Black Friday 2014

[anna_cate]

External hard drive.. Always loved and wanted to have more movies save so I really wanted external hard drive so bad.

[library addict]

Originally Posted by anna_cate

External hard drive.. Always loved and wanted to have more movies save so I really wanted external hard drive so bad.

Staples had some decent sale prices which are scheduled to end today, though some look to be on sale until 1/3/2015.

I got a WD My Passpost Ultra 2TB for $99. Plus they had a coupon for $15 off.

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by library addict

Staples had some decent sale prices which are scheduled to end today, though some look to be on sale until 1/3/2015.

There will also likely be some decent deals in January. I figure they do that to help people spend any money/gift cards they got for Christmas.

[tubemonkey]

For those of you that picked up new phones and tablets, here's a nifty little speaker from Amazon you can use for better and louder sound. Great price and highly rated.

• Kinivo ZX100 Mini Portable Speaker --> $13.99

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by booklover6

TVs, too. I'm kicking myself for not going to Walmart to pick one up.

If you have a Fry's near you, they had some good TV deals and some are ongoing. Check their ads. But they are pick-up, instore only.

Tubemonkey: e-readers I asked TigerDirect about them because I'm an associate there--but they are based more on clearance. So they didn't run any this year. Amazon ran their sales early on e-readers and I saw a thread where some people put off buying them thinking they'd stay on sale through BF and CM--they didn't. They switched models and only left each one on sale for a short time. Who knows when they will return.

I think the Kobo Aura is still 99 but haven't checked this morning.

[tubemonkey]

The Days of Christmas

• Packt -- 24 Days of Free Gifts --> 01~24 Dec --> details
• Costco -- 15 Days of Christmas --> 03~17 Dec --> details
• Microsoft -- 12 Days of Deals --> 08~19 Dec --> details
• Amazon -- 12 Days of Deals --> 11~22 Dec --> details
• Amazon -- 12 Days of Kindle --> 11~22 Dec --> details
• Apple -- 12 Days of Christmas --> 26 Dec~06 Jan --> details

As I find more of these, I'll add them to the list.
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[hwlester]

Another one for you Tubemonkey:
Packt Publishing 24 Days of Christmas Technical ebooks and videos, started Dec 1.

[sharphamster]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

For those of you that picked up new phones and tablets, here's a nifty little speaker from Amazon you can use for better and louder sound. Great price and highly rated.

• Kinivo ZX100 Mini Portable Speaker --> $13.99

Excellent - mine just started to crackle last night (use it hooked to my Roku remote).

Kudos on your timing there, TMonkey

[ngrant]

Originally Posted by sharphamster

Excellent - mine just started to crackle last night (use it hooked to my Roku remote).

Kudos on your timing there, TMonkey

Picked one up today - the black Kinovo speaker is the Kindle Daily Deal @ $12.99. Thanks, Tubemonkey, for all your research and recommendations!
Kinovo ZX100 Black

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by hwlester

Another one for you Tubemonkey:
Packt Publishing 24 Days of Christmas Technical ebooks and videos, started Dec 1.

Thanks; and added

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by sharphamster

Excellent - mine just started to crackle last night (use it hooked to my Roku remote).

Kudos on your timing there, TMonkey

Originally Posted by ngrant

Picked one up today - the black Kinovo speaker is the Kindle Daily Deal @ $12.99. Thanks, Tubemonkey, for all your research and recommendations!
Kinovo ZX100 Black

Y'all are quite welcome

[tubemonkey]

Reminder -- for those who recently purchased Galaxy Tabs, don't forget to claim your free gifts. If you purchased a Galaxy Tab Nook, B&N has a different set of free gifts.

• Samsung Galaxy Gifts
• Galaxy Tab Nook Gifts

[jj2me]

Kyocera Event cell phone, $10 + tax + shipping or free pickup, from Best Buy. 3.7 stars out of 5 on Best Buy site.

Very low end phone (spec list here), but with removable battery and µSD card.

Only:
- 3.5" screen
- 320 x 480
- single core 1.0 GHz processor
- 4 GB storage, but only 1.2 GB user-available
- 512 MB of RAM
- 3.2 MP camera

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by jj2me

Kyocera Event cell phone, $10 + tax + shipping or free pickup, from Best Buy. 3.7 stars out of 5 on Best Buy site.

Very low end phone (spec list here), but with removable battery and µSD card.

Only:
- 3.5" screen
- 320 x 480
- single core 1.0 GHz processor
- 4 GB storage, but only 1.2 GB user-available
- 512 MB of RAM
- 3.2 MP camera

Cheap price; but the specs are way to low to recommend getting this phone. It's a couple years old and still uses Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0). It won't be upgraded. The combination of a single-core processor, 512MB RAM, 1.2GB storage, and And 4.0 will make you regret ever getting it. This thing will be slow and you'll run out of storage fast.

Keep in mind that not all apps can be moved to the mSD card, so you'll be limited in the number of apps you can have on this phone. Also, Android 4.0 will be the next OS version to be left behind as app developers increase the features on their apps. When that happens, you'll be stuck with older versions of apps or no ability to get new apps.

In my opinion, the $10 will be better spent at Starbucks than on this phone.

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by jj2me

Kyocera Event cell phone, $10 + tax + shipping or free pickup, from Best Buy. 3.7 stars out of 5 on Best Buy site.

Very low end phone (spec list here), but with removable battery and µSD card.

Only:
- 3.5" screen
- 320 x 480
- single core 1.0 GHz processor
- 4 GB storage, but only 1.2 GB user-available
- 512 MB of RAM
- 3.2 MP camera

Given that we use a trac phone for travel about twice a year, this looks like it would be right up our alley. I'll have to see how to add minutes and with which carrier. We usually get a trac phone with 20 minutes just for airport pickups type of thing.