Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Processor – Microcenter is selling the Intel Core i7 920 processor for $200, about $75 off. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Arc Mouse – Microsoft Arc cordless laser mouse (the one that has the flip up rear end) for $20, shipped. I've never used these except to dink around with one at the store, but they seem pretty nice for a travel mouse. They were $50 to start, but more like $35 on average now. [Techbargains]

⌦ Bluetooth Headset – The Nokia BH-212 Bluetooth headset is $7, shipped, and looks like it has a design that would stay in your ear without looking too dorky. [Dealhack]

⌦ Wireless Presenter – The SwissGear PV600 is a combination wireless mouse and laser pointer with integrated multimedia controls for presentations. It's $10, shipped, down from an original $60. [Dealoco]

⌦ Home Server – Acer Aspire Easystore AH340-UA230N (rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?) with 2TB of storage for $400. Includes Windows Home Server. [Dealnews]

⌦ Camcorder – Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG9 camcorder for $150, shipped. I'm in the process of rebuilding my entire camera setup now, from the DSLR to the camcorders, and it's my little Xacti that I'm having the hardest time parting with, even though my phone now shoots decent video. (I'm considering a Canon 5D MK II for DSLR + Real Video duties, then the iPhone for any clean-up, impromptu stuff, but I keep getting warned off the 5D by a lot of people who say using it for video is still a bear.) [Dealnews]

⌦ Rechargeable Flashlight – Cyclops xenon professional flashlight with charger for $41, shipped, about $100 off. 105-lumens from four Ni-Mh 2,000 mAh batteries (included). [Dealnews]

⌦ Emergency Kit – The ReadyQwik survival bag is surely not as good as a hand-made bug-out bag, but with a shaker flashlight, crank phone charger, a simple meal, a multi-tool, and water sterilization kits (and more) for $26, shipped, it's better than nothing. (I'll be taking the Hitler Bunker option, so my bag is just a couple of tablets of cyanide, which I very nearly crush between my molars every time a car alarm goes off in the night.) [Dealnews]

⌦ Roomba – Today's Woot is an refurbished iRobot Roomba 530 Robotic Vacuum with Virtual Wall for $135, shipped.

Joel Johnson

Reseller market for iPhone 3G is a lot like used Macs

One of things that long-time Macintosh owners will tell you is that the resell value for Apple computers trends higher than other PC brands. It's not uncommon for even three- or four-year-old Macs to sell for hundreds of dollars, while PCs of similar vintage go for less. It's the sort of thing you tell yourself before you drop a couple thousand dollars on Apple hardware to mute the sting a bit, but in my experience it tends to be true.

I just sold my iPhone 3G—a well-worn 16GB model that was listed with a nice, big picture of the crack in the plastic up around the headphone jack, and isn't unlocked—for $300 on eBay. I'm a bit shocked, frankly. You can pick up the same model brand new at AT&T for $99, or $200 for a 3GS, with a two-year contract.

But for those that don't want to sign up with AT&T, it seems like it's worth paying a few hundred to use an iPhone on another network. That certainly makes the $500 I paid for a new iPhone 3GS feel a lot less painful.

It reminds me an awful lot of what it's like to be a Mac owner who upgrades every 12-18 months. A high initial investment lets me use gear of recent revision, provided I'm willing to keep it in decent shape and resell the old stuff.

And in this case there's an added bonus: I can free an iPhone from the bonds of AT&T service. It's almost like a good deed.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Headphone Coupon – Skullcandy has a 50% off coupon from the online store, with $1 shipping. (The $1 goes to a breast cancer charity.) [Slickdeals]

⌦ World of Goo – You can download World of Goo, as fine a game as they come, for $7. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Label Printer – The Brother PT-1280 label printer can be had for $12, shipped, about $50 off the list price. [Dealoco]

⌦ iPhone headphones – The HHI iSolate Vibe earbuds can be had for about $8, shipped. I've never used them, so I can't attest to sound quality, but they do have an inline microphone and button, making them a nice choice for replacement buds for iPhone and Pre owners who've lost the bundled ones but don't want to pay big bucks for replacements. [Dealnews]

