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O2 Joggler - special offer £50 for one week only
The Joggler is a clever little device that combines a mobile phone text messaging service with a calendar, music player and more. When it arrived a few months ago the O2 Joggler cost £150, but for one week only it's been reduced to just £50.
It works as a touch-screen electronic calendar for your whole family, and can show photos, play music and video files and games. It can even show you the latest weather, news and sports results and show local traffic information. If you insert an O2 mobile phone Sim card it will send out text message reminders for events on the calendar.
Until April 15, the Joggler is available for an impressive £50, which is £100 off the original selling price.
Click the jump to find out where to buy.
To buy the O2 Joggler from the O2 online shop (the £50 offer lasts until April 15) click here .
Home Cinema System - just £45!
We haven't heard of the Curtis brand either, but if you're looking for a stupidly cheap home cinema system then this could fit the bill: a complete six channel surround-sound home cinema system for under £50.
The package includes a DVD player, a remote control, one subwoofer and five satellite speakers. Even the batteries are included. The recommended price is over £100, but you can grab one for less than £50 - click the jump for details.
To buy this ludicrously cheap home cinema system, click here.
Save up to 20% at Argos
Here's a very quick tip for anyone shopping this weekend. Until Sunday 4th October, Argos is offering a voucher back deal: spend £50 on one product and you get a £10 voucher, or spend over £100 on one product to get a £20 voucher back.
Obviously the worth of this deal varies, and assumes that you can use the voucher, but if you buy something worth just over £50 or £100 you'll essentially be getting 20% back. Click here for details.
Shure SE110 headphones - half price!
In-ear headphones, or earbuds, are one of the most convenient ways to listen to music when out and about: they're unobtrusive and small enough to put in a pocket when you're finished listening. Sadly, though, the sets included with many music players can be disappointingly tinny. Today, though, we've found a high-quality set of in-ear headphones at a bargain price.
The Shure SE110 earphones are high-quality, balanced headphones that come with a two year warranty. The only downside, in fact, is that they're usually expensive - but today we've found a way to get them for just half the normal price. Click the jump for details.
To get a set of white SE110 headphones for half price, add them to your basket here then use the discount code GGMRSE110 in the checkout.
Internet Access (almost) Anywhere - free!
If you have a laptop or mobile phone with a wireless network connection, you'll probably know that you can use it to get online in many public places, shops and cafes. You might have also noted, however, that using these "hotspots" isn't always cheap: some shops provide them for free, but in many cases you'll need to buy a voucher or pay a monthly subscription.
A case in point can be found in Starbucks coffee shops. Most of these provide wireless internet access via BT Openzone, but this costs £5.88 for a 90 minute voucher. Today, however, we've found a way to pay far less: nothing at all, in fact, for access as many times as you want in just about any Starbucks shop. Click the jump for details.
To get unlimited access to BT Openzone hotspots in Starbucks shops, you need to buy a Starbucks card and register it via the company's website. This requires a minimum top-up of £5, so pay £5, put that on the card and leave it in your wallet. Once this is done you can use the BT Openzone hotspots in most Starbucks branches (airports, train stations and supermarkets are exempt) at no cost. Cards can be purchased online here (cost for a £5 card is £6.50 including postage) or grab one in a shop.
Oh, and how is this free when it costs a fiver? When you're done, use the value on the card to buy a few coffees and you'll have your money back. Neat.
Windows 7: Beat the Price Rise
You've probably heard the recent news that Microsoft has almost doubled the price for a full, boxed copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. If you'd rather have a complete new copy rather than the upgrade edition, the official price from Microsoft is now a whopping £150.
But we've found a far better price: £65. That's £85 off the RRP, and gets you a full, legal, non-OEM boxed copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. Click the jump for details.
To pick up a copy of Windows 7 for well under half price, click here.
UPDATE: Amazon has raised the price back up to a less impressive £125 - congratulations to all the readers who got there in time and bought one at the low price.
Archos 605 80GB Media Player - Save £175!
Many portable music players, including Apple's iPod Nano, Classic and Touch models, can also play video files, but doing so is often quite tricky: these players tend to be fussy about files, playing only the ones that have been formatted in one specific way, and many have small screens that are hardly ideal for watching a film. The best way to watch videos on the go, then, is a dedicated portable media player, or PMP - a pocket-sized device with enough hard disk space to hold several films or TV programmes and a screen big enough to enjoy them on.
