Friday, January 27, 2012

Deal of the Day - 1/27/12

Hello All,

I would like to start this post by wishing a Happy Birthday to my wife, Laura.  Woot also decided to wish you a Happy Birthday by having good deals on HP TouchPad tablets.  You can get the 32GB for $224.99, the 16GB sold out already.  I picked up one of these when HP blew them out, and for the money they are totally worth it.  WebOS is easy to use, and you can install Android on them if you really want to.  I have not yet done that to mine as it works well enough with WebOS.  More pluses, you can plug it into any computer and move content onto and off of it, the speakers are the best I have heard in a tablet device, and if it breaks because of your kid dropping it at least you are not out $500 for an iPad.  You can find reviews here and here.

You can buy one here.

Later,

John

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Deal of the Day - 1/19/12

Hello All,

The woot-off is still going, which is crazy.  This is the longest woot-off I have ever seen.  I predict the BOC will drop sometime mid afternoon, I am going to say 2:30pm Central time.  On to the deal.

Costco is selling the E-PL1 with two lenses, a case, and a 4GB card for $379.99.  This camera is a great micro 4/3rds camera and at a remarkable price.  This camera would be great for someone looking to get into photography, someone who wants something about the size of a pocket camera - but with much better quality, or a serious photographer that is looking for a smaller and cheaper second camera to take with them places.  I could go on and on about this camera, and the 4/3rds standard, but I will let pros speak for the camera.  You can read more here, here, and here.

You can find this deal here.

Lastly, if you are not a costco member you can do this.

Later,

John

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Deal of the Day - 1/18/12

Hello All,

The woot-off is still going strong today on most of the woot sites.  If you do not know about it, you can check it out here.  In addition to that Sellout.woot is selling a Toshiba HD camcorder for $64.99 shipped to your door.  This little HD camcorder is perfect for parents and children as it is cheap enough that you will not care if it breaks, it is waterproof to 6.5 feet, and it has a HDMI out so it is easy to hook up to a TV.  You can find some reviews here, and here and you can view sample video here.  One last thing, this camcorder is $65, do not expect mind blowing HD video, but in good light and in places where it might get wet or wreck a better camcorder, it will work really well.

You can find this deal here.  I would recommend buying this for it right away as well, so you can record video when it gets to your house.

We bought a Kodak PlaySport Zx3 before we had our daughter, and it is basically the same thing.  It is waterproof to 10 feet, but outside of that they are very similar.  We bought that model over the newer Zx5 as the Zx3 has an interchangeable battery.  The Toshiba has that as well and is about $50 cheaper, so I would buy this if I were in the market.

Lastly, happy birthday to the not so little Andrew Kettner, man has this year flown by.

Later,

John

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Deal of the Day - 1/17/12

Hello All,


Get out your bibs to eat at the woot trough because it is time for a woot off.  Woot,wine.woot, home.woot, and kids.woot are all participating today.  Good luck landing the BOC.

Later,

John

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Deal of the Day - 1/5/12

Hello All,

The hot tech product right now is tablets, everyone wants one.  If you are everyone then today is a good day for you.  Woot is selling refurbished Toshiba Thrive tablets for $285 shipped to your door.  This is a great tablet for anyone who is not married to Apple, or just wants a good general use tablet.  A couple of highlights where it beats the 16GB iPad.

  • Built in GPS
  • User replaceable battery
  • Full set of ports - USB, HDMI, mini USB, and SD card slot
If I did not have an iPad already I would be buying one of these tablets.  You can read a solid review here.  You can find this deal here.

As a bonus, if this you are nervous about refurbished, or do not like Toshiba, I would suggest the new Sony S Tablet.  The price just dropped to $399 and it is another solid tablet.  If you have a Sony TV or a PS3 then this is really the tablet for you.  You can read about it here, and buy it here.

Happy 3 month Birthday to my little peanut :-).

Later,

John