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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    12:16 AM

    In reply to 1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future

    Another great design, from Honeywell.
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    Image of Gary_7vn Gary_7vn
    12:14 AM

    In reply to 1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future
    Braun used to have an alarm clock you could tell to "shut up" and it would. It was made entirely out of bear skins and stone axes too!
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    Edited by Gary_7vn at 11/25/09 12:14 AM Gary_7vn was starred Gary_7vn was unstarred
    Image of crackel crackel
    11/24/09

    In reply to Black Friday Anti-Deals: What Not To Buy
    If people fall into that mob mentality and spend more than they should have for an item, it's their fault. They should do their research before they show up at the store. At least there's shoppers and black friday deal pages (and supposed "leaks") to give us some heads up time to do research, like Giz has so nicely done.

    With the economy how it is, consumer spending creeping up so slowly, and GDP growth under where we wanted it to be, nobody should be surprised that retailers are trying to get people to buy things, no matter what.

    I hate to say this, but a successful Black Friday with and lots of irresponsible spending is what the economy needs. On the other hand, gadget spending is not as great for us since most of the manufacturers are off-shore.
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    Edited by crackel at 11/24/09 10:35 PM crackel was starred crackel was unstarred
    Image of tnkgrl tnkgrl
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier
    Forget the Cliq - substitute with the N900 :)

    Incidentally, that's what's in my pockets right now (Pre, Droid, 3GS, N900)...

    Ah the joys of review units!
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    Image of Colin Cassady Colin Cassady
    11/24/09

    @tnkgrl: are you the same tnkgrl from the OQOtalk forums?

    And Amazon has yet to ship my n900 :(
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    Image of cruzer555 cruzer555
    11/24/09

    @tnkgrl: n900? How stinky! The best tmobile phone is an unlocked 3gs
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    tnkgrl promoted this comment cruzer555 was starred cruzer555 was unstarred
    Image of tnkgrl tnkgrl
    12:38 AM

    @cruzer555: But the 3GS does not have 3G on T-Mobile US, while the N900 does.
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    Edited by tnkgrl at 11/25/09 12:38 AM tnkgrl was starred tnkgrl was unstarred
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    12:39 AM

    @Colin Cassady: It is me, but mostly I'm here: [tnkgrl.wordpress.com]
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/24/09

    In reply to Black Friday Anti-Deals: What Not To Buy
    Nobody who reads Giz shops at brick-and-mortar black friday sales, right? We all know how to get the best deals online without frakking with that mess, right? Right?
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/24/09

    In reply to Black Friday Anti-Deals: What Not To Buy
    Sean, send me your snail mail address and we will mail you some adult egg nog to put you in the holiday spirit. You deserve it. Such quality work, but I am concerned that you may be visited by three ghosts shortly, and I want to make certain you are drinking from the happy juice of life as we head into the holiday season.

    Thanks for the article -- great information, and will keep all of us from saying "bah humbug" as we get trampled at Walmart on Friday.
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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/24/09

    In reply to Black Friday Anti-Deals: What Not To Buy
    If you use Firefox, get the Invisible Hand add-on. It'll let you know if a product you're looking at is available elsewhere for less.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    11/24/09

    In reply to Black Friday Anti-Deals: What Not To Buy
    Ahh "loss leaders". How often do you get suckers into the stores and make them fork over tons of cash while the smart consumers play the waiting game and shop JUST them.
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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/24/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag: Fry's Electronics has a policy of never providing ads in their stores in an attempt to keep customers from doing just that.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/24/09

    @infmom: At least the Austin Fry's has a big plexiglass wall near the entrance with the current newspaper ads posted.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/24/09

    @infmom: Both the Frys in San Diego County post their ads just inside the door so you can browse them as soon as you walk in.
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    Image of jesusio001 jesusio001
    11/24/09

    @infmom: Frys in Tempe, AZ has a bulletin board in the front of the store with all their ads. And the employee carry the weeks at around with them. You must have a sh*tty Frys.
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    Image of whootowl whootowl
    11/24/09

    @EBone: Right, but good luck finding any of the advertised kit, and it sure is fun to watch the salespeople run away when they sense you are about to ask them a question (like, where is the advertised... ? ).

    #tips
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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/24/09

    @dingus: @EBone: Yes, they have the ads posted behind plexiglass in the front of the store, but you can't just pick up an ad off a rack and carry it around with you. If you want to do that you have to bring in your own copy of the ad.

