- November 20, 2009 4:35 am
Saving a buck or two is always a good thing especially with jobs not looking so hot and dollar bills going much less farther than they used to. We all hope to score a nice Black Friday deal each and every year but tracking all of the prices, stores, and items is a small chore to say the least. DealVista has got your back as they’ve compiled on massive spreadsheet highlighting the items, prices, and locations of all the best Black Friday deals. Being the tech head that I am, the gadget deals are naturally my top choice. See anything good? Share it with us! There’s 5,512 deals in all to be had, so what are you waiting for?
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After the earlier post foretelling of potential advertisement madness on our desktops, this form of advertising being rolled out inside the Mall of America is actually pretty well done. The service is a text message based ad service created by MallCall International and titled: ‘MallCall, The Text Best Thing.
I know what you’re thinking: “Oh great, my phone getting blown up for all kinds of useless coupons”. But that’s just the thing, it won’t be “blown up” non-stop day in and day out. You have to opt in for the service by texting a special number located above the entrance to the mall to begin receiving the ads. Further ensuring this isn’t a nuisance, ads are only sent out during mall hours. Keeping your inbox under control, the service resets each day meaning you don’t have to worry about reoccurring texts showing up even after your day trip to the mall. Though, we mere mortals do have some power. At any point during the day, whether you’re at the mall or not, simply texting “stop” to the number previously mentioned will cease ad delivery.
It is definitely a unique, clever, and well thought out plan. Anyone that ventures to the Mall of America have anything to add?
Textually > Mobile Marketing
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As with many high end smartphones/cellphones, coupled with their widespread nonacceptance from carriers, lack of local availability, as well as their sky high price tag, adoption of said units is often fairly low. High end Nokia handsets often to ever get to see the light of day in the U.S. for reasons unknown. However, Nokia, in an effort to desperately make some more money and stop their falling market share is reaching deeper into their pockets to make sure you don’t make a “mistake” and pass on their devices. You may recall that besides being Nokia’s own “Jesus phone” if you will, it also came with an ungodly price tag that just barely kissed the $700 mark. However Nokia is feeling your pain and is trying to help you out. In order to get their devices in to your hands they are now taking off an “instant discount” that takes a surprising $174.75 off of the U.S. bound N97′s price tag. Further sweetening the deal, if you enter CARTP409N at check out time, you can take part in legalized theft and have your very own N97 for a cheap (high end Nokia standards) $454.35. Add it up folks, that’s basically a $250 sale. Not to be outdone, they go ahead and add a cherry to seal the deal by giving you a BH-703 Bluetooth headset ($89.95) for free.99. If this is all the best news you’ve heard all year, then take a seat and start waiting because you have until July of ’09 until you can wrap your clammy little hands around this hot, yet “affordable” beast. Happy Waiting.
Source: Slashgear
