Shopping Tips for Smartphone Tablets on Black Friday 2012

You may just want a new iPhone, iPad, or maybe the best-selling Samsung galaxy S3 and other android device, or Windows Phone 8 smartphones entering this year, but the price is somehow relative higher than you can afford. Don’t worry, as the holiday shopping season is almost around the corner. Due to a series of stores kick off some of its hottest "Black Friday" deals on that day, so it is the best time of the year for shopping. There are substantial discounts offered.

Until today, the Black Friday deals ads of Amazon, Best Buy and Wal-Mart have leaked online in the days. And For the first time, Disney Stores, Sears and Kohls are among the stores offering at least some of the same Black Friday deals to customers a few days before Black Friday.

It seems difficult to catch up all of that information to get a best Black Friday Deals. A smart and measured approach to buying will preserve your holiday budget.
Heres how to do Black Friday the smart way:1. Research the deals and compare the prices 

Thanksgiving is just two weeks away, now you should start mapping out a strategy now. Make sure which smartphone or tablets you want and how much you want to spend. Check out decide.com to help you, which uses data to help you whether you should buy the product or not.

Lists of websites already have posted stores Black Friday deals. Check out sites like bradsdeals.com and the blackfriday.com that list hours and circulars for the holiday weekend.2. Use social media: like Facebook and TwitterFollow your favorite stores Twitter feeds and click the "Like" button on their Facebook pages. Stores will use their social networks to update shoppers on deals and store hours, says Carey Rossi, editor-in-chief of ConsumerSearch.com. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., for example, unveiled its Black Friday deals on Walmart.com, its Facebook wall and mobile app on Thursday. Those who sign up to get email, download the app or "Like" its Facebook page will be among the first to get early access to special Black Friday store items to buy online and via the mobile app.

Meanwhile, Kohls Facebook fans will receive exclusive savings during the holidays through Friday flash sales.

See also: Do Apple Products Ever Go On Sale?

3. Spread out the shopping: 

Consumers will Start Holiday Shopping Earlier this year.

Wal-Mart will start its first Black Friday sale at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, two hours earlier than last year. It then will have two more rounds of sales events, including a 10 p.m. sale on electronics and another sale at 5 a.m.

Wal-Mart is also guaranteeing shoppers that it will have three of the most popular items if they are in line inside the store between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. The three include Apple’s iPad 2: an Apple iPad 2 for with Wi-Fi plus a $75 Wal-Mart gift card for $399.

Macys, Kohls Co. and Best Buy Co. will open again at midnight following Thanksgiving. Sears Holdings Corp. said its Sears stores will open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving and will stay open overnight until 10 p.m. Friday. For the first time, Sears will allow members of its free loyalty club called Shop Your Way to buy some of the early-bird specials online as early as Sunday, Nov. 18.4. Use your smartphone and tablets For the first time, Macys, through a partnership with eBay, has a Black Friday app that will let customers browse and shop for specials specific to the local store. Starting Nov. 15, customers will be able to view Black Friday specials on their mobile devices and create personal shopping lists they can edit and share.
Starting Nov. 19, Wal-Mart will again have a Black Friday local store map available to view and print on Walmart.com and its local Wal-Mart Facebook pages. But this year, customers can view an interactive local store map on the Wal-Mart mobile app and click on items to see the price, product description and location in the store.

Here is Walmart Black Friday full ad leaked: Galaxy S3, unreleased Samsung Stratosphere 2 and other Android handsets spotted:Android Smartphones$100 Walmart Gift Card for every Android smartphone purchase (with new two-year contract, therefore it’s available with the purchase of any of the following on-contract handsets) – offer valid from from November 23 through December 1
$129 Samsung Galaxy S3 – with new two-year contract
TBD Motorola Droid RAZR M – with new Verizon two-year contract
$49.88 HTC One X – with AT&T new two-year contract
$79.88 Samsung Galaxy S2 – with new T-Mobile two-year contract
$49.88 Samsung Stratosphere 2 – with new Verizon two-year contract
$0.97 Samsung Captivate Glide – with AT&T new two-year contract
$89.88 Motorola Photon Q – with new T-Mobile two-year contract
$39.88 LG Optimus Logic prepaid smartphone – $50 in savings
$39.88 Kyocera Hydro prepaid smartphone – $60 in savings
$45 unlimited Straight Talk plan
$55 unlimited Boost Mobile plan
$80 Verizon prepaid refill card: 2GB traffic, unlimited talk and text
$19.98 Virgin Mobile prepaid refill card: 1GB of trafficAndroid Tablets$129 8GB Nabi 2 – $70 in savings
$99 8GB Barnes & Noble Nook Color Tablet – $60 in savings
$49 7-inch Ematic TabletAccessories$12 Plantronics Bluetooth Headset
$39 Plantronics Voyager Pro Bluetooth Headset – $40 in savings
$14.96 cell phone charger
$39.88 Virgin Mobile 3G/4G Hotspot – $80 in savings
$19.88 iFrogz Boost speaker – $20 in savings
$14.99 Sony Earbuds with Mic – $14 in savings
$179.95 Beats by Dr. Dre Solo HD Headphones – $20 in savings
$10-30 off all Beats headphones

Will you be purchasing a new smartphone or cellphone for the upcoming holiday season? Do you have any other good shopping tips for Smartphone and tablets? Leave your comments.

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Innjoo sanctions two new budget friendly tablets F1 and T1

Innjoo, the infamous electronics manufacturer from China based in United Arab Emirates had announced two new Android powered slates, the past week, basically this is the Chinese companys first attempt to tablet line-up of devices after unveiling their affordable smartphones, i1, i1s and the firms 2014 flagship handset powered by Octa-Core processor, the late Innjoo i2. The new slates branded from Innjoo is named as the new F1 and T1, which will be made available in the Middle Eastern and African regions through online e-commerce website like Souq.com and Jumia.

So, the new F1 tablet from the affordable electronics maker Innjoo, is more of a modest middle ranged Dual-Core product with 3G calling capability on dual-SIM standby on board when we compare it with their second brand new release, the T1, which will ship with more powerful internals and better hardware performance and features along with the same 3G calling facility over dual-SIM support. Both the new tablets will feature a seven-inches of screen size. Alongside, these new announcements also comes out of the box with a range of Innjoo developed applications pre-installed, that includes their customized application store, named as Inn Store, a new enhanced internet browser dubbed as Inn Browser, with Inn News and Inn Cloud, which are promised to be updated continuously. The F1 will be available in White and Black shade options, and T1 will arrive in Black and Silver tints. Both of them will too showcase a dedicated earpiece on the front, if you wish to pick up calls on the go without ear phones.

But lamentably, Innjoo havent provided us with any additional information of the devices availability dates, nor the exact pricing information for the buyers here in the Kingdom, but we do have the F1 tablet in Black posted up on United Arab Emirates based Souq.com for a reasonably priced tag of 239 United Arab Emirates Dirham, now thats only around 65 United States Dollars.

Innjoo F1

Accordingly as far as the new F1 tablet is concerned, it will be a great option for the students around, staying way from their parents, where theyre said to be connected seamlessly anytime at anywhere with your family and friends by the 3G calling functions and WiFi network connectivity, that is build upon the MediaTeks platform, coming with a standard Dual-Core 1.0 GHz processor, offering you performance for smoother multitasking, and the built-in FM radio application keeps you updated with the world. There is Bluetooth 4.0 on board with low power consumption, allowing longer life battery for greater wireless audio experience. You can also work around with Excel sheets and Word from third party applications thats easily downloadable either from the Google Play Store or the pre-installed Inn Store,that will save you time and energy while travelling, rather than having that heavier and bigger notebook computer on your lap.

Now when we look at its internals specifications, we get to see Dual-Core MediaTek processor, speeding at 1.0GHz, as mentioned above with two Cortex-A7 Central Processing Units, a Mali-400MP Graphics Processing Unit, seven-inches five points capacitive touchscreen of 800 x 480 resolution display, four gigabytes of expandable mass storage, 512 megabytes of Random Access Memory, couple of 0.3 megapixels cameras on the front and back, respectively, 3.5 millimeters standard CTIA headphone jack, microUSB port for charging and data syncing, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi 802.11b/g and 3G WCDMA network connections support over dual-SIM card slots. The Innjoo F1 has got a 3,00mAh powered Polymer battery and runs Androids outdated version 4.2 Jelly Bean on top. The gadget measured around 188.8 x 108.9 x 10.7 millimeters in dimensions and weighs 280 grams on mass.

Innjoo T1

Next up is the "Small Master" Innjoo T1, captioned as "More than a tablet". The device is a hiked up version from the F1 slate, packing in more powerful features and other hardware improvements. The new T1 slate is equipped with a MediaTek manufactured Quad-Core chipset, unlike its Dual-Core sibling, this guy is set to give impressive user experience with up to two times more on CPU performance and keeps its users connected to the internet faster than ever before with buttery smooth surfing on the browser.

Its also mentioned to be not just any Android tablet but also a 3G mobile phone, where the in house steady connectivity allows you to enjoy happy hours of talking without any kind of interruption. "Beautiful Design Advanced Technology Integrated", the slates powerful internals are all packed in a compact size, maintaining the very thin and light construction which is written to be attributing a user-friendly design, and with the special advanced technology integrated on the new T1, helps it protect the device from handheld damages. The primary shooter over the board is also ameliorated, now with High Definition five megapixels on sensor on the back.

