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Credit Crunch Christmas: Motorola W180 for £2.88
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 11 days to go 15 December 2008 10:44 GMTToday we have some breaking news for you in our Credit Crunch Christmas gift guide.
Our suggestion this Monday is the UK's first ever mobile phone for under £3, courtesy of the Carphone Warehouse.
The Motorola W180 - on sale for £2.88 - is being... -
Credit Crunch Christmas: Toshiba XD-E500 with a year's free LOVEFiLM
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 12 days to go 14 December 2008 10:00 GMTToday in our countdown to Christmas gift guide we have for you a DVD player - but - no ordinary DVD player as it is the Toshiba XD-E500.
The XD-E500 is what is known as an upscaler. Such players have the ability to extend the image resolution of standard DVDs,... -
Credit Crunch Christmas: SanDisk Sansa Clip
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 13 days to go 13 December 2008 10:00 GMTIt's a bold statement, but we think SanDisk's little Sansa Clip MP3 player would make a neat gift for pretty much anyone on your Christmas list.
Cheap enough to buy as a first MP3 player for a tween or teen, it's also really easy to use so shouldn't scare older... -
Credit Crunch Christmas: TomTom ONE Assist
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 15 days to go 11 December 2008 11:36 GMTToday we have a travel related Christmas bargain in the form of the TomTom ONE Assist.
Not only is it a good GPS offering (winning the Pocket-lint Award for Best Car Gadget) but it is currently available from Amazon.co.uk at the competitive price of £92.47,... -
Virgin Mobile launches "Texts into Space"
Schmaltzy service sees SMSes travelling the cosmos forever 10 December 2008 13:32 GMTVirgin Mobile has announced the launch of its "Texts into Space" service which "allows people to send their text declarations of love and affection into the unchartered territories of space where they will travel through the cosmos for all eternity".
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Credit Crunch Christmas: Colombo's Phone from MagicBox
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 16 days to go 10 December 2008 11:44 GMTCreated as a homage to the Sixties Italian designer Joe Colombo (rather than the other Columbo we all know and love) this new landline phone is a retro-styled antidote to your bog standard boring DECT device.
With gorgeous curves and designer looks, users will... -
Credit Crunch Christmas: Fujifilm Finepix A850
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 17 days to go 9 December 2008 11:36 GMTToday we have a real cracking Christmas money saver for you.
The Fujifilm Finepix A850 digital camera seems to tick all the right boxes, since it's a great price, boasts decent specs and has pocketable dimensions of 92.9 x 60.4 x 30.1mm.
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Microsoft offers free Christmas templates
Make your own cards, gift tags and decs 9 December 2008 10:37 GMTMicrosoft is offering free Christmas templates, this year angling them as a way for consumers to save money by DIY-ing their cards and the like.
The templates let Microsoft users create Christmas cards in Word, make their own Christmas banners that can be printed... -
Credit Crunch Christmas: Fujitsu Siemens' LIFEBOOK4LIFE
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 18 days to go 8 December 2008 11:32 GMTToday's Credit Crunch Christmas gift idea has a bit of a twist. There are no discounts or free add-ons, just one very interesting proposition.
Buy a Fujitsu Siemens' Lifebook and every 3 years they will replace it with a brand new one for the rest of your life. -
Play.com says today will be busiest Christmas shopping day
Manic Monday 8 December 2008 8:59 GMTPlay.com is predicting today will be the busiest day ever for internet purchases.
Apparently, in the run-up to Christmas Day, Mondays are traditionally always the busiest for web buying and 8 December is set to see sales soar by 25% year on year.
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Credit Crunch Christmas: 3-for-2 on Blu-ray movies from Amazon
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 19 days to go 7 December 2008 10:00 GMTAmazon is currently running a promotion that offers customers the chance to buy three Blu-ray movies and get the cheapest disc free.
This offer could be a nice way to help to beef up a loved one's Blu-ray collection as the discs are normally quite dear at around... -
Credit Crunch Christmas: Buy iPod nano, get half price JBL speaker
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 20 days to go 6 December 2008 10:01 GMTYesterday for our Credit Crunch Christmas bargain we told you about a one-day-only discounted iPod nano offer. Today we're carrying on the Apple theme with another iPod offering.
Rather than any discounts, Currys is offering a 4th gen iPod nano for £107, all... -
Credit Crunch Christmas: 8GB iPod nano 3G for £70
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 20 days to go 5 December 2008 10:23 GMTToday's Christmas bargain takes the form of an 8GB iPod nano that's offered for a shade under £70.
One of eXpansys' one-day special offers, the price drop is only available between 11am and 4pm today - and only via the links below - so you'll need to be quick... -
Woolworths to cut prices up to 50%
Massive sale starts tomorrow 4 December 2008 17:51 GMTWoolworths administrator Deloitte has told MCV that the troubled high street retailer will launch its "Biggest Ever Sale" tomorrow that will see massive half price discounts.
Deloitte said: "We anticipate increased footfall in the stores and have hired additional... -
Credit Crunch Christmas: Datz Music lounge
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 21 days to go 4 December 2008 12:36 GMTToday's gift idea from our Credit Crunch Christmas list is an ideal present for any music fan you know, that will - to use a cliche - keep on giving for the whole of 2009.
For a one-off charge of £99.99 (we know it sounds steep - but wait) Datz Music Lounge... -
NORAD, Google to offer "Santa Tracker"
Complete with Santa-cams 2 December 2008 16:30 GMTGone are the days of rosy-cheeked children peering excitedly out of their bedroom windows for a glimpse of Father Christmas and his reindeers on Christmas Eve, it seems nowadays kids just need log on and check out a Santa-cam online.
This high tech affront... -
Credit Crunch Christmas: Sony PS3
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 23 days to go 2 December 2008 10:16 GMTThe PlayStation 3 needs no introduction, either as a console or a Blu-ray player, but what we feel is worth a mention is its new price tag in time for Christmas.
Sony Europe's online store Sony Style, is offering 40GB model for £249.99, including VAT, which... -
BBC reveals HD Christmas line-up
Find out what you can watch in high def this year... 1 December 2008 10:45 GMTThe BBC has been given permission to extend its HD channel's hours for the Christmas period, so from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day it will be on air from noon, until the early hours of the morning.
The programmes shown in high definition will be many of the... -
Credit Crunch Christmas: WowWee Rovio
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 24 days to go 1 December 2008 10:00 GMTIn the first of our Credit Crunch Christmas gift suggestions, we are bringing you news of an offer from online retailer eXpansys that sees £55 off the cost of a WowWee Rovio mobile Wi-Fi webcam robot.
However, you'll have to be quick smart about it if you want... -
Pocket-lint to offer Credit Crunch Christmas gift guide
24 days of good value gadgetry in the run up to Christmas Eve 28 November 2008 18:00 GMTMerry Christmas to you. This Yuletide, rather than the tired, "for your gran...", "for your parakeet...", style Christmas gift guides, Pocket-lint will bring you an Advent calendar of Christmas goodies that are particularly budget-friendly.
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