One of my “must-have” pieces of productivity technology is my Livescribe Echo Smartpen. The Echo Smartpen let’s me take notes and then know exactly where they are later when I need to review them. It is a huge help to me and, when I lost mine a few months ago, I bought a new one the very same day. That’s how much I rely on it! Here’s what the company has to say and then we will get into the amazing deal they have going.

Take the stress out of tests and meetings with an Echo™ smartpen from Livescribe. Record everything you hear, say and write, while linking your audio recordings to your notes. Quickly replay audio from your

We’ll keep this simple. Case-Mate makes some great cases for a wide range of devices. There’s something to fit every taste and need and, with 25% off store-wide during Cyber Monday, there’s something to fit every budget too. Hop on over to the company website and see what your next case may be and save in the process. Details can be found here

What’s better than getting great Cyber Monday Deals? We’ve for some awesome deals from Abe’s of Maine that you can take advantage of without having to leave your house. Take a look…

Get this $29.95 tripod for just $9.95. Buy it here.

Save 36% on the Canon EOS Rebel T2i Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm IS Lens. Buy it now.

Save 53% on the Lumix DMC-FH25K 16.1MP Digital Camera, Wide… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

BodyGuardz has a Cyber Monday sale that is worth noting. As they explain

No Lines. No Codes. No Hassles. We’ve been there, and this year we’re keeping it simple. We’ve blacked-out our entire site and slashed all our prices. No coupon codes needed, just straight savings. Refreshing, right? Get your BodyGuardz on.

So how much will you save? If you just got to the site you’ll save 50% off pretty much everything. And if you create an account and get on the mailing list you’ll save another 10%. That means you’ll save a total of 60% off items that are quite useful. I know I just did and some of their awesome BodyGuardz armor black shields… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

As we told you Saturday , the brand new SeV Puffer Jacket from SCOTTEVEST isn’t being discounted anywhere other than right here on Gear Diary. That’s right, use the exclusive promotional code GEARPUFF10 on either the SeV Puffer Jacket or the SeV Lola Jacket and you will save 10%. The code is good until 12/1/2011.

In addition, SCOTTEVEST is starting their Cyber Monday deals a day early. You can save 30% on 9 different items. And what great items they are. There’s the Fleece 5.0, the Classic Vest, the Essential Travel Vest, the Trench that looks so great on Judie and more. Learn more and place your orders for 30% less here. But hurry, the 30% off sale… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

Cyber Monday is in full swing and we have two Gear Deals from our Gear Sponsor to mark the day.

First up… the HP direct store is offering $300 coupon code on ENVY 14 Beats edition 14.5″ Laptop when it is configured for $1,299 or more. Or if you prefer not to configure for more than $1,299 you can use LogicBUY’s exclusive $50 coupon code.

The Envy 14 Beats features…

black aluminum wrapped with black and red Beats design. Inside, it’s powered by ATI Mobility Radeon discrete/switchable graphics, offers Beats Audio, gives up to 3.75 hours battery life on standard

Right now you can get Dragon Dictate for Mac for a HUGE discount. HUGE!!! The boxed version that includes a headset is usually $199.99 but you can get it for just $50. If you don’t need the headset you can get the download version, usually $179.99 for just $30.

I don’t know how long this will last but I just tested the discount code and it works just fine…

That’s right- the boxed version of Dragon Dictate for Mac for $50 and the download version for $30. And all just by using the discount code CYBERMONDAY.

UPDATE: Well this seemed too good to be true but we tested it before posting and the

There days we seem to be seeing Christmas decorations BEFORE Thanksgiving and Black Friday Deal on the Monday five days prior to the biggest shopping days of the year. It is annoying, but if it saves you money who case about a little in-your-face advertising.

Amazon, among others has some great deals going. Many times they are only available for a few hours. As a result, traditional blog-posting isn’t the best means to get you word. SO…

Watch our Twitter feed at @geardiarysite. We’ll post the deals that catch our eye there so we can all save.

And to get us started…

Jump over to this link on Amazon

So its the first day back to work after a long holiday weekend with family..and if you were brave enough..Black Friday shopping.  From all accounts around the web, it was a good Black Friday.  Sales were up .5% from last year, taking in over $10 billion.  Not too shabby.  But, people in the financial world are taking this as a “bad” sign.  They are hoping to make things up today– Cyber Monday.

For those uninitiated, Cyber Monday is just like Black Friday, except its all done online.

There are some decent deals to be had.

Some of the Cyber Monday deals include:

• Best Buy: Acer Aspire Laptop with AMD Athlon- $399.99

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).

Sleep is good. So is saving money. So why choose one over the other this Black Friday when you can get plenty of both?

Some awesome products are having Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales that are worth checking out. Some of our favorites follow…… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

Nice! Those of you who have managed to hold out may have just lucked into a few holiday gift items that were worth the wait; these are the Cyber Monday deals from Sandisk…

Sansa MP3 Players

* 35% off Sansa Clip MP3 Player (4GB) / New price: $51.99 (from $79.99)
* 23% off Sansa Fuze MP3 Player (8GB) / New price: $91.99 (from $119.99
* 20% off SanDisk Sansa View Video MP3 Player (32GB) / New price: $199.99 (from $249.99)

USB Flash Drives

* 45% off SanDisk Cruzer Micro® (16GB) / New price: $43.99 (from $79.99)

Flash Memory Cards

Cameras

* 48.9% off SanDisk Standard SDHC™ Card (8GB)… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

ScotteVest has let us know about their secret sale, starting on Black Friday and going though Cyber Monday.

The Scott Jordan Signature Systems for $270

The good deals just keep rolling in!

Johan from ProClip has just forwarded their latest offer…

ProClip USA is going to lower their prices back to the original prices due to the increase of the Dollar value in the recent month. This of course is a great holiday opportunity to get you loved ones the custom in-vehicle solution for their mobile devices and promote safer driving. The prices for the vehicle mounts are reduced from $34.99 to $29.99 and the Tilt Swivel holders for the Mobile devices are reduced from $39.99 to $ 34.99.

Please check out the latest reviews of our ProClip Solutions:

Experience Mobility

I’ve just received this bit of holiday cheer from Michael and the gang at Skooba Design…

● RETURN OF THE BLOG READER DISCOUNT

We are happy to let you know that based on constant requests from many of your readers, we are once again offering them an exclusive sale coupon, just in time for the “big weekend.”

As many of you know, we have done this on a very limited basis once or twice a year and it has been very popular. We get lots of notes saying “it’s been a long time—when are you guys going to give us another deal?” and we’re all about giving the people what they want