As part of its “Pink Friday” sale, TigerDirect is offering the hot OQO Model 02 UMPC for only $1,069.99. Normally $1,849.99, the OQO Model O2 is a small wireless handheld PC running Windows XP Pro with 1GB SRAM and a 60GB hard drive.

Link:  OQO Model 02 UMPC for $1,069.99 at Tiger Direct

Wirefly is offering a free Sony Ericsson W300i Walkman Phone with a new Cingular account. Wirefly operates mobile phone stores for several major online merchants including eCost, Buy.com and AOL. You can also find the W300i at Amazon for 1 cent.

The W300i is one of Sony Ericsson’s latest Walkman phones which allows you to listen to your favorite MP3 and AAC files stored on a Memory Stick Micro or on the nearly 20MB of built-in memory. In addition to the music functionality, the W300i is a quadband phone with EDGE (for higher speed connectivity) and comes with Bluetooth, a Camera, and support for USB connectivity for PC synchronization of calendar and contacts. The clam shell style phone features a 128×160 pixel 262K color TFT screen with an external monochrome display.

Here is a list of merchants offering the W300i (unless otherwise noted, prices discounted with new Cingular account):

• Wirefly – Free
• Amazon – $0.01 (or unlocked without service for $239.99)
• Cingular – $39.99
• TigerDirect – $229.99 (unlocked without service)
• NewEgg – $229 (unlocked without service)
• CellularBlowout – $249.98 (unlocked without service)

We recently purchased a 2GB USB flash drive to backup some of our data. After enjoying the drive for a few days, we realized that there are quite a few options out there and prices (as low as $25) are making these products even more desirable.

After going through the inventory of several major hardware retailers, we have narrowed down to a selection of what we feel are the best values on the market today. We focused on 2GB drives because they are the largest size drive you can buy for under $50. There are great affordable 1GB drives, but the cost to move up from to 2GB is very small.

Samsung 2GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

$24.99*

* $49.99-$25.00 rebate (expires on 9/30/06)
– Read: 20MB/s
– Write: 10MB/s
Transcend JetFlash 2GB USB Flash Drive

$25.99*

* 45.99-$20.00 rebate (expires on 9/08/06)
Patriot 2GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

$34.94*

* $44.94-$10.00 rebate (expires 9/15/06)
– Application included for Security Partition
– Dimensions: 73mm x 7mm x 17mm
– Read: 8MB/s
– Write: 5MB/s
Lexar 2GB JumpDrive FireFly USB Flash Drive

$38.00*

* $59.00-$21.00 rebate (expires 9/16/06)
A-Data PD10 2GB USB Flash Drive

$39.99

– Cool rotary/folding design
SANDISK 2GB Cruzer Micro with U3 Technology

$39.99

* $59.99-$20.00 rebate (expires 9/15/06)
– Loaded with the following U3 programs: CruzerSync synchronization tool, SignupShield password manager, SKYPE voice over IP software, AVAST Virus scan
– Dimensions: 57.15mm x 7.94mm x 20.6mm
Corsair 2GB Flash Drive

$41.99*

* $49.99-$8.00 rebate (expires 9/17/06)
– Security application creates password-protected partition
– Read: 19MB/sec
– Write: 13MB/sec


If you want to suggest others, please contact us and we will update this list.