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 sizeable catch: you’ll need to purchase “a qualifying HP or Compaq laptop, desktop or all-in-one computer,” too.
Buy two, get one free video games: Prices vary at Amazon
We’re in the height of the new video game season, so as long as you’re able to convince yourself that you need at least two new games, you can get a third one free from Amazon. Not every game is available as part of the deal but there are over 800 titles to choose from, spanning the PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, and Nintendo portables.
Refurbished Airport Extreme: $80 at Cowboom (today only)
This wireless base station sells new at Apple for $180 but you can get a refurbished one for $80, today only. Aside from being able to connect up to 50 wireless devices, there’s also a USB port for turning your old printer into a wireless one, along with three Ethernet ports for wired devices.
Microsoft Office 2007 Standard: $129 at SoftwareMedia.com
Do you NEED the latest and greatest version of Microsoft Office? If not, this 2007 version ought to do the trick at $129. You get the full versions of Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint.
The same package costs $160 and up elsewhere, and closer to $250 at some of the bigger-name retailers.
10% off iPod coupon: Prices vary at Target
Target is offering a printable coupon for 10% off iPods. You’ll need a printer and some way to get to an actual store, in other words but, hey, you gotta spend money to make money, right? On the plus side, there are a whole bunch of other printable coupons available for gadgets right on the same page, so you can really go hog wild if you’re up for some shopping.