BlackBerry Storm Launch with long lines, see Video Footage

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Unless Verizon paid the people lining up in front of their stores the BlackBerry Storm has had a great launch on Friday. Verizon made some videos available from the launch showing people lining up in front of a Verizon Store in New York. See the videos below.
The BlackBerry Storm is also available online at the Verizon online store, but Verizon already informs that if you order now your BlackBerry Storm will be shipped by 15th of December. Read more

Posted on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:05:08 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Walmart Black Friday 2008 Circular Scans published

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We already reported yesterday about the complete list of Walmart Black Friday deals that are allowed by Walmart to be published 3 days earlier than the official release on Monday. Now BFAds also published the actual scans of the Walmart Black Friday 2008 Circular. The Walmart Black Friday ad consists of 28 pages.
To see the actual Black Friday deals in color and with pictures make them even more attractive. So far the Walmart Black Friday 2008 is containing the best offers of all other retailers so far. Read more

Posted on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:32:01 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hundreds wait at Verizon Stores for BlackBerry Storm

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of people lined up at some Verizon Wireless stores on Friday to buy the BlackBerry Storm, the first touch-screen phone from Research In Motion that aims to compete with Apple's iPhone.
More than 200 people had waited at a Verizon store in mid-town Manhattan early in the morning, many of whom were turned away after it ran out of the new phones less than an hour after opening at 8 a.m. The angry customers caused a ruckus and police came to restore order.
Verizon said hundreds of others were in lines outside its stores up and down the U.S. east coast, but added that it had "plenty of phones" and would keep getting more shipments. It declined to give specifics on inventory levels.
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Posted on Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:40:03 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Walmart Black Friday 2008 Deals official

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The Walmart Black Friday Ads are one of the most anticipated and Walmart every years tries to keep the leaked deals from appearing. Now one week before Black Friday Walmart gave GottaDeal permission to publish their Doorbusters and all other Black Friday deals. The planned release was Monday. Now you have all weekend to scan the deals to see what is in there for you. Update: Actual Walmart Black Friday 2008 Circular Scans available.

I have found the Samsung 50" Widescreen Plasma HDTV for $798 Doorbuster and the Samsung 40" Widescreen 1080p LCD HDTV for $798 Doorbuster interesting to get up in the middle of the night for it. Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Black Friday 2008 is only 1 Week away, Deals shape up

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Over the last days several of the big retailers issued officially their Black Friday deals. There is still a notion that retailers holding back the best deals yet and there will be some hot deals still to be unveiled designed to raise attention.
We have published tons of deals that you should take time to go through as part of your preparation for Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Find below a list of links to the Black Friday 2008 Deals that have been officially announced by the respective retailers. I am still holding my breath for the official Amazon.com and Wal-mart Black Friday 2008 deals.
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Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony PSP-3000 featured in today's Amazon Black Friday Countdown Deal

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Amazon is counting down the days until Black Friday (only one more week to go) with Video Game deals. Today the early Black Friday deal is a Sony PSP-3000 Limited Edition Ratchet and Clank Entertainment Pack which comes with a free copy of the game God of War Chains of Olympus (a $33.99 value).

So if you buy the PSP 3000 Limited Edition Ratchet and Clank Entertainment Pack for $199.99 you get God of War Chains of Olympus for free. More details on Amazon.com.
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Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

BlackBerry Storm available online now

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Verizon Wireless just opened the online ordering of the BlackBerry Storm. So if you do not want to wait in line at a Verizon Store, go online and buy the BlackBerry Storm for $199.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate (requires 2-yr contract).
Verizon unveiled earlier today BlackBerry Storm accessories.

Features of the 3G Storm include "clickable" touch-screen supporting single-touch, multi-touch and gestures, screen resolution of the 3.25 inch is 480 x 360 resolution at 184 ppi, 3.2MP camera, 1 GB of onboard memory storage, microsd card slot, media player, 3.5mm headset jack, full HTML browser, and a removable and rechargeable 1400 mAhr battery that provides approximately six hours of talk time on 3G networks and 15 days of standby time.
Measurements of the Storm are 112.5x62.2x13.95mm and the weight is 55g. Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:59:50 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Office Depot to Host Black Friday Shopping Event

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Office Depot might not be the place you think of going when it is time for holiday shopping. However, it sells all sorts of technology products. Office Depot has announced that it will be offering a slew of Black Friday shopping deals for those brave enough to venture out the day after Thanksgiving.

Retail locations will open at 6am and will be offering deals on devices like GPS, computers, digital photo frames and more. It is mum on the exact deals at this point, but promises to alert shoppers on November 25 via email if they register. The firm will also be having Cyber Monday deals as well. Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:16:27 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Black Friday 2008 Deals at Kmart published

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Besides the Black Friday Doorbusters, Kmart also has all day Black Friday Deals that also are valid on Saturday. Below you find the complete list of the Kmart sales offers for Black Friday and the following Saturday.
Now we have the details on what Kmart is actually offering on Thanskgiving Day, Black Friday and the following weekend including Monday. Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Black Friday Doorbuster Deals on Kmart unveiled

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Kmart sent us their Thanksgiving Day Deals, Black Friday Doorbusters, Thanksgiving Weekend Deals and the Kmart Cyber Monday Deals. Below you find the complete list of the Kmart Black Friday Doorbusters sales offers.
As reported Kmart started the Black Friday sales mania already early November with early Black Friday electronics deals. Now we have the details on what Kmart is actually offering on Thanskgiving Day, Black Friday and the following weekend including Monday. Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

