At the Texas Instruments CES Booth they continue to have one of the more attractive booths. Some of there most eye catching products were their TV’s with DLP chips. Also the Slim TV was another impressive product. Make sure you see the pictures in read more. Read the rest of this entry »
United Airlines has a new upgrade to their first class suite which is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Let’s start off by saying the “chair” can actually fold into a horizontal bed 6 ft. long. But the fun doesn’t stop there. Read the rest of this entry »
During the holiday season, it’s safe to say that many shoppers buy gift cards for their friends and family. Well Best Buy reported a $43 million gain in fiscal 2006 from cards that hadn’t been used in two or more years. Don’t expect this sales number to go down, this year it’s expected that $24.8 billion worth of cards will be sold, up 34 percent from last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Amazon has been having their Customer Vote as a promotional deal. We saw the Xbox 360 win a few weeks ago, but this time it’s the Zune. Starting Tuesday the 30GB media player will be selling for only $90. The only downside is that there are only 1,000 units for sale, which mean these could sell out in seconds, which was the case the the Xbox 360’s.
Before the Zune was released, everything thought that this could be the MP3 player that would take the the iPod dynasty. So it’s been about 2 weeks and how are they doing? Well, not very well. According to Amazon.com’s MP3 player sales charts, the Zune is ranked 18th. Read the rest of this entry »
Fortune magazine is reporting that Britain’s EMI Group (the Beatles’ record label) is close to making a deal with iTunes to have their songs in an iPod ad. We saw this with Bano, and now it’s with the Beatles. The Beatles recors label is also talking about having their own branded iPod’s. Don’t be surprised if you see these one shelves soon.
via [gizmodo]
So far black Friday has treated us well with great savings from Apple. For today, and only today, most of the iPods and other accessories are on sale. As you can see, you can save $21 on an iPod, and you can save up to $50 on other products.
Ready. Set. Shop. [Apple Store]
Helio has stepped up their game by opening 5 new stores, one being in Santa Monica, California. As you can see, the inside looks designed for young adults or teenagers, which is always a good marketing approach. Read the rest of this entry »
For the past week I’ve posted a few times about how Amazon could possibly be selling the Xbox 360 for $100. Well it’s all a promotional deal to get more people to Amazon. How it works is users can vote on two products, which ever product gets the most votes will sell very cheap. Voting ends on Thursday (Xbox has about 85% of the votes). So next week we should see a very heap Xbox for sale!
via [gadgetell]
Yesterday morning Red Sox general manager offered the store manager at a local best buy $51,111 to cut the long line so he could get the nice PS3. The Theo Epstein went on to pay $5000 for the system!
“Clearly I believe PS3 has really fine features and graphics and it would be a great fit in my living room,†said Epstein, who wouldn’t disclose the amount paid. “I’m excited to move on to the next step of the process and read the manual.†— 11.17.06, Theo Epstein, Chronic Overspender
via [bostondirtdogs]
I’m sure most of you feel like waiting in line for 3+ days is a bit crazy, but then you go on eBay and see the consoles going to HUGE amounts of money. Today a PS3 was officially sold for $9000! This is absolutely wack, because I’m sure we can all find better ways to spend $9000.
via [techeblog]
Remember when I posted a few days ago about the rumor that Amazon would be selling the Xbox for $100? Well it’s basically true. For the next four months, Amazon will be having weekly deals. Hears the little swist, each month two products are featured, which ever one is voted higher will get sold for a deal. Read the rest of this entry »
When deciding on which music player is better, it’s also important to look at it’s software. The Zune Marketplace, and iTunes both have their goods and bads, and it’s hard to say which one is better, seeing how it’s mostly personal preference. Here’s what we think about the two. Read the rest of this entry »
