Holiday Deal: Unlocked Nokia N900, $442

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Black Friday isn't here yet, but that doesn't mean it's too early for some holiday shopping. If you've got a Nokia fan (or, honestly, just a fan of great smartphones) in your life, T-Mo News reports that Dell has a deal that just might make their holiday. The Nokia N900, unlocked and ready for any SIM card you choose to feed it, for just $442. You even get free shipping.

Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:55:56 CST | by Robert Evans

Google Commerce Search: To Ease Your Holiday Shopping

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Once again, Google's come up with something to make a traditional pain in the behind less of an agony. Their latest new service isn't nearly as awesome or convenient as Google Voice, but it still helps to simplify what was once an annoyance. Google Commerce Search launched today, with the stated goal of simplifying holiday shopping for consumers and online retailers alike.

A good search service that returns pertinent hits is a crucial part of any e-retailer. Plenty of websites have awful search engines that keep customers from stumbling upon great deals and finding the products they really want. Google Commerce Search is a program that applies Google's search engine to whatever online store you happen to be browsing. It allows shoppers to search by category, price, brand, or any other attribute you can think of.

Posted on Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:59:06 CST | by Robert Evans

Four New Sony PSP-3000 Holiday Value Packs Hit Japan

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Sony has with the PSP Go a new PSP model, which does not mean though that the PSP-3000 is now outdated. To the contrary, the PSP-3000 is still the main portable Sony console.
Japanese gamers get four new PSP-3000 value packs for the Holidays.
The bundle pack will include the PSP handheld entertainment system (PSP-3000) in Piano Black, Pearl White, Vibrant Blue or Radiant Red color, a 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo (Mark2), a pouch and a cloth.
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Posted on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Holiday Gift Idea: The Beatles USB Discography

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Alright, so the remastered Beatles discography still isn't available on iTunes. Honestly, at this point it looks like that might never happen. Thankfully, EMI and Apple Corps have found a way to bring us digital copies of everyone's favorite British foursome. Sure, $280 for an Apple-shaped USB stick filled FLAC and MP3 versions of all the remastered CDs seems a bit pricey but, as Gizmodo notes that's only $60 more than you pay for the new CD set.

For you audiophiles out there, the FLAC quality is listed as 44.1Khz 24 bit, and the MP3s are 320 Kbps. Now, the bad news. 'Only' 30,000 of these special edition sets are being made. They go on sale November 8th, but you can pre-order now at TheBeatles.com.

Posted on Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:16:17 CST | by Robert Evans

Walmart Announces 100 More Toy Rollbacks Featuring Top Holiday Toys

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Today Walmart announced 100 additional toy Rollbacks, weeks before Black Friday arrives.
This week in all stores and online at Walmart.com, the prices of more than 100 toys will be rolled back, many at an additional 20% and 30% savings, and will last through the Christmas shopping period.

These new savings are in addition to the Walmart 100 toys for $10 previously announced, and bring to you additional savings on many more of this season’s hottest toys. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:51:29 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Top 10 Home Electronics Holiday Gift Tips

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It is that time of the year again - the Holiday Shopping season is about to start. Like every year Black Friday will be the beginning of Holiday shopping for most people.
Just as we did last year (Top 100 Tech Gifts 2008) I4U News presents our huge Top 100 Holiday Gift Guide, featuring tons of cool electronics, gadgets and toys to give to your loved ones or treat yourself.

Like last year we have 10 categories, each featuring top 10 gifts including Notebooks and Netbooks, Gadget and Toys, Video Games, Video Game Hardware, TVs, Cameras, Video Cameras, Portable Media Players, Home Electronics, and Mobile Phones.
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Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ToysRUs Biggest Big Book Holiday Gift Catalog Previews Today

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ToysRUs announced their highly anticipated Big Book Toy catalog for the 2009 Holidays. The 80 page ToysRUs Big book will arrive this weekend. The online version will go live on Sunday November 1st on ToysRUs.com. ToysRUs will give a special preview of the ToysRUs Biggest Big Book to fans of the official ToysRUs Facebook fan page today.
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Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sears and Kmart Also Offer Online Layaway For Holiday Shoppers

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Layaway was already available at some stores last Christmas and is actually a very dated offering, but with the bad economy it has found new popularity. Layaway allows buyers to put a product on hold and pay it off over a set period of time. With the final payment they can take the purchased product home.
Layaway is offered by several stores including ToysRUs, Sears and Kmart in stores and on select products.
The Sears Holding, which also runs Kmart is now expanding Layaway to products sold in their online shops.
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Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:08:22 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

No More New Apple Products For the Holidays?

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It is October and there is still time to unveil new products for the Holidays. Nintendo for instance will still unveil a Black Wii this Holidays also in the United States. I cannot believe that Europe and Asia get a black Wii and not the United States. I am getting side tracked, back to the topic. Apple is apparently done with new product announcements for the holidays. Gizmodo reports that Phil Schiller said "The holiday lineup is set."
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Posted on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:05:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon Wireless: BlackBerry Curve 2 This Holiday Season

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Verizon's holiday line-up contains quite a few sweet new smartphones, but it's been hard to focus on anything but the Droid. Motorola's flagship smartphone is so cool that it's started to somewhat overshadow the other sweet phones hitting VZW over the next few weeks. The Droid isn't the only awesome device coming to Verizon, as this leak from Boy Genius illustrates.

