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Slept in on Black Friday like me?  No fear, today Gadgetell is bringing you all the fresh deals for Cyber Monday.  First up is 6ave.com.  They have some significant deals going, check these out:

Bluetooth:
Aliph JawBone, now just $84.95 57% off

Cameras:
Samsung S860 now $79.95 21% off
Olympus E-Volt E410 $409 37% off

GPS
Tom Tom One 125 $99.95, 44% off
Magellan Roadmate 1212 $128, 35% off
Magellan Roadmate 1430 $154.95, 48% off.

HDTVs
Panasonic 42” 1080p Plasma $848, 34% off
Panasonic 50” Plasma $948, 32% off

Check out all the deals: [6ave.com]

• MacSales has some great Cyber Monday specials
• Walmart’s Cyber Monday 2008 video game deals
• Cyber Monday 2008 deals round-up

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Still hungry for bargains from the store that loves low prices?  Wal-Mart has pushed out these deals, and there are some good ones.  Here are the ones that caught my eye:

• Blu ray player by Memorex - $148 Full upconverting from 480 to 1080p plus Blu ray!
• Garmin Nuvi 760 -$246
• Samsung 42” Plasma HDTV bundle - $898 You get the HDTV, a surround sound set up, and upconverting dvd player.
• Garmin Forerunner 305 personal trainer GPS - $165
• 2 pack of 4GB SDHC cards, just $20

Many of these deals are online only while some do offer a free “ship to store” option that will make shipping free, but you’ve got to pick your items up at the local Wal-Mart.

Check out all Wal-Mart is blowing out today:  [walmart.com]

• Walmart’s Cyber Monday 2008 video game deals
• Cyber Monday 2008 deals round-up
• MacSales has some great Cyber Monday specials

Medion, a GPS company based in Europe, recently added to their GoPal lineup of GPSs by launching the new GoPal P5430. 

The P5430 is a high-end GPS that comes loaded with some pretty cool features such as a nice 5-inch touch screen, full maps of Europe by Navteq, TMC antenna to avoid traffic jams, fingerprint sensor for added security, runs on a SiRF Titan 600 Mhz processor, text-to-speech capability, Lane Adviser, Speed Adviser, audio playback, and 3GB on onboard memory. 

It is available right now and is set to sell for 175 Euros, or $225. 

Read [Medion]

• Cyber Monday deals on tech from 6ave.com
• Wal-Mart’s Cyber Monday deals: Blu-ray for $148!!!
• Gadgetell Review: Navigon 2200T

Gadgetell Quick Review: Navigon 2200T

Cool:

• Low Price(about 200 bucks)
• Good mounting hardware
• Reality view and Lane Assistant Pro feature is really helpful
• Speed warning
• Small size
• Lifetime traffic service

Uncool:

• Sometimes difficult to navigate the screens
• Traffic alerts not factored into initial route plans, but instead notifies you there is a problem and gives rerouting options
• Limited voice selections

The Crux:

Overall, if you can get past some quirks, the 2200T is a very good GPS and the lifetime traffic service makes it a stand out device for the low price.

This is a guest review by Robert Borgesi.  Rob co-hosts the website review program, “ChannelFlip Web” with Iyaz Akhtar on ChannelFlip.com.  Additionally, Rob is a tech enthusiast with years of computer building experience.

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Gadgetell Quick Review:

What is it?

The TeleNav Shotgun is the first stand alone GPS unit from TeleNav, known for their on-phone GPS

Pros:

Connected search, superior POI, smart traffic updates,  beautiful screen, Best mounting I’ve seen in some time, future possibilities

Cons:

No ETA, only time to destination and quarterly updates on POI information.

Will I finally find the GPS standalone device for me?  Follow to find out.

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This is where we call out the tech moves that seem odd, out of touch or just plain straight up smokin’ crack.  This week sees posturing, positioning and flat out insanity. 