⌦ Monitor – Dell S2309W 23-inch 1080p monitor for $150, shipped. Has DVI-D and VGA inputs. [Dealnews]

⌦ Cigars! – I know next-to-nothing about cigars, but you can get an 8-cigar sampler bundle from CigarsInternational.com for $15, shipped. [Dealnews]

⌦ Woot-Off – Over on Woot they're having a bit of a Woot-Off.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Inflatable Bed – AeroBed Lasting Comfort Air Matress (queen) for $85, shipped. It's at Costco, so non-members pay a 5% surcharge. These are normally around $120. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Gutter Robot – The iRobot Looj gutter-cleaning robot has dropped to $30, shipped, if you pay with PayPal. [Techbargains]

⌦ Watch – The new Timex Expedition WS4 widescreen multifunction watch (alimeter, barometer, compass, thermometer) is 20% at Eastern Mountain Sports, making it $160 shipped. [Dealhack]

⌦ True Blood – The first season DVDs of the HBO vampire series True Blood are on sale for $25, shipped. [Amazon]

⌦ Watch Winder – Wolf Designs Module 2.0 Programmable 3-Slot Rotating Automatic Watch Winder for just $450, or about $1,050 off. It winds watches. [Dealnews]

⌦ Speakers – Today's Woot are two Klipsch Synergy F-1 Floorstanding Loudspeakers for $355, shipped.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Nokia Tablet – Nokia N810 Tablet with Wi-Fi and QWERTY keyboard for $180, shipped. These things are being obviated for smartphones, but there are still plenty of interesting things you can do with a Linux-running computer of that size. (Like install Android.) [Dealhack]

⌦ VAIO P – Staples is selling the SonY VAIO P netbook for $700, shipped. It's perhaps the most cleverly design notebook out there, but it's not without its limitations. Ask Rob! [Dealnews]

⌦ USB Drive – Today's Woot is the My Portable Peripherals 4GB USB Drive for $10, shipped.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ PSP – Dell is selling the older Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP 2000) for $112, or about ten bucks off. Still a fine media and game player and emulator, even if it's a bit big. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Acoustic Guitar – Cheap Rogue RA-100D Dreadnought guitar for $51, shipped. [TechBargains]

⌦ Soundbar – Boston Acoustics TVee Model Two soundbar and wireless subwoofer for $300, shipped, or about $100 off. [Dealoco]

⌦ Mini-Speakers – Samsung portable speaker system with a 3.5mm plug for free if you pay $5 shipped. [Dealnews]

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Ghostbusters Blu-Ray — Pre-order the Ghostbusters re-release on Blu-Ray, then combine coupons SONYPIC5 and GHOSTBLU to drop the price from $20 to $10. Shipping is free on Amazon if your order is over $25. Heat 'em up!

⌦ Road Bike – Nashbar sells its single-speed Road Bike for $240. Seems like a no-nonsense sort of commuter bike. Shipping does add an additional $27. [Techbargains]

⌦ Kone Vac – DigitalFotoClub.com sells the Dirt Devil Kone Vacuum Cleaner in Plum for $35ish, shipped. You can also get a similar version that includes a broom attachment from Target for $50, shipped.

⌦ PS3 Remote – The Nyko PlayStation 3 Blu Wave Remote uses a USB dongle to add IR support. It's $10 shipped from Amazon. [Dealoco]

⌦ Hiking Daypack Bottle – Eddie Bauer sells the Essential Hiking Daypack Bottle, with a whistle and matches and a multi-tool and other things you hopefully won't ever use for $14.50, shipped, or about $10 off. [Bargainist]

⌦ Canon Waterproof Cases – The Canon e-Store has a coupon that cuts a lot of their underwater housings for PowerShot cameras down to $75, shipped, or about $25 off. [Dealnews]

⌦ Sleeping Bags – Today's Woot is a two-pack of High Peak Simex Sport Sirius Sleeping Bag for $25, shipped.

Joel Johnson

Video: Panic Sale!