MySpace for BlackBerry already has an amazing 400,000 Downloads

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MySpace and RIM today announced record download numbers of the MySpace for BlackBerry application in its first week of availability with an astonishing 400,000 downloads.
Since the BlackBerry MySpace application launched on November 13th there have been more than 400,000 downloads which represents an all-time high for both MySpace and RIM in terms of first week application downloads. I thought BlackBerry smartphones are mostly used by business people. What are you guys doing on MySpace? Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:43:35 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

BlackBerry Storm Accessories unveiled by Verizon

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The BlackBerry Storm launches today Friday November 21st in the US. Verizon Wireless announces just in time several BlackBerry Storm accessories to personalize your Storm.
The BlackBerry Storm accessories include Desktop Charging Pod, Colorful Hard Plastic Shells, Pouches, Wristlets and Sleeves, and Stereo Headset with Media Controls.
The BlackBerry Storm accessories are available now with prices ranging from $19.99 to $39.99 in stores and on the Verizon Wireless site. Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:03:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Black Friday DVD and Blu-ray Sale already started on J&R

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In case you did not hear, Black Friday did start early this year, very early. J&R just opened their Black Friday DVD and Blu-ray Sale, where you can shop your bargain movies now without time pressure and they will ship over Thanksgiving weekend.
Prices are low enough that you cannot expect them to go lower on the actual Black Friday day. Lots of DVDs are starting as low as $3.99 including classics like A Beautiful Mind or About a Boy. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:36:47 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Acer Notebook on NewEgg shows what Black Friday Notebook Sales should look like

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Notebooks have a hard time this Holiday shopping season competing with the sexy netbooks. What we will see and are already seeing is deep price cuts that will most likely reach the deepest levels next week on Black Friday.
To get a feel for a good notebook deal check out this 14.1 inch Acer Aspire AS4530-5627 NoteBook that is now on sale on NewEgg for $449.99 (was $649.99). Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:56:33 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

RIM to update BlackBerry Storm Firmware soon?

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The bulk of the BlackBerry Storm reviews published today complain about UI lag and some bugs. Gearlog reports that RIM told them that the BlackBerry Storm would get an over-the-air software update "within weeks".

These bad reviews take a bit of the momentum away from the BlackBerry Storm. I recommend RIM and Verizon to actually officially announce a fix now, so customers can be assured their new touchscreen BlackBerry will be a fun experience to use. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:33:29 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toys'R'Us Black Friday 2008 Deals officially announced

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Toys“R”Us announces their Black Friday Deals and calls it an unbeatable Black Friday. Toys'R'Us announced it will offer an unprecedented lineup of more than 150 doorbusters from 5am to 1pm on Black Friday 2008.
The Toys'R'Us Thanksgiving Sales circular will appear in newspapers on Thanksgivings Day.

More than 100 Doorbusters can be found in the 24-page circular, along with more than $6,000 in total additional savings on some of the season’s hottest toys, games and electronics. On the Toysrus site you can see Black Friday deals beginning Wednesday, November 26th at midnight. You get a sneak-peek of more than 50 additional unadvertised Mystery Doorbusters that will be available only in Toys'R'Us stores on Black Friday. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:22:51 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Blackberry Bold Review

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Everybody talks BlackBerry Storm today with lots of reviews hitting the web one day before Verizon launches the Storm. To compare the Storm the the BlackBerry Bold check out this brand new Bold review from our partner Digital Trends.
Quote from the review: "With every wireless device company now trying to compete with Apple's iPhone, Ontario, Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM) has decided to go another route by simply doing what it does best-sticking to its tried and true Blackberry platform. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:59:30 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pioneer transforms Black Friday into Kuro Friday

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Pioneer has great Plasma HDTVs with exceptional image quality like our Top 100 Gift Tip selection Pioneer KURO PDP-6020FD. Pioneer's PR department went a bit overboard piggybacking on Black Friday with calling out KURO Friday.
Quote from the press-release: "With consumers planning to staycation and take more vacations at home this year, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. is re-coining Black Friday, “KURO Friday” to celebrate the unsung heroes in Hollywood who help deliver amazing entertainment, rich with color and dynamic sound." Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Blockbuster Black Friday Deals include Blu-ray Player and PS3 Bundles

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Movie rental chain Blockbuster is not missing out on the Black Friday Deals frenzy and offers their own deals - and these are not rentals.
GottaDeal received a Black Friday sales list from Blockbuster that features a Samsung Blu-ray Player bundled with a 4 week rental card for $219.99, a Sony PS3 bundle with Transformers game, Blu-ray remote and more for $499.99, and a Nintendo DS Holiday Power Pack with Free Starter Kit for $129.99 amongst other deals. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sharp 42 inch 1080p HDTV on Sale until Black Friday on Dell

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Dell put the nice Sharp 42-inch LC42SB45U 1080p HDTV on Sale for $799 again. In early November you needed a coupon to get the LC42SB45U from Dell for $799, now Dell sells this Sharp full HD HDTV for $799 until November 27th (Thanksgiving Day). I am not sure what it means that Dell is not including Black Friday for this deal. It could mean that the price of this Sharp TV will go even lower, or not.

The Sharp LC42SB45U 1080p HDTV sells for about $1,000 on other stores (Compare Prices).
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Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

NY Times calls for Black Friday Shopping Strategy Session

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The NY Times runs a comprehensive report for Black Friday shopping newbies.
The "Black Friday Strategy Guide" calls for a calm mind and to keep in mind that the best deals are hard to find and only designed to get you out of bed and into the stores on the Day after Thanksgiving. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:49:57 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr