Prices of many tablets and e-readers have shrunk in recent months, and sales are expected to come with bonuses and/or further price deductions during the upcoming holiday shopping frenzy—on Black Friday especially. Here are a few of the gadgets that are intriguing, if only because they’re newly easier to afford.
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The days of skirting around having to pay retail sales tax by shopping online may be coming to a close—and Amazon, of all companies, is supporting the effort.
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There are many things I like about the Apple Store’s unorthodox approach to retailing. One I don’t: The fact that most of its locations have done away with the traditional check-out with a queue of customers and a cashier ringing …
The beatification of Steve Jobs continues. It appears that students in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second biggest city, might soon be attending class at a school named for the late Apple founder.
The technical secondary school is currently named for another guy who has a reputation for being “revolutionary”—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The …
It’s Tuesday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: $55 plus $20 credit at Buy.com
Oh boy, is Buy.com going big with this Modern Warfare 3 deal. You can get the new game—available today—for $55, and you’ll get $20 worth of credit to spend at Buy.com on a future purchase.
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Provided you aren’t one of those people who paid $1,725 for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on eBay, you’re probably eagerly awaiting the game’s release on Tuesday. Those who buy it at Best Buy get a nice little bonus—a free HTC smartphone.
The catch? You’ll need to sign a two-year contract. Still, if you happen to need a phone …
It’s Tuesday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
HP TouchPad for $150 with HP PC purchase: Prices vary at Best Buy
If you’ve been waiting for what seems like eternity for another crack at a deeply-discounted HP TouchPad tablet, your wait is over. Sort of.
You can get your hands on a 32-gigabyte model for just $150, with a …
It’s Tuesday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Apple MacBook Air: Starting at $835 at MacMall
The cheapest MacBook Air model generally starts at $999 but MacMall has discounted several closeout models, with prices starting at $835 for the 11.6-inch version. These models come preloaded with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, but …
It’s Tuesday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Apple iPhone 4S: $188 at Walmart
If you’re looking for even the most minute of deals on a new iPhone, Walmart is selling the 4S for $188—that’s a whopping $11 less than it costs everywhere else! Bragging rights? You bet.
The catch: You’ll have to go to an actual store. …
It’s Tuesday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Tablet: $229 at Lenovo
Lenovo’s 7-inch IdeaPad A1 Android tablet gets a deep price cut, dropping from $349 down to $229 for the two-gigabyte version. For just $20 more, you can get the 16-gigabyte version in white or black, which used to cost $399.
It’s Tuesday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Refurbished Nook Color: $149 at Buy.com
Barnes & Noble would like you to pretty please forget about the $199 Kindle Fire that’s coming out in mid-November and, as such, you can get your hands on the Nook Color e-book reader/tablet for just $149. This is a refurbished unit …