Some of the best PMPs are made by Archos, and today we've found one at a crazily low price. The Archos 605 has a 4.3 inch touchscreen display and 80GB of storage. It'll play most common video and music files, and can also display photos - add an extra adapter and it can even record television programmes to play later.
The 80GB Archos 605 is currently selling for £275.95 here - but we've found a way to get one for just £100. Click the jump for details.
To buy the Archos 605 for just £100, click here. Please note that the reason for this massive discount is that these are factory refurbished items.
Wireless ADSL Router Bundle - Just £15, Save £35!
Here at Cheapo Computers we can normally find at least one excellent bargain every day, and every so often we come across something that goes one step further. Even when ranked alongside those other exceptional bargains, however, this one stands out as stupidly cheap.
This networking package includes absolutely everything you need to turn an ADSL broadband connection into a wireless one. You get an ADSL wireless router that uses 802.11g technology and also a USB wireless adapter - handy if your computer doesn't already have wireless built in. All for just under £15, with free delivery, which is less than you'd expect to pay for the adapter alone. Admittedly the router isn't the most beautiful gadget we've ever seen, but then at this price who would care.
To find out where to buy this ridiculously priced bundle, click the jump.
To pick up both gadgets for just £14.99 with free delivery, click here.
Garmin Forerunner 305 - Save £60!
Over the past few years GPS technology has moved from the preserve of rich gadget lovers to consumer products that cost less than £100. Many of us now have a car-based sat-nav that uses GPS to guide us on long journeys, for example. But that's not all that this clever satellite technology can be useful for.
If you like to walk, run or cycle you may already have a stopwatch, or even a watch with a heart rate monitor built in to help with fitness training. Even if so, you might not have realised that you can get a watch that also contains a GPS. This allows you to accurately track the distance you travel and your speed when doing so, making it easier to keep accurate tabs on your results.
The Garmin Forerunner 305 is one of the best GPS watches out there. It's small enough to sit comfortably on your wrist, and has both GPS tracking and a heart rate monitor built in. A dock is included so you can link it to your PC and download data about each trip - handy whether you're training, cycling or simply interested in how far you walk each day.
The Forerunner 305 normally costs £200, but today we've found it on sale for just £141 - click the jump for details.
To buy the Forerunner 305 for just £141, click here.
Asus Nvidia 512MB graphics card for just £37.36!
Graphics cards used to be scary things that cost hundreds of pounds, but over the last few years prices of mid-range cards have dropped quite sharply. This Asus EN9600 GSO card is a case in point: it's not a high-end device but it will work happily with most recent games at high detail settings.
It uses the Nvidia 9600 GSO chipset and has 512MB of memory, making it suitable for most gaming and, of course, for desktop tasks such as video editing. It has two DVI outputs so it can be connected to one or two desktop monitors or even (using an adaptor) a flat-panel television. At just over £37 it won't break the bank either, making it an excellent inexpensive upgrade for most desktop computers.
Find out where to buy this graphics card by clicking the jump.
To buy the Asus 9600 GSO graphics card from Scan, click here.
Two 8GB memory cards for £17.99
It wasn't long ago that it would have been a bargain to find a single 8GB memory card for under £20. So what could be better than that? That's right, two 8GB SDHC memory cards for under £20: £17.99, to be exact.
These cards, made by big name manufacturer PNY, will fit any camera that's compatible with SDHC cards. The capacity means enough space on each card for several hundred photographs from most cameras. Do note that some older cameras, which use SD memory cards, will not work with the higher-capacity SDHC cards.
Those of you with compatible cameras, find out how to buy by clicking the jump.
To buy two PNY 8GB SDHC memory cards for £17.99 from Play.com, click here.
Nintendo Bargains: Zelda DS for £10, Wii Fit £57
A bit of an unusual deal for today, but we've found a rather good price on some excellent Nintendo games: Wii Fit for just £58, and the excellent Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass on DS for just £10.
In case you haven't heard or seen it, Wii Fit is a video game for the Wii console that you control by standing on a "balance board" while performing various exercises. The idea is that you get fit while also having fun, and according to the rave reviews the whole game is excellent. The problem, of course, is that with a special board included in the box Wii Fit is far more expensive than your average video game. Today, however, we've found the best price in the UK: just £57.