Panic, makers of fine Macrintorsh softwares, are having a 50% sale.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ ePaper eBook – Ectaco jetBook JB5W-EN eBook Reader for $170, shipped. It's pretty ugly, but it has a five-inch ePaper screen and support for a lot of different formats, including .pdf, Mobi, and Epub. Don't take this as an endorsement, though—I've never even heard of it. [Dealhack]

⌦ Hard Drives – Dell Small Business is selling two Seagate 7200.11 1.5TB SATA internal hard drives for $198, shipped. My NAS screams for sustenance. [Dealnews]

⌦ LED Faucet – You know how every time we talk about a fancy new faucet people say, "Well, the light that shows you if it's hot or cold is useful"? You can buy this simple screw-on version for $7, shipped. [Dealnews]

⌦ Fake Mustaches – 12-pack of fake mustaches for $2.61, shipped. [Dealnews]

⌦ Wallet Tool – 11-in-1 Wallet Survival Tool for $3, shipped. [Dealnews]

⌦ Flip Mino – Today's Woot is a refurbished Pure Digital Mino 60 Minute Camcorder for $95.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Monitor – Dell S2409 24-inch 1080p LCD for $185; S2209W 1080p LCD for $134; 2009W 1,600 by 900 pixel monitor for $101. [Slickdeals]

⌦ GPS – Garmin Nuvi 205W for $140, shipped. [Dealoco]

⌦ Klingon Phrasebook – A Klingon phrasebook is on sale for just $1 on the iTunes App Store, perfect for copying to your tricorder. [iTunes]

⌦ Sprinklers – Today's Woot is a pair of Nelson 360-degree Pulsating Sprinklers for $10, shipped.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Mobile Pizza Oven – The Roadpro Pizza Oven can be powered by the 12-volt outlet in your car. It's only $30, shipped, although I haven't calculated the devaluation of your self-respect. [Dealoco]

⌦ HD Monitor – Westinghouse 42-inch LCD Monitor for $580. I've got a Westinghouse monitor that I use as an HDTV, and it's just fine, although it's certainly on the low-middle end of equipment. It's hard to beat their inches-per-dollar ratio, though. [Dealoco]

⌦ Hard Drives – Newegg is offering 10% off most of its hard drives, all flavors. I am looking for a batch of five drives for my NAS and I very nearly pulled the trigger on some Samsung 1TB ones that are as low as $68 each now, but the reviews seem a little iffy on the larger-sized drives from all vendors. [Dealnews]

⌦ Retractable Fishing Rod – The Coleman FishPen is $7, shipped. It extends to three feet but breaks down to just an eight-inch case. [Dealnews]

⌦ Laptop – Today's Woot is a refurbished HP Pavilion 17" 2GHz Core 2 Duo Notebook for $655, shipped.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Universal Remote – Amazon is selling a refurbished Logitech Harmony 890 remote for $120, shipped. They're normally over twice that new. [Slickdeals] Relatedly, Logitech has finally put out an RF adapter to make the Harmony remotes with with the PlayStation 3. It's $60. [Logitech Harmony Adapter for Playstation 3]

⌦ Programmable Thermostat – The Lux Smart programmable thermostat is $21, shipped, about $14 off. [Dealnews]

⌦ Canned Air – Today's Woot is the Turbo Air Rechargeable Blower System by WD-40 two-pack for $25, shipped.

Joel Johnson

Wal-Mart testing automated trade-in machines for used videogame

Wal-Mart is testing a used games trade-in machine at certain locations, a development that's welcome, if only to raise the price of trade-ins (or lower the price of used games) at Gamestop. Unfortunately, according to Neocrisis, the blog-slash-anime-suffix, the vending machines don't always know what game discs you're inserting to be scanned—and when they do, they don't provide instant credit, but instead a charge to your credit card in two or three days. [via Cheap Ass Gamer]

Update: Apparently Wal-Mart is dabbling with big box store-style electronics displays, too. [CrunchGear]

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Xbox 360 Arcade Classics – Lots of classic arcade games for $3 from Amazon, including Gauntlet, Dig Dug, and TMNT the arcade game. That's a couple bucks off on most, I believe. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Headphones – Basic over-the-ear Sennheiser HD201 headphones for $18. They're at Amazon, so shipped free if you order $25 or more. [Dealoco]

