Refurbished 16 GB iPad 1 drops to $ 299

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While $ 300 for a Tablet may seem insanely high after this weekend $ 100 TouchPad frenzy, it's still a worthy buy. I still found it difficult to recommend that the existing budget honeycomb tablets on the iPad when I say to people who are not in the tech, and this makes his case even stronger. iPad or netbook? For some people the choice is obvious, others not so much. At $ 300, but not both good deals.

Still not sure? Let's take a look at other options. The new Acer Iconia A100 is only $ 20 more than the iPad's specs, but 7, 16: 9 screen may not be enough for people. Lenovo K1 does not strike me as the quality of the Tablet, and ThinkPad Tablet (while it looks great) is not in the same League. Sony S1 and S2 would be interesting, but not for awhile.

The only real competition, I would say is a refurb corner color. I never had much good to say about these things, but at $ 180, they come with the support and the community of hackers who all can be proud of. (E) the reader I am not a fan of LCD stuff, in the form of a pill, this budget is not half bad.

And of course, you can get a coin for a hundred bucks, but you'd better buy RIM stock. Well not he

Get your $ 299 iPad here at the Apple Store. Yes you could make Craigslist, but you don't know what they did to this stuff.

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Sony slashes $ 50 from the PS3 drops the base model to $ 250

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Beware! Price cuts all around! After the fall of prices 3DS Sony just cut a cool $ 50 from the PS3, dropping 160 GB model to $ 250-$ 300. 320 GB model is also slightly lower, now with a price tag of $ 299.

This puts the PS3 in a couple of better position ahead of the oh so important holiday season. The Wii is currently priced at $ 150 and comes bundled with Mario Kart. The basic model of the Xbox sells for $ 200 or $ 300 with Kinect. Suddenly the PS3 looks much more attractive.

Unfortunately love fall in prices does not apply to European players. Of course the price fell there too, but only up to € 249, which works out to $ 359 USD. This is similar, but not as harsh story in Japan, where the system falls to 24.980 yen, or $ 325 United States dollars.

Sony strives for Microsoft for some time. Xbox 360 is on a seven-month streak be popular console, month after month. Kinect receives user base in the past year, and the effect seems to still hold true. It is the dominance of Microsoft may not respond in kind and with the fall of the 360 price monitor.

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