I wouldn’t say there are incredible deals on anything in particular, but you don’t have to leave the comfort of your footed PJs to score a few deals. This whole Black Friday thing is a bit ridiculous and barbaric, no?
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Two New Nintendo DSi Bundles For Black Friday
Starting this November 27, Nintendo will begin selling two limited edition DSi bundles in new colors with $20 worth of software pre-installed. The Metallic Blue bundle comes with five Mario-themed DSiWare titles while the White system is one for the brainiacs. No word on price, but Nintendo is saying they’re “priced for the …
Google Maps Nav Released for Android 1.6
Oh happy day, Android users. Google is releasing Google Maps Navigation to all Android devices running OS v1.6 and higher. So that means everyone on T-Mobile with a G1 or myTouch 3G (at least in the US) will be privy to the beta app that was once exclusive to the Verizon Droid. Nav also brings Layers, which includes transit lines, …
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Giveaway
Jak and Daxter are back for their sixth (give or take) team up in The Lost Frontier and TECHLAND has five UMD copies along with five download codes to give away. Graphics and the ability to customize weapons are pretty appealing for this PSP/PS2 title. Assuming you have a PSP this could be your lucky day. Now pay close attention to find …
Rumor: iPhone To Make Verizon Debut In June 2010
By now it’s pretty obvious that AT&T’s exclusivity on the iPhone will end in 2010, but it’s relatively unclear if Verizon will actually get the iPhone as rumored. Well, we’re here to tell you that folks close to the inner workings of the deal have told us that the iPhone will, in fact, be coming to Verizon in June of 2010. Things …
Samsung Omnia II Available from Verizon
If you’re in the market for a new Windows Mobile 6.5 device- because who isn’t?- then check out the Samsung Omnia II from Verizon. It’s $200 but that gets you a 3.7-inch resistive AMOLED touch-screen, Swype technology, a 5-megapixel camera and 8GB of internal memory. Sadly, it’s only expandable to 16GB via microSD. The Omnia II …
Samsung Behold II Review: Let’s Never Speak Of This Again
Samsung’s mobile devices have come a long way in the last three years. I’ve lambasted them for much of that period over their chintzy resistive touch-screens, but recent handsets including the Behold II and Moment have been upgraded with vibrant AMOLED screens. The recent adoption of the Android OS on certain devices in the lineup …
Google Chrome OS Is Coming (For Netbooks)
Earlier today in Mountain View, Google unveiled details of their Chrome OS that was announced earlier this year. The Chromium OS Project was also launched today and it’s Google’s hope that open source developers will lend a hand to build it out. They most recently opened up Wave in the same manner.
Chrome OS is meant to be an …
Fans Wait in the Rain for New Super Mario Bros. Wii
If you were visiting Rockefeller Center in New York City this past Saturday, you may have noticed throngs of people getting drenched while a DJ spun innocuous hits from Coldplay.
The rain-soaked ruckus was all for the release of New Super Mario Bros. Wii at the Nintendo World Store, where Mario fans were able purchase their copy of …
Rumor Confirmed? Google Phone Coming in ’10?
TechCrunch is reporting that Google will be releasing their very own Google Phone sometime in early 2010. It was originally slated for this upcoming holiday season, but for whatever reason it isn’t. According to TC, current Android developers at Google are testing HTC’s upcoming Dragon device, which will be the Taiwan-based …
Palm Pixi: What Do You Want To Know?
Even though Palm didn’t want us to have one, TECHLAND now has a Palm Pixi for review. I’m well versed on this device having already reviewed the Pre at the old 9-5, but you guys are the ones going out to buy these things or wondering if it’s worth the dough. So tell me what you want to know about it. My initial feedback is as …
Q&A with Xbox LIVE’s Marc Whitten
Microsoft will be pushing out the second half of the Xbox LIVE update that was previewed at E3 some time tonight. With it comes all manner of social networking applications, like Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm. Another component of the update includes instant on 1080p videos with full 5.1 surround sound via the Zune Marketplace. Most of …