It’s T-minus 2 days to the big Black Friday sales extravaganza!

We at Gear Diary wanted to help our readers out this year with Black Friday, so – compiled just for you – is a quick hit list of all the Black Friday deals on what we love best– Gadgets, Gizmos, and Whatchacallits!

Let’s start with cell phones/carriers:

• As posted on GD already, HTC is offering  an extra $100 back from HTC with the purchase of a new HTC Tilt 2, HTC Touch Pro2, HTC Imagio, orHTC Ozone.  Verizon, AT& T and T-Mobile are involved with this promotion.
• Verizon Wireless

1. Mi-Fi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot: $49.99 after $50 mail-in rebate
2. Gateway LT Netbook: $29.99 after $100 mail-in rebate

• T-Mobile

1. Motorola CLIQ – $149
2. BlackBerry Bold 9700- $149

• Sprint

1. Palm Pre - $79.99 (at Best Buy)

• AT&T

1. A free Propel to anyone who signs a 2 yr agreement and gets a $30 quick messaging plan
2. Instant rebate on all phones at register
3. Blackberry 8900 – $74.99

• And at other retailers

1. Best Buy- Motorola Droid- $199.99
2. Radio Shack- Samsung Instinct – Free with 2 yr contract
3. Compusa- Sprint Touch- $149.99 , T-Mobile Dash- free with activation
4. Walmart- Blackberry sales craziness—Walmart has around 40 BlackBerry phones available including the newly released Verizon Storm 2 for $148 (not including the $100 gift-card) and the Sprint Tour 9630 for $99 (not including the $100 gift-card).

And now desktops/laptops/netbooks:

• Dell 10.1″ Inspiron Mini 10V Netbook w/Atom 1.6Ghz Processor N270 – $249.00 (Dell.com)
• Dell 15.6″ Inspiron 15 Notebook w/Intel T4300 Processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB Hard Drive – $549.00 (Best Buy)
• Compaq Netbook – Atom Processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB HD, XP Home- $179.99 (Best Buy)
• Sony 15″ Laptop w/ Intel Dual Core Processor, 4GB Memory, 320GB Hard Drive and Windows 7- $399.99 (Best Buy)
• HP Pavilion Desktop w/AMD Processor, 3GB Memory, 320GB Hard Drive, w/20″ Monitor (Model # P6243w-b)- $398.00  (Walmart)
• Acer Netbook 10.1″ Computer w/Intel 1.6GHz Atom Processor N270- $199.99 (Office Depot)

And finally gadgets (GPS, ereaders, cameras, MP3, etc):

• Garmin Nuvi 1200 GPS Navigation System - $119.00 (Office Depot)
• Garmin Nuvi 1350T GPS System- $179.00 (Target)
• Tom Tom 540S Portable GPS Navigation System- $149.99 (Best Buy)
• Microsoft Zune 120GB MP3 Player- $199.99 (Dell)
• Sandisk 4GB Fuze MP3 Player (Black)- $44.99 (Best Buy)
• Sony Reader Pocket Edition w/$30 Gift Card- $199.99 (Best Buy)
• Canon EOS Rebel T1i D-SLR Camera w/18-55mm IS Lens- $699.99 (Best Buy)
• Canon PowerShot A1100 12.1 MegaPixel Digital Camera w/4x Optical Zoom, 2.5″ LCD (Silver)- $129.99 (Staples)
• Kodak Zi6 HD Pocket Video Camera - $99.00 (Amazon.com)

Now, this is by no means a full listing of everything that is available.  This isn’t the doorbuster sales stuff or all the online stores. This is just a sampling of what we think is the best of the best deals. There is just too much to cover.  Luckily, other folks have taken up the charge and put together some truly amazing web sites that have a listing of ALL the Black Friday deals out there.  Here are the ones we recommend:

• Dealvista.com. They have compiled an Excel spreadsheet with over 6000 deals available.  Its available for download or you can use Google Docs to look.
• BFAds.net.  They have a running list of Black Friday ads available for searching.
• BlackFriday.info. They have all the ads broken down by vendor, complete with icon for easy navigation.

Also, Istobe.com has the listings of all the retailers and vendors offering FREE shipping this year.

Lastly, don’t forget that Monday is Cyber Monday, Black Friday-like deals , except online.   The sites mentioned in this report also have those deals covered.

And now, a few fast minute tips for those taking the plunge on Black Friday–

If you are camping out the night before:

• Bring a folding chair.
• Bring a blanket and/or wear warm clothes (depending on your location)
• Bring a cooler full of goodies and a thermos full of your beverage of choice
• Bring something to do– a book, portable DVD player with batteries, iPod, iPhone, etc

For the rest of you bargain hunters:

• Do your research before.  Between articles like this one that you are reading and other sites around the Internet, you should be able to pinpoint what you are searching for and form a plan.
• Have a plan.  Don’t just say, ” Well, I’ll go to XXX and just shop.”  You’ll get run over by people who have a mission and know what they are getting.
• Don’t get discouraged if you don’t get what you want.  Remember, there is always Cyber Monday (same deals, just online).
• Try to remember that above all — it’s a time of holiday love, family and peace.

Happy Shopping everyone!

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