    In the Burbank Fry's the ads are posted in the returns area, so getting at them is not exactly convenient if there's the usual mob of people trying to return stuff.
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    11/24/09

    @jesusio001: I worked at the Burbank Fry's for three years. What the employees carry around is a reduced size photocopy of their department's section of the ad, which you can look at if you ask about it and if your eyesight is up to the challenge (especially that of picking out the Fry's PLU numbers that will tell you which item is actually on sale). Fry's does not have copies of the full ad lying around for customers to pick up.
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    Image of infmom infmom
    11/24/09

    @whootowl: Fry's homebrew inventory system sucks, so looking stuff up is always way more work than it needs to be. And if the system says the store has five or fewer of the item in stock chances are very good that one is the floor model and the rest are gone.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    11/24/09

    @infmom: I know, right? I've gone in looking for things that I consider staple components (4.7uF radial caps, .1" pin headers, 1/4W resistors) and have gone bust every time. If I want 10base2 style tees and terminators, which nobody ever does, then I'm in luck.
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    11/24/09

    In reply to Black Friday Anti-Deals: What Not To Buy
    Ok, two quick things...

    1) Impressed and thank you for doing all of this monotonous research...

    2) The Giz Gift Guide is sponsored by Windows Mobile, the Top Bar is sponsored by HTC, and this article appears to be sponsored by the Pixi... I'm just feeling a little scared and confused... hold me.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: ''I'm just feeling a little scared and confused... hold me.''

    I'm sorry, there's not an app for that.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/24/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: You're going to need a hair cut first.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/24/09

    In reply to Black Friday Anti-Deals: What Not To Buy

    HA HAHAHHA. I hate to be the second person posting a picture already, but you've got to see the cell-mate image.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of fdisk fdisk
    11/24/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: I love a product that makes me think about prison rape and chivs with its name.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment fdisk was starred fdisk was unstarred
    Image of 00000000 00000000
    11/24/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Yiiiikes. Really? My god. should be renamed Celibate Mate. you're gurantee'd to not get any for having your device attached to your head.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment 00000000 was starred 00000000 was unstarred
    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/24/09

    @00000000: Or Mate Free, or Mateless...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    In reply to Black Friday Anti-Deals: What Not To Buy
    Now that I know that Best Buy hires grey people, I'm not going to shop there.
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    Image of rdopps rdopps
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: "grey people" not sure what that means?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    @rdopps: Can't you see a grey person when you see one? You're probably one of them aren't you? They're destroying our country, our way of life.
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    Image of jakemg jakemg
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: It's just an Asian person. Didn't you know that Asians are gray? I mean if you're going to discriminate, at least know what color they are.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment jakemg was starred jakemg was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    @jakemg: You're lying. Stop your lies. I've seen Asian people. They range from fair/pale to darko like me, never grey. This is all Greyish propaganda.
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    Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    11/24/09

    In reply to Black Friday Anti-Deals: What Not To Buy

    I sure hope that is fake because I could have used some of that
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    Image of Pyrowrx Pyrowrx
    11/24/09

    @Mikestan: Money doesn't burn that color, it's fake
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment Pyrowrx was starred Pyrowrx was unstarred
    Image of Greatbam Greatbam
    11/24/09

    @Mikestan: It's called photoshop..be around for years.

    Oh and yeah you might be able to get a similar price on some tv's at amazon but personally if I was to spend 500$ and up on a tv I wouldn't be buying it online unless there was a substantial difference in price. I would hate having to mail it back if it was broke and have to deal with just a bunch of extra crap to get it back to amazon. If you buy from bestbuy you get to see the tv and can see if it's working before you get it out the door.
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    Nick promoted this comment Greatbam was starred Greatbam was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    11/24/09

    @Greatbam: well, no. i have yet to see a BestBuy pull a TV from the box to check it for a customer and then pack it back up.
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    Image of Greatbam Greatbam
    02:07 AM

    @Nick: have you ever asked to do that? I am sure many customers don't think to do that. I used to work at costco and I think I saw a few people do that before.
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    Image of Digo Digo
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Four Gaming PCs Worth Lusting After
    I was half expecting the article to end with: I built one kick ass rig and my mom got scared and said "you're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air."
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/24/09

    In reply to 25 Ways Black Friday Could Be Even Worse
    Oh, by the way, these are all great. I wish I had some of your talent.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of shalegac shalegac
    11/24/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: It's really just having a little time and an idea. You can make some neat things fairly easily and then build your way up to working with multiple layers. It is honestly fun to tinker around and the more you do the more ideas you get.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. promoted this comment shalegac was starred shalegac was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/24/09

    In reply to 25 Ways Black Friday Could Be Even Worse
    Oh, number 4, how little time it took you, how much you made me laugh. I am so simple.
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