Hi All,
Apple is giving away a lot of free apps and games this week as part of their 5 year anniversary celebration. The free stuff runs through the end of the week. To get a good list, and overview, read this.
Later,
John
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Deal of the Day - 6/7/13
Hello All,
Today and tomorrow, Best Buy is selling a Nook Simple Touch ereader for $49.99 shipped to your door. This is a great price for the top rated ereader currently on the market. This ereader has the newest EInk technology and a responsive touchscreen. It also has a SDHC slot that you can add up to an additional 32Gb of more space for additional books or magazines. The only real negative is it is not a kindle, and the kindle whispersync service and kindle shopping experience are far superior to the nooks experience. On the plus side though, there are no adds, and you can check out books from the library for your nook.
Additionally you can hack it to turn it into a generic android tablet, then run kindle or anything on it. I was not able to make it work, but I have not tired very hard either. You can find directions for that here.
You can find reviews of the Nook here, here, and here.
Lastly, I want to recommend Calibre for managing your ebooks. It is like iTunes for your ereader, but better and easier to use. You can buy from any store and use Calibre to convert the books to your devices format, and best of all it is free.
You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Today and tomorrow, Best Buy is selling a Nook Simple Touch ereader for $49.99 shipped to your door. This is a great price for the top rated ereader currently on the market. This ereader has the newest EInk technology and a responsive touchscreen. It also has a SDHC slot that you can add up to an additional 32Gb of more space for additional books or magazines. The only real negative is it is not a kindle, and the kindle whispersync service and kindle shopping experience are far superior to the nooks experience. On the plus side though, there are no adds, and you can check out books from the library for your nook.
Additionally you can hack it to turn it into a generic android tablet, then run kindle or anything on it. I was not able to make it work, but I have not tired very hard either. You can find directions for that here.
You can find reviews of the Nook here, here, and here.
Lastly, I want to recommend Calibre for managing your ebooks. It is like iTunes for your ereader, but better and easier to use. You can buy from any store and use Calibre to convert the books to your devices format, and best of all it is free.
You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Deal of the day - 1/10/13
Hello All,
Happy new year! Best Buy is selling the extended edition of the Lord of the Rings trilogy for $49.99. This is the 15 disc set with everything you ever wanted from the movies, and more. The msrp is $119.99 and even Amazon is not selling it this cheap. You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Happy new year! Best Buy is selling the extended edition of the Lord of the Rings trilogy for $49.99. This is the 15 disc set with everything you ever wanted from the movies, and more. The msrp is $119.99 and even Amazon is not selling it this cheap. You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Deal of the Day - 10/30/12
Hello All,
Steam is having a Halloween sale on lots and lots of games. Good deals to be had, but they end on 10/31 at midnight so time is running out. You can find the deals here.
Later,
John
Steam is having a Halloween sale on lots and lots of games. Good deals to be had, but they end on 10/31 at midnight so time is running out. You can find the deals here.
Later,
John
Friday, August 3, 2012
Deal of the Day - 8/3/12
Hello All,
Today only, Woot is selling a Sony Android tablet for $265 shipped to your door. This is a great price for a nice Android tablet. This tablet has 32Gb of space and is upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It also has a SDHC slot that you can add up to an additional 32Gb of more space. There are additional features if you have a PS3 or PSP.
You can find reviews here, here, and here.
You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Today only, Woot is selling a Sony Android tablet for $265 shipped to your door. This is a great price for a nice Android tablet. This tablet has 32Gb of space and is upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It also has a SDHC slot that you can add up to an additional 32Gb of more space. There are additional features if you have a PS3 or PSP.
You can find reviews here, here, and here.
You can find this deal here.
Later,
John
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Deal of the Day - 7/25/12
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
New Macbook Pros and MacBook Airs
Hello All,
New Apple products were announced yesterday and here is my take. Unless you are a gamer, photographer, or into heavy image editing or manipulation, get a Macbook Air. Apple reduced the price of the 13" model, the one you should buy, down to $1199. This machine is lightweight, quiet, and has between 5-7 hours of battery life.
The 13" Macbook Pro is also $1199, which is a heck of a deal for the money. Compared to the Air you get a faster machine, a DVD drive, a larger hard drive, but a much heavier machine. If you want the portability though, the Air is impossible to beat, and if you do not want the portability you should buy an iMac and get a faster machine for about the same price.
If you are any of those people I listed to start this article I would recommend a 15 or 17" macbook pro. Either the 2011 model on clearance, or the 2012 models are both solid, depending on your budget. MacMall is blowing out 2011, 17" models right now, but the rest of their prices on last years models are nothing special. I would check Apple Refurbished before you make a purchase, here is the link for MacBook Pros, and for MacBook Airs.
Lastly, check with the local college if you have any affiliation. They usually have a fair number of the last years laptops for a big discount, and you get a free printer/scanner/copier when you make an educational purchase.
Good luck,
John
New Apple products were announced yesterday and here is my take. Unless you are a gamer, photographer, or into heavy image editing or manipulation, get a Macbook Air. Apple reduced the price of the 13" model, the one you should buy, down to $1199. This machine is lightweight, quiet, and has between 5-7 hours of battery life.
The 13" Macbook Pro is also $1199, which is a heck of a deal for the money. Compared to the Air you get a faster machine, a DVD drive, a larger hard drive, but a much heavier machine. If you want the portability though, the Air is impossible to beat, and if you do not want the portability you should buy an iMac and get a faster machine for about the same price.
If you are any of those people I listed to start this article I would recommend a 15 or 17" macbook pro. Either the 2011 model on clearance, or the 2012 models are both solid, depending on your budget. MacMall is blowing out 2011, 17" models right now, but the rest of their prices on last years models are nothing special. I would check Apple Refurbished before you make a purchase, here is the link for MacBook Pros, and for MacBook Airs.
Lastly, check with the local college if you have any affiliation. They usually have a fair number of the last years laptops for a big discount, and you get a free printer/scanner/copier when you make an educational purchase.
Good luck,
John
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