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Early Black Friday Forecast-$149 Blu-ray Player, $499 40-inch Plasma TV

, Sep 19th 2008 Discuss [1]

If you are in the market for a bargain HDTV or Blu-ray player, hang on for couple more months. Although holiday season is still a while away, technology expects have predicted a full forecast of the Black Friday sale. Analysts from Dealnews are speculating sale price to fall as low as $149 for a generic Blu-ray player, $499 for a 42-inch 720p Plasma and $799 for a 1080P 46/47-inch no-brand-name LCD HDTV. Read The Full Story

Apple sold over one million iPhone 3G over the weekend

, Jul 14th 2008 Discuss [1]

Apple has the right to brag – it has sold over a million iPhone 3Gs during the first weekend (It was launched on Friday). The first generation of iPhone took over two months to reach one million sales number, but it takes only three days for the second generation to reach that pinnacle. Read The Full Story

Intel slash 65nm chip prices

, Apr 22nd 2008 Discuss [0]

Chip manufacturer Intel are having a yard sale of sorts, clearing out 65nm stock as it transitions its range to the more efficient 45nm chips.  The company has cut the price [pdf link] of around twelve processors, most of which are 65nm, with the biggest cut being a half-price reduction on the Q6700 Core 2 Quad and the Xeon X3230.  Analysts are suggesting that the sweeping sale is just as much about keeping pressure on rival AMD as it is gaining warehouse space. Read The Full Story

Are product ship dates affecting sales numbers in the tech industry?

, Apr 17th 2008 Discuss [1]

Back in the day buying something and it being outdated the day you got it wasn’t out of the norm. However it also wasn’t that big of a deal since by the time the next big product was announced you already had your new stuff and you were happy with it, because you had it now unlike all your friends who had to wait on the next greatest thing to actually arrive. These days the game is a lot different though. Read The Full Story

Mitsubishi LaserVue to be the brand of the future – not sharks, but TVs with lasers

, Apr 7th 2008 Discuss [0]

Mitsubishi today announced the official product line name of their upcoming laser televisions. The new technology is expected to birth its first product by Q3 this year, just in time for holiday sales. The first laser TV from Mitsubishi is supposedly going to be a 65” model. The TV will be able to display twice the colors of standard or even current HD televisions. Read The Full Story

Blu-Ray Xbox 360 Coming soon, maybe

, Apr 2nd 2008 Discuss [5]

The real headline was that such a system might sell at a loss, but looking back its been Microsoft’s strategy to sell their systems at a loss just to be the cheapest in hopes that game sales would eventually push them back into the black, and they always have, as far as I know. Problem is that Microsoft is being quoted between $95-$100 per drive, OEM, for the BD-ROM drives; a price they couldn’t really make up without raising the price of the system by a lot, especially considering they are only putting out $18-$20 per drive for the DVD-ROMs. Read The Full Story

Intel Classmate PC coming to Europe – destined for failure

, Mar 20th 2008 Discuss [0]

Intel is going to try and bring their Classmate PC over to Europe to compete with the Asus Eee, and they might be able to, on one front, price. The Classmate is supposed to be going on sale for $250-350. Read The Full Story

SanDisk possibly getting into the music and movie sales business?

, Mar 19th 2008 Discuss [0]

Word is that SanDisk might be stepping into the media sales business with their MicroSD cards. Sansa Sessions is a deal they apparently already have in place where with the purchase of a new 8GB Sansa Fuze player you get a free microSD card packed with 55 tracks. Read The Full Story

Xbox 360 has new OEM Manufacturers according to rumors

, Mar 18th 2008 Discuss [0]

Word on the streets is that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is getting some new hardware manufacturers. These are coming in the form of Asus subsidiaries Pegatron and Unihan. Read The Full Story

Circuit City opening new concept store called “The City” – to inspire dreams in HD, better service

, Feb 29th 2008 Discuss [9]

For some reason Circuit City thinks that if they open a new chain of stores meant to give you what you expect from a regular Circuit City you might shop there more often. They even gave it a name that’s slightly more “hip”, they are dubbing it “The City”. Read The Full Story

MacBook Air sales dropping fast

, Feb 13th 2008 Discuss [11]

It seems that in the long run the MacBook Air hit the exact niche that Apple was aiming for, an executive notebook. The reason for this is largely due to the high price, people are still very interested and intrigued by the notebook, so the desire for it is still up, but demand is down due to the lack of means to purchase, a.k.a. cash money. Read The Full Story

HTC Shift finally landing, in Europe

, Feb 7th 2008 Discuss [0]

European retailer Expansys is set to begin selling the UMPC/oversized smartphone on February 19th. There is also a rumor that someone who apparently saw Orange’s upcoming sales campaign says that Orange will be selling their own branded version of the device. Read The Full Story
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