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BestBuy.com Countdown to Thanksgiving Sale & Black Friday Preview

MegaZone — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:25:00 +0000

BestBuy.com has been running a Countdown to Thanksgiving Sale, it started Sunday and runs through Thursday. Each day they have special deals of the day. Today you can get a Nikon Coolpix S1100PJ 14.1-Megapixel Digital Camera in black, violet, or green for $129.99 – normally $299.99. The camera has 5x optical/4x digital zoom, a 3.0″ TFT-LCD display, 720p HD movie mode, and a built-in projector for when you just have to share you photos with everyone in the room. You can also get a 15.6″ Gateway Laptop with Intel® Celeron® Processor for $249.99.

There are new specials each day, so be sure to check back in.

In addition to the current sale, they’ve also published a preview of what they’ll be offering on Black Friday – in stores and online.

In stores only you’ll be able to grab a Sharp LC-42SV49U 42″ Class LCD 1080p HDTV for $199.99, a Toshiba BDX2150 Smart Blu-ray Player for $39.99, a 15.6″ Samsung Laptop with an Intel Pentium CPU, 4GB RAM, and a 320GB HDD for $299.99, and the one I think is the most tempting, the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Android tablet for only $249.99.

Also available in stores, the HTC ThunderBolt 4G LTE on Verizon for free with a 2-year activation and the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 Blu-ray just $9.99. These will also be made available online – the Thunderbolt on Thursday and the Blu-ray on Friday.

They’ve listed specials that will be available online starting Thursday, 11/24, without revealing the prices. There will be deals on the Dynex 32″ Class LED 720p HDTV, a 15.6″ Gateway Laptop with Intel Core i3 CPU, 4GB RAM, and a 320GB HDD, the Dell Streak 7″ Android Tablet, a Dell desktop PC with Intel Core i3 CPU, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, and an 18.5″ widescreen LCD monitor, the FujiFilm FinePix AX350 16MP Camera, a Mr. Coffee 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, the Tritton AX120 Headset, and the Nintendo Wii Console with New Super Mario Bros. Wii Game and Music CD. Check back Thursday for the pricing.

There are yet more deals, way too many to list here, so check out their webpage for the full listing. More HDTVs, laptops, PCs, phones, tablets, cameras, hard drives, flash drives, washers & dryers, PlayStation 3, games, etc.

More Game Deals from Amazon – Buy One, Get 50% Off Another

MegaZone — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:08:57 +0000

On top of the Back-to-School Event gaming sale I mentioned yesterday, Amazon is running another gaming sale. This time you buy one game and you get another 50% off. There are 186 titles to choose from, for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, 3DS, PS2, and Game Boy Advance.

Amazon Back-to-School Gaming Event

MegaZone — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:33:04 +0000

Amazon knows what students really need when going back to school – games. And so they’re holding a Back-to-School Event with deals on all many of gaming goods. (Why not just call it a sale? Why Event? *shrug*) It is a fairly extensive sale, with 129 items to choose from, split into three categories. There’s Back to School, with 79 items, apparently aimed at the younger crowd. Then Back to College, with 49 items, for the more mature gaming audience. And Accessories, which is just the PlayStation Move Motion Controller and Navigation Controller. The games are for PS2, PS3, XBox 360, Wii, DS, 3DS, and maybe others I didn’t notice.

BestBuy.com Electronics & Gaming Deals, and More

MegaZone — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:44:09 +0000

In addition to the two-day sale that started today and runs through Saturday, BestBuy.com has a number of additional deals this weel. See this Week’s Sale Events and Free Shipping Offers.

Free Sharp 3D Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player (Shipping Extra) with Sharp AQUOS 60” Class LED-LCD 1080p HDTV.

5% – 20% Off Select HDTVs.

$369.99 Lenovo IdeaPad Laptop / Intel® Pentium® Processor / 15.6″ Display / 4GB Memory / 500GB Hard Drive

$329.99 Toshiba Satellite Laptop / AMD E-Series Processor / 15.6″ Display / 3GB Memory / 320GB Hard Drive

5%-40% Off Select Digital Cameras and Camcorders, Plus Free Shipping.

Free $75 Gift Card with 250GB Xbox 360 Console.

$10 Off Madden NFL 12 (Game Guide) when you buy Madden NFL 12 for Xbox 360, PS3, or Wii.

$9.99 Sale on Select Blu-ray Titles.

BestBuy.com End of Summer Sale – Friday & Saturday Only

MegaZone — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:57:42 +0000

BestBuy.com is holding an End of Summer Sale, 2 Days Only, this Friday and Saturday.

There are a number of tech deals as part of the sale:
Grab Two Select Video Games for Just $15.

Grab Two Select Xbox 360, PS3, Wii or DS Games for Just $30.

Free $50 Gift Card with Bose SoundDock Portable Digital Music System for Apple iPod.

Free 8GB Memory Card with any Canon Rebel DSLR Camera, Plus Free Shipping.

Free 2GB Memory Card with Select Digital Cameras, Plus Free Shipping.

Free 4GB Memory Card with Select Samsung Digital Cameras, Plus Free Shipping.

Free $50 Gift Card with all Satellite Radio Vehicle Packages, Plus Free Shipping.

Free $10 Best Buy gift card with Select Kenwood car stereos, plus free shipping.

Remember, all of these deals are good Friday, August 26th & Saturday, August 27th only.

Hotels Turn To Gizmos For Guests

MegaZone — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:39:38 +0000

There’s an interesting article in The New York Times today. Hotel chains have been turning to consumer electronics and computers to help draw in and satisfy increasingly tech savvy guests. Gadgets and gizmos are increasingly present in rooms, lobbies, and lounges in a growing number of hotels. Sheraton has teamed with Microsoft for their Link@Sheraton lounges where guests can perform tasks such as checking email and printing out boarding passes. Westin is placing the Nintendo Wii, with games like Wii Fit, in some of their fitness centers. Gansevoort South in Miami Beach, part of the Gansevoort Hotel Group, is working with Sony to bring Sony computers, PS3s, ebook readers, and more to a new lounge.

There’s some more interesting news in this area that I’ll be able to share soon…

TiVo In Gadget Freak’s Farewell Top Five

MegaZone — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:45:21 +0000

PC World’s Gadget Freak column is coming to an end after a five year run. And in his farewell post, Gadget Freak columnist Dan Tynan calls out the five best gadgets he’s encountered over the course of writing the column:

The best gadgets have certain qualities in common. They solve difficult problems simply and elegantly. They’re constantly ahead of the curve, adding new features before you realize you need them. And most important, they put you in control of your own digital destiny–so that you can make the decisions about what you want to do and how you want to do it.

Dan’s top five gadgets are: Apple iPod and iPhone, TiVo, iRobot Roomba, Sonos Sound System, and Nintendo Wii.

Seems like a respectable list to me. I would probably have few different choices, but each person has their own needs. TiVo would certainly be on my list as well, and probably my iPod.