We’ve already seen that a number of retailers will be offering Vizio HDTVs on the cheap this Friday (or Black Friday, as the in-crowd calls it these days), but the company is stealing a bit of their thunder by announcing cuts from the top a few days early. Vizio’s 19-inch VA19 LCD will be offered for just $199.99 at Costco through December 7th, while the 32-inch VP322 plasma (pictured) will go for $437 at Walmart starting today. There’s also the 37-inch VW37 LCD HDTV for $499.99 at Costco, the 32-inch 1080p VOJ32LF LCD for $559.99 at Sears and the 42-inch 1080p VS420 for $698 at Sam’s Club. If none of these sets float your boat, check out our condensed guide to Black Friday: HD style for something more to your liking.
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Vizio hacks prices on select HDTVs prior to Black Friday originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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In an apparent effort to move every last unit before ASUS drops a $200 Eee PC in 2009, Best Buy has knocked $50 off of MSI’s 10-inch Wind U100. The Atom N270-powered netbook now checks in at just $349, a price that just seems to fit so much better with the term “netbook” than, say, $500+. The real question, however, is: three fifty low enough for you?
[Via Wired]
MSI’s 10-inch Wind U100 falls to $349 at Best Buy originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We’ve been hearing about Optoma’s Pico Projector for what feels like ages now, but at long last we’ve some concrete data on the minuscule beamer. Boasting Texas Instruments’ DLP technology, the 2- x 4.1- x 0.7-inch device weighs in at just 4.2-ounces and features a native resolution of 480 x 320 pixels, 9 (yes, nine) lumens of brightness and a minimum projection distance of eight inches (with a maximum of 8.5-feet). We’re also told that it can be recharged via an AC adapter or USB, but the 20,000-hour bulb is not replaceable. David Pogue was able to spend a little time with the unit, and overall, he was emphatically stoked. He stated that visuals were more than satisfactory when shot up on an airline seat back, and the general crispness of the picture was smashing, too. Contrary to previous reports, we’ve now learned that this critter will be shipping in a fortnight (or two weeks, for those who take issue with such a term) for $430, which means this can now skyrocket to the top of your holiday wish list.
Optoma Pico Projector gets pictured, specced and priced originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Remember when Vodafone told us to hold our horses a bit on the pricing details when the BlackBerry Storm was made official this month? Believe it or not, the holding period is over, and now we’re staring some actual price tags in the face. Reportedly, Voda will make the touchscreen BlackBerry available with four different pricing plans, so we’ll get right to it. The Perfect Choice Access 100 plan will get you a Storm for €109.99 ($141), while the per-month rate (€49.99; $64) will include 100 minutes (yes, seriously), 100 texts (still for real here, people), 1GB of BlackBerry e-mail, mobile TV and ten music downloads. The Perfect Choice Access 200 / 400 / 600 plans bump up the minutes and texts just as you’d expect for €64.99 / €84.99 / €99.99 per month while netting you the phone for €64.99 / €69.99 / €49.99, respectively. For the full spill, head on down to the read link — meanwhile, here in America, we all sit waiting for Verizon to follow suit…
[Via CrackBerry]
Vodafone’s BlackBerry Storm pricing plans eke out originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The dense just keep getting denser — er, something like that. Anywho, those who just love talking about fabrication technologies over tea and crumpets will adore what Toshiba’s boasting: a new family of 43-nanometer SLC NAND flash products. The 16-member crew will range in density from 512Mbits to 64Gbits, with a trio of ‘em (16Gb, 32Gb and 64Gb) integrating 43nm monolithic 16Gb chips, “the highest density SLC NAND chips available.” Tosh is hoping to find its new gear in all sorts of mobile phones, office automation equipment and servers when they begin shipping in Q1 2009, but it’s keeping pretty quiet on the pricing front for now.
[Via Physorg]
Toshiba introduces ultra-dense 43nm SLC NAND flash chips originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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For obvious reasons, we don’t get too excited about PMPs developed and produced entirely in China, but similar to Gemei’s lot, Ainol looks to have a winner on its hands with the V3000. We’ve seen this display-dominated unit prancing around for awhile now, but we’ve just now learned how much the company plans on charging for it: 699 Chinese yuan, or around $102 before haggling. For that, you’ll get 4GB of internal space, a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 resolution display, FM tuner, TV output and a rechargeable battery. Now, where to find one is the real challenge.
[Via PMPToday]
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Take this with a pinch of NaCl, but Adorama has it that Panasonic’s Yasunori Takase confessed to a US price tag on the newly unveiled Lumix DMC-G1. During a leisurely chat at Photokina, the higher-up noted that the Micro Four Thirds camera would hit US soil for $799, though he didn’t bother to mention an expected ship date. If you’ll recall, we found that the G1 would start shipping at the tail end of October for ¥80,000 (around $750); considering that, we’d say $799 sounds about right over on this side of the world.
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There’ve been lots of rumors floating around about Pentax’s Photokina lineup, and it looks like the German Pentax site leaked some images and details about the K-m, an entry-level DSLR. Specs are a little bit sketchy, but it’s using the same 10.2MP Sony sensor as the K200D, and retains the 2.7-inch screen and the sad lack of Live View. But the iso gets a boost to 3200 and the fps to 3.5, and the pricing seems extremely competitive, at only 500 euro for the 1-lens kit and 600 for the 2-lens kit. The K line has been solid so far, so we’ll be watching out for it at Photokina. [1001 via Crunchgear]
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio
We put “free” in quotes for a reason, and now it seems the dark, nasty truth could be upon us. While pre-order prices on a retailer’s website should be taken as pure speculation and nothing more, a couple of notable examples reveal £70 to £85 premiums on the Comes with Music version of two phones. For instance, Expansys offers up Nokia’s N95 8GB for £394.99, but the CwM edition is a stiff £479.99. It’s hard to say if the prices are jacked up by Nokia’s directive, but again, we aren’t getting too riled up until these things launch for real.
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