This close to the holidays, everyone is hoping what is bolted down to the table withstands the storm.  (No, not that Storm). Here is what caught my eye this week:

Crazy texts from AT&T Marketing
Music sold on media
Apple’s lacking 2.2 update
BB Storms underwhelming intro
Touch on HP’s laptop

Follow me into the madness.

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One of the hottest gifts this holiday season is going to be GPSs.  Everyone, at some point in their life, has gotten lost multiple times while on the road and owning a GPS these days seems almost as necessary as having a cell phone. 

In case you want a general idea of what to look for in GPSs, you can check out Gadgetell’s Buying Guide for GPSs.  However, if you are in need of a GPS and plan to buy one on Black Friday, then you will want to know what’s going to be sold at a cheap price and where it’s going to be sold. 

We have three different GPS companies to talk about - TomTom, Magellan, and Garmin.  Overall, we have four different GPS models that are going to be sold in many different stores.  First, let’s begin with the TomTom One 125, which is going to be sold at Sears, Circuit City, Office Max, RadioShack, and Navy Exchange - all for the same price of $99.99.  Keep reading for more details.

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Check out this one: LG’s Incite.  The 3G world phone has some impressive features as well as an interesting price tag: $199.  The lineup of $199 touchscreen phones in the AT&T stable is getting crowded.  So how is this one different?

The Incite features Windows Mobile 6.1, so it plays well with the MS Office docs, Outlook and the like.  It’s camera is a 3mp jobber and the 3” display has 240x480 QVGA going for it.  A bonus stylus tells you fingers may or may not be the best input device.  As a note, the Samsung Epix also offered a stylus and I found most tasks (save for clicking the close box in the upper left) were easily done with fat fingers.

Interestingly the screen is haptic (a buzzing is made so you can feel when pressing keys) and the onscreen keyboard comes in two varieties: a basic QWERTY keyboard in landscape or a 20 key keyboard in portait.  The switching between the two is automatic based on the devices orientation.

Other bonus features include aGPS, WiFi and Bluetooth; staples for any business user.  Also in there is AT&T’s video share, “the first-ever service in the U.S. that allows users to share live video over wireless devices while participating in a voice call.“  The unit has an SD memory slot that is 16GB card compatible according to the press release but the AT&T site disagrees, saying it can handle 32GB. 

Product page [AT&T]

• Sprint’s Cyber Monday deals: free Centro and 5 others
• Cyber Monday deals on tech from 6ave.com
• Wal-Mart’s Cyber Monday deals: Blu-ray for $148!!!

Oh my, oh my.  Just think of all the not so nice tracking you could do with this little gadget.  The new Zoombak Universal GPS Locator lets you know whenever it enters specific geographical zones.  How very stealthy.  A company spokesperson however, claims that Zoombak “does not condone or recommend that the device be used for those things.“  Ummm…yeah.  I’m sure that will stop its misuse. 

What you do is drop it into whatever you want tracked.  (No…I don’t recommend having someone swallow it).  Your kid’s backpack or car is more what they are envisioning for the device.  You know, to make sure they are actually going to school, or to the library to study like they claim.  Or you’re wondering where your girlfriend is really going when she makes those late night runs to the gym?  Voila.  Yeah…you see where this could go, don’t you?

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RadioShack’s Black Friday ad is now out and here’s what they are offering to those brave folks willing to wait in line for the 6AM opening:

• Canon PIXMA MX300 Office All-in-One Printer (Requires Purchase of EX-Z9 Camera) - Free after $50.00 MIR.
• Memorex MCC228 HD Digital Camcorder- $79.99 (regularly $119.99)
• TDK DVD+R Discs (50-Pack) - $7.99 (regularly $27.99)
• TDK DVD-R (50-Pack) - $7.99 (regularly $27.99)
• Casio EX-Z9 8.1MP Digital Camera Bundle- $99.99 (regularly $139.99)

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