Reports Preps for Black Friday

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, Smartphones, GPS, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Hot Deals, Misc. Tech,

Remember Consumer Reports? They are still out there and if you are planning on buying any electronics this year and want their assessment in spite of the Black Friday price, they have recently compared LCD and Plasma TVs, including those with OLED display and some with Web access. We also noticed they reviewed DTV converter boxes (only a couple of months to go,) GPS navigators, cameras and phones. Subscribe to get in depth details on products.

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Kodak EasyShare Sale Today Only

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, Hot Deals,

Want a new cam for the holidays? Kodak is offering specials on two of their EasyShares online. Today only you can get $50.00 off on their M1073 digital cam that comes in 4 colors, has a 3x zoom and takes HD photos with a 16:9 format. Save $70.00 off their Z1085 IS with 5x zoom and optical image stabilization and features SmartCapture. The discount is automatically tacked on at checkout and can’t be combined with other offers. Still, a deal is a deal, no matter how small.

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The HP Magic Giveaway: We’re giving away a bunch of stuff

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Announcements, Home Entertainment, Hot Deals, PC / Laptop, Peripherals,

UPDATE: ENTER OUR HP MAGIC GIVEAWAY CONTEST!

Listen, it’s the holiday season, the economy is going to hell, prices are going up on everything but gas, and you know that no one is going to get you any super-fancy consumer electronics this year. Or, so you thought. You see, once again we are partnering with HP (along with 49 other sites) to bring you a mind-blowing prize package. That means that you get 50 chances to win the following:

• HP TouchSmart IQ816
• HP HDX18 Premium Notebook PC
• HP Pavilion dv4 Entertainment Notebook PC
• HP Mini 1000 (Windows XP)
• HP MediaSmart Connect

Oh, what was that? That isn’t enough? Well, our bad, we though that five computers being given away would be enough. But hey, you pulled our arm, so I guess we’ll also throw in the following:

• HP Photosmart C6380 Wireless All-in-One printer
• HP 564 Photo Value Pack
• Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007 with 3 licenses
• Microsoft WIndows Live
• Corel VideoStudio X
• Kung-Fu Panda on Blu-ray disc, and two DVDs

There, now are you happy? We figured as much. Go back and look over that list again - that’s a lot of stuff. In fact, the value of all that is over $6,000 USD. There’s enough there that you could win it all, and give away some of it as gifts to your family or friends - that what the holidays are all about, right? That whole better to give than to receive thing?

We’ll be announcing the contest rules soon, but in the meantime, check out the HP Magic Giveaway page for more information on the prizes, and other participating sites.

Oh, and let us know what you think of this contest in the comments!

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GoodSearch Assists Nonprofits

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Apple, Hot Deals, Internet, Misc. Tech,

Yahoo and GoodShop have teamed to create GoodSearch, which allows you to donate money to over 70,000 nonprofits when you shop online. About 800 retailers such as Best Buy, Target and Apple are participating. Simply purchase through Goodshop and up to 37% of the purchase price goes to the user’s favorite cause. Prices are the same as on the partner’s site and there are often coupons and discounts added. Use the Goodsearch engine alone and about a penny goes to the cause as well.

(Thanks, Aviva)

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Walmart Black Friday Deals

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: GPS, Home Entertainment, Hot Deals, Misc. Tech, Portable Audio / Video, Storage, Video Games,

Walmart has released their Black Friday specials. We took a look at it and found all of these electronic gadgets for under $100.00.

• Flat Panel TV Console with Swivel Mount - $94.00
• Philips 7-inch Digital Photo Frame Alarm Clock - $89.00
• Pure Digital F230 30-Minute Digital Camcorder - $79.00
• Garmin nuvi 200 3.5-inch GPS Navigation System - $97.00
• Guitar Hero 2-Pack (Wii or Xbox 360) - $50.00
• Seagate FreeAgent 500GB External USB Hard Drive - $69.00
• RCA 8GB Opal MP3 Video Player - $49.00
• HP Photosmart A526 Photo Printer with 2.4-inch Color LCD - $49.00

Want more? Check out Wally World’s Pre-Holiday online specials that include the Creative Zen 4GB EF MP3 Video Player w/ Bonus Clear Keychain Case for $78.00.

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Microsoft Lowers Prices on Zune Players and Accessories

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Hot Deals, Microsoft, Music, Portable Audio / Video,

We told you yesterday about the Zune Pass being such a sweet deal and you probably countered with, “But I don’t have a Zune.” Microsoft is pleased to announce that they have lowered their prices on their flash-based products just for your. Effective now in the U.S. and Friday in Canada, the 4GB model is now $99.00, the 8GB is $139.00, and the 16GB Zune drops $20.00 to $179.00. There are also accessories that have been marked down, so you have no excuse.

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This weeks Newegg coupons and deals: Toshiba 1080p LCD

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Cameras, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Hot Deals, Storage,

Back with this weeks Newegg deals

• Toshiba REGZA 32” 1080p LCD HDTV: $588.99, Expires 11/23
• Western Digital My Book External 1TB Hard Drive: $135.61
• Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA drive: $109.99, Expires 11/23
• Kodak EasyShare C913 9.2 megapixel Digital Camera: $91.79, Expires 11/25 (Code: CAMERA111810)

As always, you can find other non-expiring Newegg promo codes and deals on our forums.

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Zune Pass now includes 10 keeper songs per month

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Corporate News, Hot Deals, Microsoft, Music,

Wow. The best deal in music just got a whole lot better, as Microsoft has announced that the $14.99 per month Zune Pass will now allow subscribers to download and keep 10 tracks per month, which is a $10 value. Those tracks are yours, permanently, even if your Zune Pass subscription comes to an end. Participating labels include EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music, Warner Music, and independents like INgrooves, Independent Online Distribution Alliance, and The Orchard. Tracks downloaded from Sony BMG and UMG will be DRM-free MP3s, which tracks from EMI and Warner also include MP3 files, there are also some WMAs still hanging around. The Zune guys say that soon, 90 percent of the music in the Zune Marketplace will be in the MP3 format.

So when you break this down, if you subscribe to the Zune Pass, and download 10 tracks a month, you are really just paying $5 for unlimited access to the huge catalog of music available in the Zune Marketplace. We can’t think of a better, legal deal in music than what Microsoft is offering with Zune right now. Can you? At this point, we see no reason to fire up iTunes to do our music purchasing.

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Zynga Texas Hold’Em Live Poker for iPhone

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Apple, Handhelds, Hot Deals, Video Games, Wireless / WiFi,

Online game site Zynga is offering their Texas Hold’Em Poker for iPhones. Play with others on Hi5 Live, Facebook, MySpace or Bebo. Play casual games or try getting into a tournament with the Live Poker game that runs on Wifi and the 3G Network. Download the basic version for free from the iTunes Store or pay $9.99 and get more chips. Zynga claims that 1.4 million gamers are already playing (undoubtedly when they should be working or studying.)

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