⌦ Backpacks – Several SwissGear laptop bags and backpacks are on sale at Amazon, from $16 to $50. I got Carmela a basic black one for Christmas and it's held up to daily use really well. [Dealhack]

⌦ Desktop PC – A friend of mine recently asked me what I thought of those Atom-powered desktops, and I nearly recommend she get one until I realized that you can get one of these small Dell machines with a dual-core Pentium and 3GB of RAM for about the same price it takes to kit one of those out. They're on sale again for $300. [Dealnews]

⌦ Cordless Mouse – Basic Logitech V220 notebook mouse for $10, shipped. Normally around $20-$25. [Dealnews]

⌦ Camcorder – Today's Woot is the JVC Mini DV Camcorder with 30x Optical Zoom for $135, shipped.

Rob Beschizza

Oi, mate, deal on a Viliv

Dynamism.com is hosting a one-day sale on the Viliv S5 mobile internet device, with a 1.33GHz Atom CPU, XP and a 6-hour battery. The S5 has a 4.8" touchscreen haptic display, and the first 400 to order get a free case and extra battery. The price is $600, which is good if you get the extras.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ LEGO Indiana Jones game – Amazon is clearing out the LEGO Indy game for Wii for $15. Anything over $25 is shipped free, as per usual. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Pocket Camcorder – The Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG9 camcorder is available for $180, shipped. I'm a big Xacti fan, but bear in mind this one doesn't shoot in 720p, but VGA.[Dealhack]

⌦ Dutch Oven – Lodge Logic 7-quart dutch over with iron cover for $37, shipped. I have a big Lodge cast iron I use for most of my cooking so I can safely ignore this, but it doesn't mean I don't want it. Buy your UPS man flowers, though. [Dealoco]

⌦ Pocket Camcorder – Refurbished Flip Video Mino (not HD) for $105, shipped, or about $50 off. [Dealnews]

⌦ Desk Forklight – As seen in the video above, a Desk Forklift ($17, shipped) is an essential part of the busy sysadmin's jerky organization system. [Dealnews]

⌦ PCI 802.11n Card – TRENDnet wireless draft N 802.11n PCI adapter for $20, shipped, about half off, easily. Reviews are mixed on Newegg, though, so check for OS + driver compatibility. [Dealnews]

⌦ Six Pounds of Pens – For $20, you can own around 318 pens. You can use them to write on your Kindle. [Dealnews]

⌦ Inflatable Bed – The always-classy (and always-handy) inflatable AeroBed is on sale at Costco for $30, about $20 off. I wouldn't want to use one of these every night, but these things are surprisingly comfortable. [Dealnews]

⌦ Woot-Off! – At Woot there has been a Woot-Off! going since last night.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Xbox Controller – Newegg is selling the regular black 360 wireless controller for $30. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Security Camera – The Q-See 4-channel color outdoor wired camera set feeds back to a 250GB DVR, perfect for your own Little Brother LARPing. It's $300, shipped. [Dealoco]

⌦ Netbook – Dell is selling its new Mini 10v for $292, shipped. Should be hackintorshable judging from the chipset. (We'll be updating our compatibility chart soon, honest injun.) [Dealnews]

⌦ Fake Rock Speaker – The Phoenix Gold 5.25-inch granite rock landscape speaker is yours for just $26, shipped—that's about $21 off. [Dealnews]

⌦ Monitor – Unbelievably, the Dell S2209W 1080p widescreen monitor (21.5-inch) has dropped again, down now to $150, shipped. That's $60 cheaper than the drop last week. Soon I will be able to realize my lifelong dream of sitting at a bank of enveloping monitors, each displaying status updates of chittering consoles and flashing Nagios grids. But since I have no machines to monitor anymore, they'll have to be monitoring your computers. [Dealnews]

