World traveler and tireless technology news hound, Robert Scoble reports from Nokia Day in Barcelona, Spain that the new Nokia 97 might be a potential rival to the iPhone. At least the N97 rises to the bar that Apple raised for smart phones. Robert reports that the N97 beats the iPhone with:  read more »

• 16:9 video (iPhone doesn't do video at all)
• 5 megapixel camera to iPhone's 2 megapixels
• QWERTY keyboard as well as to
  

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Asus has just revealed their 15.6-inch Eee Top touchscreen PC that is powered by an Intel Atom processor N270 (1.60GHz) and Intel 945 GSE core-logic with built-in graphics core. The system features a 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, 4-in-1 card reader, integrated camera, Wi-Fi 802.11n controller and Windows XP Home operating system.  read more »

These days, it's easy to find mainstream notebooks for far less than $550, sometimes even less than $450. You won't get the latest features in such a bargain system, but you will get a full-fledged computer you can use for years if you choose wisely.  read more »

Seems like a good combo these new Blu-ray players will upconvert standard definition DVDs to 1080p, support Profile 2.0 (BD-Live), and sometime in early December via a firmware upgrade stream HD from Netflix. The LG BD300 gets good but not great reviews and can be purchased now for around $300. The Samsung BD-P2500 ($329 at amazon.com) and  read more »

One of the challenges with shopping for a consumer electronics product is finding the right product at the right price (leave alone understanding what all the technical mumbo-jumbo is). Now I won't call myself a bargain hunter but I do care about good values if I can find those easily in the limited time I have to research and buy.

Here is a product I have been wanting to buy, a digital photo frame. So tod  read more »

We are pretty much done with the Black Friday. As I mentioned in my last report on Thanksgiving night, HDTVs were all the rage according to the Retrevo Pulse. Did this excitement continue through the Black Friday? Well, overwhelmingly yes. Two to one from unit volume perspective c  read more »

As consumers divert their attention from thanksgiving festivities and get ready for Black Friday marathon, where are they likely to be heading a few hours from now? Here are preliminary findings from Retrevo's real-time pulse:  read more »

1. Did we think people won't buy HDTVs? Well, we would be wrong if we assumed that. Heavy interest in HDTVs. heavy interest in Sharp HDTVs at Sears, Samsung & Sharp HDTVs at Circuit City,
   

On the other hand, with free shipping, no sales tax, and no lines, you
can get pretty close to the best deals without leaving home.  read more »