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Pre-order new 10.2-inch iPads starting at $329

A sign perhaps of Apple’s need to drive more sales among the “mere mortals”, this week saw the first official live-stream of a big Apple event in the modern era on YouTube and this was backed up by a Tim Cook statistics on the iPad ~ a lot of the iPad users are new and non-iPhone users, the iPad is bringing fresh blood in the shoppe.

Which brings us to the just-announced 10.2-inch iPads, they are now available to pre-order at B&H Photo with prices starting at $329 (Wifi, 32GB) and going +$100 for the jump to 128GB. For fans of 4G LTE, they have the usual +$130 on the Wifi-only model.

And there’s good reason iPads are keep getting bought up by non-platform users. Both Microsoft and Google tablets are in a state of non-existent confusion. Google can’t decide if they want Android or ChromeOS or both or neither for their tablets 🙂 Microsoft can’t decide which variant of “Windows Lite” to launch this month 😉

PS: if the CEO of Apple can get away with saying “eggspecially” can I also do it? Or is this too part of the Apple script to make the presentation feel more conversational/human/casual/relatable? I’m eggspecially interested in finding out!

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , ,

20% off LensCoat lens covers (360+ options)

If you are a fan of the Lens Coat brand or lens covers as a product in general, good until 9/15/19 at 11:59pm ET, B&H Photo is having an in-cart special on LensCoat products. The price will drop by 20% off after you add it to the shopping cart. You don’t have to type in any coupon code. This is a while supplies last type of a promotion [in case of some models that may sell out ahead of time ~ or not].

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Dell Outlet overstock sale, Monoprice Refurb/Open-box, Adorama Flash Sale

For the computer-inclined, the Dell Outlet is continuing its Overstock sale with various offerings as usual. The offers that require a promo code say so in their little virtual box that describes the offer.

Meanwhile the Dell Home store is continuing its semi-annual sale with 17% off savings on select items (some require promo code SAVE17). They also have optional 6-month financing offers on $499+ purchases (on approved credit, etc, etc, etc).

In other related action, MONOPRICE is having another refurbished and open-box sale with a variety of participating products. Monoprice, per their website, offers a 30-day money-back guarantee and a 90-day warranty on products in this category that are, per their website, inspected and tested. You can filter them by product category
and such on the left hand side of their website.

Speaking of Monoprice, they now have in-stock and shipping their new FORM technology backpacks with prices ranging from $60 to $90 with free US shipping.

And back to the camera front, ADORAMA is having another flash sale with over 650 camera and photo and accessories participating. The price you see is the price you pay as usual, with a number of the items having promotional rewards and/or free items with purchase.

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

256GB microSDXC cards: Sandisk Ultra for $38, Samsung EVO Select for $40

I’m still not sure what’s the difference between the “Plus” Sandisk memory cards sold at Best Buy [as seen in today’s earlier $45 256GB daily deal, but if you don’t want/need the PLUS, you can get the “regular” 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $38~ by Amazon itself (up to 4 per customer).

Or if you prefer the way of Samsung, one of their many colors, the 256GB EVO Select (the green/lime) is going for $40 by Amazon itself.

Or if you prefer the 200GB storage option, the Sandisk Ultra goes for just a few pennies under $30 by Amazon itself [limit four per customer], or on the same listing you can jump to the 400GB card for $53.

These days I mostly get Samsung and Sandisk microSD cards. Samsung are the only ones so far that I have had zero problems with. (having said that, I probably jinxed myself and my Samsung card with the higher capacity and zero backups is going to go toast soon LOL]…

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: ,

Thur (EU): select Sony Cameras & Lenses, Action Cams, Surface

The End of Summer sale continues on Thursday at the Amazon Germany (or “Chermany” in german-english) Gold Box (or ange bote in german-german) and among them you can find:

+ Sony cameras and lenses sale:
++ Sony RX10 III for 999 euro
++ Sony RX10 I for 609
+ reminder the RX10 IV is the one with the speed-demon autofocus

+ Cybershot HX95 superzoom for 379

+ Alpha a77 II APS-C body only [yes a DSLR] for 799

+ Sony a6500 with SEL-P18105 lens for 1529
+ Sony a7 II with SEL-2870 lens for 1119

+ 55-210mm lens in black or silver for 209 euro
+ 35mm f1.8 OSS (SEL35F18) for 329
+ 18200LE (18-200 f3.5-6.3) for 578

In non-Sony action:

+ various BlitzWolf (no relation to Wolf Blitzer’s beard?] hybrid selfie-stick/tripods (for small things, don’t put a FF PRO DSLR with a 100-400mm f0.95 lens on them!]

+ Crosstour action cams (24 to 83 euro, six options)

+ Surface PRO tablet under 800 euro [forgot the specs]

+ 128GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC (up to 170MB/sec) for 32
+ 200GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for 23~ euro
+ two flash drives and one internal SSD

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , , , ,

Thursday: 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC for $45, 64GB Samsung BAR USB 3.1 flash for $13~

And now some storage action for Thursday, one of the Best Buy daily deals is the new condition 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC card (model SDSQUB3-256G-ANCMA) going for $45 with free US shipping and/or free store pickup where available/possible. Limit up to five per customer at the sale price.

Meanwhile at NewEgg, one of their scrambled eggs daily deals (better name than “ShellShocker” since no gets shocked by their prices?) is the new condition 64GB Samsung BAR Plus metal USB flash drive going for $12.59 using coupon code 99RXP4 in the shopping cart.

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: memory cards and storage, samsung Tagged With: , ,

GoPRO HERO 7 White action camera for $170

The new condition GoPRO HERO7 white action camera is the headliner deal of the day at Best Buy for $170 but it is getting price-matched elsewhere as well by Amazon and by Adorama and B&H Photo. I don’t know if the price will remain $170 at the last three retailers after Thursday or not.

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: other cameras Tagged With: ,

Thursday: Nissin i400 TTL Flash (5 systems, $80), LEDGo, Etc

Never fear, Thursday is here with its very own 4-pack of B&H dailies running until (LINGUIST ALERT: proposed new word: runtil (running until)] 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Nissin i400 TTL Flash for $80 in your choice of Nikon, Canon, Fuji, M43rds and Sony

+ LEDgo LG-E2686 Bi-Color LED Large Pad Light Kit with Eggcrate Grid and Bag for $99
+ very accurate name, LED kit to Go 🙂

+ Saramonic LavMic Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone with 2-Input Audio Mixer for $49

+ Lorex 6-Channel 1080p Wire-Free DVR with 32GB microSD Card and 2 1080p Wire-Free Night Vision Bullet Cameras for $100

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals