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HOT DAMN! HDTV prices are coming down like avalanches all right. I have to move out of my university apartment at the end of the year when I graduate and find my own place ("growing up"). I've been contemplating for a while now if there is any room in my wallet to purchase my first big flatscreen. With prices like these, gimme, gimme!

Westinghouse - 42" 1080p LCD HDTV
Best Buy price
$749.99, free shipping












Free Portable DVD Player (HOT! - $100 value)

• Built-In HDTV Tuner
• 1080p
• 16:9 aspect ratio
• Wide 176° horizontal and vertical viewing angles
• Superfast 8 ms response time
• 2 down-firing 10-watt speakers with 10-watt subwoofer

I scream, you scream FREE! To prove to you that iTunes 8 new HD programming is uber awesome, they're giving away one free episode of the following shows:

30 Rock
Battlestar Galactica
Eureka
Heroes
In Plain Sight
Lipstick Jungle
Monk
The Office
Psych
Life
The Rachel Zoe Project
Top Design


Personally, I downloaded a free episode of 'Monk'. I used to love that show. I want to see whether I can rekindle that in HD! Ooohhwee! However, my internet connection is thwarting my efforts and is downloading the episode in super slow snail's pace. ETA 3.5 hours. Sigh.

Oh, one last thing. This offer is only good for people using iTunes 8!

Here's another trailer for 007's latest movie 'Quantum of Solace' to hit the net. So far, so good! Another good movie to look out for this holiday season!

The Nitty Gritty:
1. New iPod Nano: Wider screen, taller, curved metal body, accelerometer, thinnest iPod and 'shake to shuffle', microphone recording. $149 (8gb) & $199 (16gb).

2. New iPod Touch: Significant $100 price cut, thinner (!!!), 2.1 firmware (for iPhone, too), built in speaker, volume buttons. $229 (8gb), $299 (16gb) & $349 (32gb)

3. iTunes 8: 'Genius' playlists, new grid layout, HD videos

4. New iPod Classic: Only available in thin 120gb form factor $249

5. New iPod headphones: has remote control and volume control on headphones $29

6. New iPod in-ear headphones: tweeter + woofer on each bud $79

Enough with the talk! Pictures!
iPod Touch 2G
Read a Gizmodo review here!

iPod Nano 4G
Read a Gizmodo review here!

Apple In-Ear Headphones w/ Remote

All-in-all, I would say that Kevin Rose was on point with this one. So, high five for him. This keynote should please iPod fanboys and fangirls who might have felt left out with all the love going to the iPhone 3G. C'mon now. Apple even got Jack Johnson to perform on the keynote to show all the music lovers some love! The price cuts on several iPods should also please iPod fans. The headphones look interesting. I'll be keeping my eye on them all right. The remote looks pretty intuitive and the tweeter and woofer capabilities for a sub $100 headset seem very interesting. I will be waiting till it becomes available in October before making up my mind on whether to pick it up.

I've been using iTunes 8 for a couple of hours now and I'm not overly wowed by it in any way. Sure, it's a nice upgrade but it isn't really much of an overhaul. The 'Genius' playlist is working now and then for me. I still keep getting the "Genius is not available for .... " now and then. However, 'Genius' is pretty good when actually does work.

There you have it. I enjoyed watching the hour long keynote. I will be keeping my eye on the MacBook refresh. Now, that's what I'm really after.

What did I tell you? Everybody is going nuts for ultraportables! Here's a sweet deal on an Asus Eee PC 80G to feed that addiction.

ASUS Eee PC 1000H 80G - Fine Ebony (Amazon / Mwave)

Amazon.com Price
$505, free shipping

Mwave Price
$449, shipping unavailable


EXTREMELY LIMITED QUANTITIES!

• 80 GB hard disk drive (HDD)
• 1 GB DDR2
• 1.6 GHz Intel Atom
• Slot for MMC/SD(SDHC) cards
• Windows XP Home
• 10.2 inches, 1024 x 600 pixels
• Tri-mode Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n), 10/100 Fast Ethernet
• USB 2.0 x 3
  
• VGA x 1
  
• Headphone x 1, microphone x 1 ports
  
• 1.3 MP Webcam
  
• 6 cells, up to 7 hours
• 3.19 pounds (51 ounces)
• 0.5 × 7.5 × 1.5 inches

Dell is having a three day sale on their Studio 15 and XPS (1330 & 1530) line of desktops. Savings up to $347.

To make the deal even sweeter, you can pick up a Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook for $99 (retails for $349). Netbooks, or ultraportables, nowadays are all the rage among consumers. Dell's offering is not too bad. Read a review of the Mini 9 HERE.

Check out the 3-Day sale HERE. Sale good till 9/8.

Whoa! Huge Timbuk2 Sale upto 60% off! C'mon, I know you want one. Haha. I have a Timbuk2 Laptop Sleeve and I love it! Sale good till 9/22!

Hey y'all. It's back to school for many college students in the U.S. I recently ran across an article in the New York Times providing good strategies for buying textbooks online.

I know it might be a little too late, but it's still a good read and hopefully will help you plan for textbooks for next semester. I'm glad it's my last semester. No more damn textbooks!

Read the article HERE.

Ahh, the little iPhone clone that could. Could this be too little too late for the M8? It wreaks of the iPhone. I can't believe I was excited about this phone a year ago!

I almost wet myself watching this trailer. I loved the video game. I'm so sure I'm going to love the movie! 10/17!