⌦ Zune – Today's Woot is a 30GB Zune for $85. Buy it today and I'll throw in $30,000 worth of music for just $15 a month.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Wireless Router – Netgear WNR834B (DD-WRT-compatible) Wireless N router, refurbished and on sale for $27, shipped. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Netbook – The MSI Wind U90 with 512MB RAM, 3-cell battery, and 80GB HDD for $195, shipped. Will take OS X without issue. [Dealnews]

⌦ Cleaning Robots – Buy any iRobot unit that costs more than $250 and get a free Looj gutter cleaning robot. For some reason I get the impression that the Looj isn't the same success as the Roomba was. [Bargainist]

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Point-and-Shoot – Nikon Coolpix S550 in a nice plum color for $100. Pick up in-store or ship for $7. About $45 off. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Pocket Printer – The Polaroid Pogo Instant Mobile Photo Printer is at Best Buy for $80, or $20 off. I know these things had really poor reviews, but I still sort of want one. [Dealhack]

⌦ 1080p Projector – The InFocus X10 DLP 1080p projector has dropped to $1,300 at a couple of stores, about $700-900 off most other prices. For a budget 1080p projector, it has reviewed well. [Dealnews]

⌦ Monitor – Acer 23-inch 1080p monitor for $170, shipped. [Dealnews]

⌦ Headphones – Grado SR-60 headphones for $65, shipped. Not a huge discount, but it's rare to see any price break on Grado headphones. [Dealnews]

⌦ Power Tools – A refurbished set of Ryobi tools, including a drill, flashlight, circular saw, and reciprocating saw is available for $112, shipped. A nice starter set. [Amazon]

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Sonicare Toothbrush – Amazon is selling the entry-level 4100 model for $37, shipped, which is about half off. Sonicare will sheer the cruft off your choppers like a chainsaw to cheddar. [Amazon] Update: Derp.

⌦ Netbook – Acer Aspire On with 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD, and Windows XP for $240, shipped. [Amazon] If you want the six-cell battery, it's $280. I imagine that these first-wave netbooks will start being cleared out soon to make way for the Ion-powered versions.

⌦ LeapFrog Booksimilar product from LeapFrog some of you guys didn't like the idea that a robot would read a book to your kids. But for those of you aren't racist against robot help... [Dealhack]

⌦ DSLR – J&R is selling a refurbished Nikon D90 body for $700, about $100 off. [Dealoco]

⌦ Wolfenstein – The first-person shooter is available for iPhone and iPod Touch for $2, which is $3 off. [Dealnews]

⌦ Defense Grid – 3D tower defense game Defense Grid is available for the PC from Steam for $5, or $15 off. I played the demo and it was pretty neat, although $5 is more in line with what I'd want to pay than $20. You can pick up the new Plants vs. Zombies from PopCap while you're there for $10. [Dealnews]

⌦ Heart Monitor – Today's Woot is the Pro-Form Precision Trainer XT Heart Rate Monitor with Chest Strap for $25, shipped.

Rob Beschizza

Rumor: Apple to Buy Twitter. God help us!

Owen at Gawker has it from an anonymous source: Apple shall buy Twitter for $700m. But what does it mean?

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ What HDMI Costs – 3-pack of 6-foot HDMI cables for $8, shipped. You can spray paint them gold if it makes you feel better. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Battery Charger – The La Crosse Technology BC-900 AlphaPower battery charger, the very same battery charger I use in my home, which, according to my expert assessment, does appear to charge batteries, is now selling for $40 at Amazon—the normal price, but they now toss in 4 AA and 4 AAA rechargeables. [Amazon]

⌦ Camera Bag – Crumpler 4 Million Dollar Home camera bag for $30 at REI. Shipping is extra, or pick-up in store. About $10-20 off. [Dealhack]

⌦ Sony Rolly – Sony has slashed the price of its weird but undeniably charming Rolly MP3 robot thing to $150 from $400, making it only $100 overpriced. [Dealnews]

⌦ Monitor – Dell S2309W 23-inch 1080p LCD monitor for $160, shipped. Five years ago I paid $800 for two 20-inch 4:3 monitors from Dell and considered myself the Duke of Bargains. [Dealnews]

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Monitor – Samsung T260HD 26-inch LCD panel with 1,920 by 1,200 pixel resolution and lots of inputs, including a built-in ATSC tuner, for $330, shipped. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Sound Bar – Boston Acoustics TVee Model Two sound bar with wireless subwoofer for $200, shipped, about half-price. [Dealoco]

⌦ Jack and Stands – Sears is selling a 3-ton floor jack with two stands and a creeper for $95. It's over $50 to ship, but you can pick up in-store. [Dealnews]

⌦ Babylon 5 – The completely Babylon 5 on DVD for $105, shipped. [Amazon]

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Monitors – Two Dell monitors are on sale, a 23-inch for $176, and a 22-inch one for $148. Both are 1080p. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Tiny TV – Haier 7-inch portable LCD TV with digital TV tuner for $106, shipped. Seems like it might be a nice little unit for an R/V or something. I'm kind of half-looking at it for a car PC project that I'm going to dig into soon, but I think I need to stick with a touchscreen. [Dealhack]

⌦ Empire of the Sun – The free iTunes Single of the Week is "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun, whose hilariously over-the-top cover is above, having more to do with carnival airbrush artists' fever dreams than J.G. Ballard. If you thought we were done reliving the '80s...we aren't. (You can blame me. I like the song on the first pass.)

⌦ Digital-to-Analog TV Converter – If you've got your NTIA coupon, Meritline is selling and shipping this Airlink 1010 converter box for free. [Dealnews]

⌦ AAA Batteries – Yes, rechargeables would be better, but if you need 100 AAA Rayovacs for some reason, you can buy them for $15, shipped. [Dealnews]

Joel Johnson

Dell Vostro (aka Darth Mini 9) available for $200; makes a fine hackintosh

Above you'll see my Runcore 64GB SSD drive sitting in front of my Dell Mini 9. The Runcore cost me $220—just $30 less than I paid for my Mini 9.

Now Dell is selling its business black version of the Mini 9, the Vostro A90, for just $200. Slap in a bigger SSD (the Runcore tends to benchmark the fastest, but I only went with 64GB because the 32GB were in deep backorder) and 2GB of RAM, and you've got yourself a fine little Hackintosh for around $500. And you can do it for far less if you go with a more modest SSD.

One bonus to the Runcore, though, of any size: Along with snappy performance, the Runcores come with a micro-USB port, making it possible to plug it in to your Mac, boot from any install disk (even the crippled ones that come with your Mac), and install OS X directly onto the SSD. Put it in the Mini 9, boot from a Linux sysloader on a USB flash drive, and run the DellEFI driver installer once you're in OS X. Easy peasy. It took me about three hours to do it—two of which were spent mucking around trying to get OS X to boot with the flash drive because I tried to get fancy with newer versions and didn't use the one suggested in the instructions.

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Free Ice Cream – Free ice cream cone at Ben & Jerry's when you go in between noon and 8PM. Gay marriage == free ice cream! [Slickdeals]

⌦ Media Tablet – The Archos 5 160GB internet media tablet for $280, shipped. Think of it as a netbook without a keyboard. (And likely better equipped to decode video.) [Dealoco]

⌦ Running GPS Watch – Amazon has cut the price of the Garmin Forerunner 50 sports watch with heart rate monitor and wireless "ANT stick" to $50, shipped, down from around $100. I believe there's a newer model on its way. [Amazon]

⌦ Mac Mini – Micro Center is selling the last-gen 1.83GHz Mac Mini with 1GB of RAM and an 80GB HDD for $400, in-store only. Not a bad little media machine, but the new models have much better video hardware. [Dealnews]

⌦ Point-and-Shoot – Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS 10MP 3x optical zoom digital camera with mini tripod for $200, shipped, about $30 off. [Dealnews]

⌦ Point-and-Shoot – Refurb FuijiFilm FinePix A850 8.1MP 3x optical zoom camera for $47, shipped, from Newegg. Unless you really need that Canon, this is the nearly disposable camera to get today. [Dealnews]

⌦ Gaming Headset – The Rosewill RH-001 circumaural (padded) stereo headset with boom mic is $5, shipped, at Newegg. How bad could it be? [Dealnews]

