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In the Black friday article series, we looked at trend of Black Friday, 5 step strategy and final shopping plan. This article and few other upcoming articles will feature hot gizmos and gadgets which many consumers are thinking about shopping this holiday season.

This holiday season is different in many ways and as I previously mentioned  Black friday sale is also going to be different. It might not have the same glitter and gloom like past but will still showcase some new products and will not fail to impress the gadget lovers who plan to hit the retailers door steps on the Black Friday or clog the internet on Cyber Monday.

Every year new gizmos and gadgets garland the holiday season to attracts and dominate the techno saavy consumers mind and make them go running on the sale days to wait for hours to buy them. In 2004, it was Free USB drives and Flash memories cards, Cheap digital cameras and camcorders in 2005, iphone and ipod’s in 2006, GPS and Ipods in 2007, HDTV’s, Wii’s in 2008.  This year also we will see some new products like eReaders, handy camcorders and many more to shake up the market. Obviously cheap laptop computers, netbooks and gaming consoles like Xbox, Wii will continue to interest many parents and younger generation this year too.

Store Openings
On Thanksgiving,
Walmart – Open for 24 hours Thanksgiving Day and BlackFriday
Gap – Open at 9 a.m.,
Banana Republic at 11 a.m.,
Old Navy at noon

On BlackFriday
Target – Opens at 5pm
Staples – Opens at 6pm
OfficeDepot – opens at 6pm
OfficeMax – Opens at 6pm
BestBuy – Opens at 6pm
Toys “R” Us – Opens 12am

Hot Gadget #1 – Digital Readers

Amazon Kindle

Amazon’s launched the Kindle reader on Nov 2007. It took the amazon few years to spread the fire and get more consumer attention in the market. Economy melt down is part to blame.  Currently, it captured the interests of college students and young adults and becoming one among must to have gadgets. Witnessed the growth of the users pool, many manufactures like Sony and competitors like Barnes and Noble are on the roll with their own products to get piece of the pie.

Kindle (Global Wireless)	Kindle DX (U.S. Wireless)
Display	6″ diagonal E Ink®	9.7″ diagonal E Ink®
Size	8″ x 5.3″ x 0.36″	10.4″ x 7.2″ x 0.38″
Storage	1,500 books	3,500 books
Books in Under 60 Seconds
3G Wireless
Wireless Coverage	Global	U.S.
Text-to-Speech
Whispersync
Rotating Display

Sony Reader Touch – PRS600

The Sony Reader^™ provides a new way to experience reading. Take your library on-the-go and access your favorite books from anywhere. For added versatility, the Reader supports multiple file formats including ePub and PDF, offering access to more books from more places, including over one million free public domain titles from Google books.

Benefits of the Reader Digital Book

• It’s Portable — It’s lightweight and easily fits in a purse or jacket pocket.
• Long Battery Life — Enjoy up to two full weeks of reading on a single battery charge.
• Large Capacity — Holds up to 350 books with 512MB of onboard memory.
• E Ink^® Vizplex^™ Screen — Provides easy, natural reading from a paper-like display.
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