pricing

Those little compact mini-laptops known as Netbooks, may be heading for a fast price slide as more and more companies bring their models to market. It seems that companies were not entirely aware who was bringing the mini’s to market, until the Intel Developer’s Conference, which took place in San Francisco last week. It than [...]

I know that some of you have responded negatively when it comes to Best Buy and the products they service and how they handle customer support. But Best Buy must be doing something right. Dell the once only on line retailer has chosen Best Buy to sell their computer systems and now Apple is giving [...]

The debate between Apple vs a PC has been going on since the early 80’s and continues on to this day. The main reason that we still talk about which is best, is that in the technology field, we all run out of things to discuss. So on a slow news day, it is always [...]

Well a new smart scale is being introduced in Europe at some 300 markets for testing. What makes the scale so special? The scale can determine the kind of fruit or vegetable a consumer has placed in a clear bag and than price the produce by weight. The camera built into the scale and even [...]

Gartner in a press release feels that a $100 computer is still some 3 years away from becoming a reality. Though it was hoped that a netbook would be the first to hit this barrier, at least for college students, the research firm feels that prices will not fall for the next 2 to 3 [...]

Just in case you missed it the first time, Apple did a big $200 price cut on the original iPhone just 2 months after it was released.  In a posting from Steve Jobs, he announced a freebie to help soften the blow. But let us think about this? If the new 3G iPhone is being [...]

Now that we are all feeling the pain at the gas pumps, it is becoming fashionable this week to be ‘green’ and discuss the alternative hybrid vehicles. In speaking with family, friends, and acquaintances two vehicles are mentioned as possible alternatives to gasoline power alone.
The Toyota Prius Hybrid which advertises on the Toyota site a [...]

“Congratulations, You’re Not Getting A Dell,” so says Tiger Direct in its advertising flyer. In the same advertising flyer, Tiger Direct gives six reasons not to buy a Dell. It then lists Acer, Lenovo, Sony, HP, Toshiba, and Gateway brand names as the six reasons. Next the folks at Tiger Direct pit the six brands [...]

I received [Lockergnome] Pirillo’s Picks newsletter dated 2-15-08 and what do I see listed at the top? A super deal on all three of Uniblue’s products, each at only $14.95 apiece. What I found interesting is that this special pricing is the cheapest I have seen on these fine products and I wanted to [...]