Midweek Madness

Move over DX, meet FocalPrice
Yup, a pretender to the throne. Maybe they are so cheap because they didn't need to pay to create a new website design? Not that DealExtreme was the prettiest in the world to begin with... Cheap $0.01 deal on iPod Nano 4G skins this week (1 per customer)

Good watching at the Hut
Yes, I do like the Hut. Free shipping and they keep the prices updated and competitive. Oh, and you get the order within a few days. Beat that, CD-WOW. Peep Show for approximately €24, anybody?

One rotten egg for Zavvi
Well, from the sound of nightly explosions it's that time of the year again. Zavvi have raised their shipping prices to Ireland, £4 to an address or £2 for in-store pickup. Boo! Hiss!
Please note: I do not condone the pelting of stores with rotten egss, tomatoes or poetry.

Openmoko Neo FreeRunner released

With more than a few people making hefty financial commitments to get their hands on an iPhone 3G, I thought I'd mention a phone that's been long awaited in the Open Source world. The Neo FreeRunner is the sequel to the Neo1973. Although lacking 3G, it boasts some impressive features such as a 2.8" full VGA (640 x 480) touchscreen, 3D accelerated graphics, wifi, bluetooth, motion sensors, GPS and expandable sd memory. Most importantly, all the software is Open Source so developers are free to create any software they can think of and give it away to users all over the world from day one. Take that iTunes App Store!

Good news! Well, less terrible news anyway

El Reg are reporting that the previously mentioned second coming of Christ (in phone form) will be retailing, Pay As You Go, for the still outrageous but not completely unattainable $599 (8GB) and $699 (16GB). So, a glimmer of hope there. Though I sometimes find myself more in agreement with this guy on the features front.

Come on, time to confess

Browser		% visits
Firefox		85.60%
Internet Explorer		11.20%
Safari		2.40%
Mozilla		0.80%

Mozilla I can chalk up to reporting error, but who is using Safari?

Surely you don't need any money saving tips, you rich ******!

Early adopters burned again: Jesus Phone MK2

Ow... sore head. But what a great weekend! Hope you guys had as much fun as I did!

Had to have an iPhone on launch day? Or thought you were getting a bargain when the price tumbled before Christmas? Well, somewhat surprisingly, Apple are going to sell the new iPhone 3G for pretty much what it costs to make. $199 for the 8GB model or the slightly more extravagant $299 for the 16GB model ($100 for 8GB of memory? Please. We know better). Considering that it has wifi, gps and hsdpa built in, that makes this a steal. And because this is a blog for smart consumers, I'm sure you won't have any trouble figuring out how to unlock it when the time comes.

Chances are you will need to import. Even though they say it will be available worldwide at the same price, they neglect to say whether it can be bought outside the US sans contract. Still this is your chance to visit that stupid Apple cube in New York. Yay.

And that is probably the last time you will see an Apple product mentioned in this blog. But who knows? Maybe they've turned over a new leaf, as it were.

Release date is July 11.
Make a note.