⌦ Depeche Mode – Amazon MP3 is selling that new Depeche Mode album "Sounds of the Universe" for $4. I bought it but I a huge dweeb for DM. [Sounds Of The Universe]

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ iMac – 20-inch 2.4GHz iMac for $970, shipped from Newegg. Probably want a little more RAM in there (it just has a gig), but would be a fine mother-in-law machine. [Dealhack]

⌦ Nintendo DS Game – Master of Illusion, a DS game that teaches card tricks (and comes with its own deck of cards), is just $6, shipped, from Buy.com. The reviews were middling on Metacritic, but user ratings were 8/10. [Dealoco]

⌦ Filtered Water – PUR two-stage water dispenser for $20, shipped. (Normally $40.) [Bargainist]

⌦ Pen Camcorder – A strange little camcorder inside a pen for corporate espionage or infiltrating your local poetry club. $43, shipped. [Dealnews]

⌦ LEGO Corkscrew – Amazon is selling the LEGO Corkscrew and Bottle Opener set for $6.50, about half off. If you pad your order over $25 (or have Prime) shipping is free. [Amazon]

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Galaga Legions – Amazon will sell you Galaga Legions for $5 by sending you a code that can be redeemed on Xbox Live. Very glad to see price competition start hitting online gaming outlets. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Xbox 360 – While we're on the subject, Dell Home is selling an Xbox 360 Pro with a 60GB hard drive (and 512MB RAM!) for $250, shipped. [Dealhack]

⌦ Hydration Pack – High Sierra Wave Hydration Pack (like a CamelBak) for $20, shipped, from REI. [Dealoco]

⌦ Parking Sensor – Easy Park Garage Parking Sensor for $12, shipped. Your grandmother will thank you. [Dealoco]

⌦ BJ's Wholesale Membership – Free two-month pass with full privileges to BJ's Wholesale Club. I've never been to a BJ's, but as I'm currently living it up with my new Costco membership, I'm enamored with the concept at the moment. [Dealnews]

⌦ Unlocked iPhone – Unlocked iPhone 3G for $800. For a model that is almost certainly going to be supplanted in June/July, that seems really high, even accounting for a carrier subsidy, etc. [Dealnews]

⌦ iPod Nano – Apple iPod nano 8GB (refurb) for $100, shipped; 16GB for $150. [Dealnews]

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Monitor – A refurbished Soyo 24-inch monitor (1920 x 1200) for $150, shipped. DVI and VGA, no HDMI. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Jacket in a Water Bottle – For $15, LL Bean will ship you a light jacket in a plastic water bottle. [Slickdeals]

⌦ Sigma Point-and-Shoot – The Sigma DP-1 for $400, shipped. The DP-2 is coming out soon, though, so you may want to wait. [Dealoco]

⌦ Mac Mini – Mac Mini C2D 1.83GHz refurb unit for $420, shipped. 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, Airport, Bluetooth. [Dealnews]

⌦ Camcorder – Canon FS100 flash memory camcorder for $202, shipped. Oh, also refurbished. [Dealnews]

Joel Johnson

Morning tech deals highlights

⌦ Kid's Game – LeapFrog Leapster Learning System (like a big Game Boy for teaching toddlers) on sale for $30, shipped, at Target. (Won't ship for a few weeks, though.) [Slickdeals]

⌦ Slacker Radio – Slacker G2 [our review] for $50 off at Best Buy, making it $150 shipped. Basic service is free, although you'll probably want to upgrade to a pay version if you enjoy it. [Dealhack]

⌦ Point-and-Shoot – The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35A 10-megapixel camera with 720p video shooting for $180, shipped. That's at least $50 off the next best price I could find for a really nice little camera. [Dealoco]

⌦ Valkyria Chronicles – Sega's Valkyria Chronicles, sort of like a cross between X-Com, Final Fantasy Tactics and a Hitler Youth rally, is on sale for $30, shipped. For some reason they only released this for PlayStation 3. [Dealoco]

⌦ HDTV – Sony Bravia 46-inch 1080p LCD HDTV for $1,000, shipped, about $200 off. [Dealnews]

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