For a detailed listings of Innjoo T1s internal specs, we the seven-inches five points capacitive touchscreen of IPS technology, but with the resolution bumped from 800 x 480 to 1024 x 600 pixels on panel, a fasted Quad-Core MediaTek processor, running at 1.3GHz, with four Cortex-A7 CPU, a Mali-400MP GPU, eight gigabytes of internal built-in storage (expandable via microSD card slot up to 32 GB), one gigabyte of Random Access Memory, five megapixels main camera on the back and a 0.3 megapixels front facing secondary snapper, the same 3.5 millimeters standard CTIA audio jack, microUSB port for charging and data syncing, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi 802.11b/g, 3G WCDMA network connections support over dual-SIM cards, USB on-the-go (OTG), a 3,00mAh powered Polymer battery and boots to Androids late version 4.4 KitKat. The tablet is scaled at 188.36 x 107.8 x 10.9 millimeters in dimensions and weighs lighter at 271 grams.

Source: INNJOO 1, 2, SOUQ.COM

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Mouse and Keyboard for Windows Tablets

Microsoft presents the mouse and keyboard for tablets

Manufacturers of computer operating systems Microsoft puts mouse control devices and panel type keyboard for tablet users.

"With a new mouse and keyboard products, Microsoft Hardware device to distract supporters move to Windows 8 and Windows 7 RT,"
call the Rich Brown of CNET.

Four new Microsoft device using Bluetooth connection and is aimed at Windows 8 tablet and laptop are:

Mobile Keyboard Wedge. This Keyboard has a cover that doubles as a buffer tablets in standing position.

"Although only as a rubber cover, Microsoft products do not offer the ability to charge the connectivity as Apple iPad Dock," call it Brown.

The second product has a Mouse Touch Wedge that design elliptical. Products that have a scroll control touch on the surface.

Brown said the Touch Mouse not suitable Wedge used when serious work because of its small size mouse.

Then, Touch the Mouse with Sculpt like a mouse on the market computer enhancements. Products that have a scroll control on the surface of the square instead of the scroll wheel.

The final product is Sculpt Travel Keyboard with curved shape. The product is called Brown will complement the range of products as the brand that Sculpt is more affordable than Wedge series products.

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Lenovo announces 4 Android Tablets A7 30 A7 50 A8 and A10

 Lenovo announced the launch of 4 new android tablets which are dubbed as A7-30, A7-50, A8, and A10 which are focusing on the multimedia. All of these 4 tablets will be released in the Q2 2014. Lenovo will be coming out with the 7 inches of Lcd size along with the 1024 x 600 resolution and also come with the Dolby front facing speakers. Lenovo has been very aggressive of late and comes with the new range which is comparable with all the tablets which are offered at various price points.

Inside the tablets, these tablets come with the MT8382 quad core 1.3GHz processor, a 3,500 mAh battery, and a 2-megapixel main camera, with a VGA-resolution camera up-front. Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi b/g/n along with the cellular radio support.

Lenovo A8 tablet comes with the 8 inches of Lcd size along with the resolution of 1280 x 800 IPS panel and is powered with the 1.3 GHz of MTK 8121 or MTK 8382 processor. The best part is that it also comes with the WIFI only variant along with the Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS capabilities along with the 3G data or 3G data / voice support. At the back, this device will be coming with the 5MP of camera along with the 2MP of front facing camera. Not to forget, this device also comes with the 4200mAH of battery weighing 360 grams along with the Dolby Audio capability.

Lenovo A10 Android phone comes with the WIFI / WI FI + 3G phone along with the same choice of the processors as that of the one in A8. This tablet comes with the 2MP of front facing camera along with the 5MP of rear facing camera along with the battery of 6340mAH of battery. In terms of resolution, this device comes with the 1280 x 800p resolution and weighs 563 grams.

Lenovo A7-50 Android tablet comes with the ultra-portable design which is best suited for reading and also comes with the 7 inched HD Lcd for sharper web page and richer image experience. Along with the 8GB of internal memory, this device also comes with the 3G connectivity along with the front facing camera and Ebony color option.

Lenovo A7-30 Android tablet comes with the best audio experience in the 7 inched segment as it comeswith the Dolby enhanced dual front speakers. Along with the 7 inched brilliant display, this device also comes with the sim card support which means that you can also enjoy the voice calling facility. For music lovers, this tablet provides a sheer experience which is not currently offered by any of the tablets in this segment.

Pricing and Availability:

Lenovo will be coming out with the pricing of A7-50 from £99.99 ($166) in the UK, while the A8-50 price will start from £139.99 ($233) and A10-70 tablet from £169.99 ($283). Global availability details is yet to be announced by Lenovo. We will keep you posted with all the latest on this as soon as we hear something from Lenovo.

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