Archive | September, 2011

Tom Bihn Brain Bag Review

From the day you started Kindergarten and your mom handed you a sickeningly cute backpack, a rite of passage for starting school, to slogging around campus as a grad student some 20-years later, a backpack has been with you.  You’ve had ugly backpacks, black backpacks, backpacks with your initials on, Jansport backpacks, LL Bean backpacks, [...]

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Is the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire a Good Tablet Option for Students?

Amazon yesterday announced their new Kindle Fire Tablet device that will be powered by the Google Android OS.  The most stunning part of the announcement wasn’t so much the device itself but rather the $199 price point it be will sold at.  That’s half the price of any competing new tablet that has been released [...]

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Wacom Bamboo Connect Pen Input Tablet Released, Available now for $79

Wacom, a maker of pen input devices for computers, today released a new set of tablets in its Bamboo lineup targeted at home and home office users.  The new Bamboo Connect released this week is particularly well suited for students as it is budget friendly at $79 (on Amazon) and allows you to easily take [...]

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Samsung Series 7 Thin-and-Light 15-inch Laptop Available

Samsung last month announced a new Series 7 family of thin and light laptops and today it is now possible to pre-order the 15.6” Samsung Series 7 from Best Buy.  The Samsung Series 7 laptops look to be a great option for student laptops as they are thin and light, making them easy to carry, [...]

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer $299.99 at Target

Target has an awesome deal on the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, it’s $299.99 with Free shipping this week, but chances are that at this price they’ll sell out very soon.  The Asus Eee Pad Transformer usually sells for $399.99 so this is a full 25% off of that price.   As a comparison, Amazon is selling [...]

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New HP $50 Off Pavilion Laptop Coupon Code

HP has released a new coupon that offers an extra $50 off Pavilion laptops configured $649 or more, just use coupon code NBS7424 at checkout to get this extra $50 off savings. Shipping is also FREE! The offer is limited to the first 600 coupons used and expires on 10/2/2011. There is a limit of [...]

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New $375 Off Coupon for HP dv6tqe and dv7tqe

HP is now offering $375 off coupon code NBY3868 for the purchase of a HP Pavilion dv6 Quad Laptop or Pavilion dv7 Quad Laptop. This coupon expires after 1000 uses and is not stackable with other instant off offers. Here are the details for this coupon: Use coupon code NBY3868 to get $375 off the [...]

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This Weekend’s Tech Deals (September 24, 2011)

It’s officially Fall now, the back to school 2011 sales are over, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some tech deals to be had!  Some stand out deals this weekend includes a $50 discounted iPad 2 at Microcenter and $299 Asus Eee PC 1215B at TigerDirect.com. Apple iPad 2, New in Box, $449.99 at Microcenter [...]

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Vidappe iPhone & Android App Student Discount Finder Review

Vidappe allows you to sign up for different student discount programs and get alerted to deals for them based on your location I know, the term “there’s an app for that” does get a little banal, but if you’re looking for nearby student discounts, guess what?  Yes, there’s now an app for that.   Vidappe is [...]

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Last Days for Free XBox with PC Laptop Purchase

It’s the end of summer in 3-days so that means an end to all those back to school sales.  The Free XBox 360 with a Windows 7 laptop purchase deal is expiring at most online stores this week as well, but there’s still a few days to take advantage.  Here’s a rundown of where you [...]

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