Posted on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:58:15 CDT | by Robert Evans

Gift Tip 3: Sony S-Frame DPF-D72N/BQ Holiday

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Sony has released the Sony S-Frame DPF-D72N/BQ digital photo frame which will be appealing to those who enjoy bedazzled gadgets. It is likely that the Sony S-Frame DPF-D72N/BQ digital photo frame will be more appealing to the ladies, since it has a slightly feminine look. The photo frame has embedded Crystalized Swarvoski Elements, so it’s an affordable bedazzling.
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Posted on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:58:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Amazon Holiday Toy List 2009 Is Online

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The Holidays are moving closer and closer. Especially Black Friday 2009 is only a month away. Do you know already which toys you need to look out for and want to gift?
The ToysRUs Holiday Toy List has been online since September. Now Amazon also has published their Toys List, which is a pretty big catalog if gift ideas for kids of all ages. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mystery Apple Product For The Holidays Rumor Takes Flight

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The Apple Earnings call yesterday had more than just impressive profit numbers that took the Apple stock above $200 in after hours trading. 9to5Mac points our attention to Apple's planned abnormally rising air freight costs for the coming quarter.
Apple's executives did not say what new product they plan to ship in high volume this holidays. They said that it has nothing to do with the iPhone though. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:04:04 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google To Pay For WiFi On All Virgin Airlines Holiday Flights

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Holy hell, how's this for a Christmas present? If you ride on a Virgin America flight at any point in time between November 10th and January 15th, your trip will come with free WiFi. Well, free for you anyway. Google is footing the bill as a way of saying 'happy holidays!' and making everyone's winter trips a little more pleasant.

Posted on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:02:56 CDT | by Robert Evans

Sexy Toshiba Smartphones Could Hit Holiday 09

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Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't exactly an exciting OS. It's been panned by reviewers and customers alike for being too little, too late. That said, the release of 6.5 could still herald some very cool things; like Toshiba's new line of WinMo 6.5 smartphones. According to Akihabara News (via Gizmodo) at least one of these slick new Toshiba beauties could be released before the end of 2009.

Both new smartphones, the K01 and the K02, were displayed at CEATEC recently. The K01 is a thin, glossy QWERTY slider with a 4.1" capacitive touchscreen, a 1 GHz processor, and a 3.2 MP camera. The K02 is a clamshell phone with a 3.5" resistive touchscreen, and a second dual screen that might display a touchscreen keyboard.

Posted on Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:02:36 CDT | by Robert Evans

T-Mobile USA Holiday Handset Lineup Includes myTouch 3G Fender Android Phone

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T-Mobile USA unveiled their upcoming holiday lineup of 3G phones. T-Mobile is happy to highlight that the carrier offers the broadest selection of Android phones in the US. The highlight of T-Mobile's Holiday 2009 line-up is the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition.

The myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition has a guitar-inspired wood-grain finish, a 3.5mm headset jack, pre-installed 16GB microSD card, and exclusive pre-loaded video and audio clips by iconic musicians. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 Oct 2009 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon's Holiday Line-Up Leaks

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Good news, VZW subscribers. A "reliable source" has sent in a leaked list of the Verizon holiday line-up to Gizmodo. Thanks to it, we now have a much better idea of what new mobiles the carrier will offer over the next few months.

Posted on Wed, 7 Oct 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Dozens New Amazon Frustration-Free Packaged Toys For The Holidays Available

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Amazon offers way in time for the Holiday shopping season a new line of frustration free toys.
Fisher-Price and Mattel, two of the first brands to join Amazon’s Frustration-Free Packaging program, together have added 10 top new toys, including the popular Matchbox Mega Rig Pirates Ship, Little Mommy Walk & Giggle doll and Fisher-Price GeoTrax Timbertown Railway track set. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:04:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New 120GB Xbox 360 Elite 2009 Holiday Bundle On Sale

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Besides the upcoming Xbox 360 Elite 250GB Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition, Microsoft also offers now a new 120GB Xbox 360 Elite 2009 Holiday Bundle since two days. You can already celebrate Christmas early with this new Xbox 360 Elite Bundle that is actually a good deal.

The 120GB Xbox 360 Elite 2009 Holiday Bundle includes the 120GB Xbox 360 Elite in Black, LEGO Batman game, Pure game, wireless controller and headset. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

2009 ToysRUs Holiday Toys List Dominated By Zhu Zhu Hamsters

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The Holiday 2009 shopping season is approaching fast and you can already get a feel for what toys your kids will be happy about to get on Christmas.
ToysRUs just sent us a link to their 2009 Hot Holiday Toys list. Their picks for top toy gifts for 2009 include educational toys like the LeapFrog Text and Learn, the Disney Netpal Asus Netbook and the Sony Reader.
The list also features the Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters. These hamster are set to become as big as Furby once was. Read more

Posted on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Xbox 360: Holiday Game Round-Up

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Looking for gifts for the Microsoft-loving (or at least tolerating) console gamer in your life? The 360 has a whole host of badass titles (thanks IGN.com) coming to it this holiday season. Here are the biggest upcoming titles for the next few months...

September: There is still one big release left this month. Halo 3: ODST will be out on October 22nd, to many cheers of nerd acclaim. I know a lot of folks who are going to spend the winter on Xbox LIVE again.

Posted on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:54:21 CDT | by Robert Evans