Cool Tech Reviews

Buy.com seems to have declared a Cyber Week, not just Cyber Monday, since many (but not all) of their deals are good through December 7. Here are a few of the many bargains on their list that looked interesting:

SAVE $90.04 - Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5904 Laptop AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-60 2GHz,3GB, 250GB, 15.4”, DVD±R/RW, Webcam, Vista Home Premium. FREE BUDGET SHIPPING. Buy.com price: $569.95 (expires 12/1/08), List price: $659.99

SAVE $199.01 - Samsung 2233BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - 20,000:1 (DC), 5ms, 1680 x 1050, DVI. FREE BUDGET SHIPPING. $50.00 Mail-in Rebate $179.99 After Rebate (expires 12/5/08). Buy.com price: $229.99, List price: $379.00

SAVE $99.01 - Magellan Maestro 3140 3.5" GPS w/ Text To Speech and Bluetooth - Refurbished. FREE BUDGET SHIPPING. Buy.com price: $79.99, List price: $179.00

It looks like most online merchants started their sales on Black Friday, but they haven’t forgotten Cyber Monday. Here are some bargains from TigerDirect who is also offering $1.99 shipping and  a free 2009 (5-user) CA Internet Security Suite w/purchase of any desktop or laptop.

SAVE $220 - Acer Aspire Laptop Bundle w/D-Link WBR-1310 Wireless G Router -  Intel Celeron 2.13GHz Wireless 1GB DDR2 120GB HDD DVDRW 15.4" WXGA Webcam Vista Home Premium $399.99* (US) Price after $39 MIR, rebate expires 12/02/08

SAVE $80 - Garmin Nuvi 205 GPS 3.5" Touch Screen Display MicroSD Card Slot Voice Prompts $119.99 (US)

SAVE $60 - I-Inc 28" Widescreen LCD Monitor 3ms WUXGA 1920×1200 HDMI Built-In Speakers $299.99 (US)

SAVE $150 - Samsung 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor 5ms 8000:1 DCR 1440×900 WXGA+ DVI Black $139.99 (US)

Amazon is another online retailer that isn’t worrying about the traditional distinction that Black Friday is for brick and mortar stores - they are having their own Black Friday Sale online and as a matter of fact it has started already! Some tech bargains that I saw:

• Philips 6.5-Inch Digital Photo Frame (Clear & Black) reduced 31% to $89.99.
• TomTom ONE 125 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator reduced 44% to $99.99.
• SanDisk Sansa View 32 GB Video MP3 Player reduced 43% to $199.99.
• Sharp Aquos LC42D64U 42-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV reduced 33% to $999.98.

They are apparently rotating the deals, so it may well be worth checking in from time to time to see what is new.