If you have a Nintendo DS, DS Lite or DSi, however, then The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is one of the best games available, and we've found new copies for just £10. Click the jump for details of both deals.
To buy the Wii Fit for just £57 - that's a tenner cheaper than anywhere else - click here. To buy Zelda for the DS for just £10, click here.
16GB Apple iPod Touch - Save £25
When Apple launched the iPod Touch it advertised it as "the funnest iPod ever". While we can't possibly condone such an abuse of the English language, we do have to concede that it is, at the very least, great fun. The Touch is, essentially, an iPhone without the phone: you get the same touch screen controls, the same ability to add new programs via the App store, the same Safari web browser and a wireless connection so you can surf the web whenever you're in range of a hotspot.
So, what's the downside? Well, packing all this technology into the Touch made it significantly more expensive than the other iPod models, and the basic 8GB model doesn't give you that much room for music and movies. Today, though, we've solved both problems: we've found a store selling the 16GB iPod Touch for £189 - that's £25 less than the standard price at the Apple Store. Click the jump for the details.
So why's this iPod selling so cheap, and where can you buy it? First things first: this is a brand new iPod, being sold off by the high-street chain Argos (who presumably had too much stock, as it's listed on the company's clearance service). To buy one, click here.
Polaroid photo printer £35 - save £65!
There are dozens of ways to print photos these days - using an inkjet printer, for instance, going into a high street store with your memory card or even uploading photos to the internet and waiting for the prints to arrive in the mail a few days later. None, however, are as easy as this.
The Polaroid name is synonymous with instant photo prints, and the PoGo printer is the latest version of its technology. It's tiny and produces photo prints in just a few seconds and, cleverly enough, it doesn't require any costly ink cartridges: instead the special Zink (Zero-Ink) paper develops into a full-colour print in seconds.
So, what's the downside? Well, since its launch the PoGo has been a little too expensive for our liking, coming in at just under £100. Today, however, we've found it for just £35 - that's well under half price, and a saving of £65. Click the jump to buy one.
To buy the PoGo printer for just £35, click here.
Panasonic DMP-BD35 Blu-ray - Save £120
These days you can pop into a high-street store and pick up a Blu-ray video player for as little as £150, but if you do you might be disappointed. Many of the cheapest players might look new and high-tech, but in fact they only support Blu-ray Profile 1.1 - so some of the features on the latest Blu-ray movie discs just won't work.
Today, though, we've found a Blu-ray player that supports the latest Profile 2.0 features and at a bargain price of £179.99 - that's a saving of £120 on the RRP, and at least £50 less then the price you'd usually expect. It's a Panasonic DMP-BD35 - one of our favourite players, and What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision have rated it five stars out of five - you can see its review here.
So, where can you get this great HD player at a bargain price? Click the jump to find out.
To pick up the DMP-BD35 for just £179.99 with free delivery, visit Play.com here.
Flip Mino HD Camcorder £145 - Save £25
In the 1980s camcorders were the size of a toaster and recorded crummy footage onto enormous, clunky tapes that were a pain in the neck to edit. Today even professional-quality HD cameras are tiny by comparison - and then there's the Flip Mino HD.
This tiny camera is - using the tradidional "measure a gadget by comparing it to a household object" scale - roughly as large as a mobile phone, so it slips easily into a pocket, but despite this tiny size it records high-definition video. It records onto built-in memory, so there's no need to muck about with tapes, and to edit or share videos you simply plug it into a PC or Mac via USB. Neat.
The best price you're likely to find for this impressive gadget is £169.99 - but we've found a deal where you can get it for £145 - that's a healthy £25 saving. Click the jump to find out more.
This is a great offer, so it's only available for a limited time. To get the Flip Mino HD at this low price you'll need to go to Expansys between 11am and 4pm tomorrow (Friday 29th May 2009) - use this link.
Free mobile broadband kit
Mobile broadband can be great, but if you only need occasional access then the idea of forking out for a USB modem (dongle) and a contract is likely to put you off. Today, though, we've found a site giving away free dongles - all you need to do is pay for postage, and use a pay-as-you-go mobile broadband service.
The dongles are being given away in partnership with the 3 network, and postage and packing is a very reasonable £5. To find out where to get yours, click the jump.
To get your free dongle, head to the website here. A few terms and conditions apply - see the site for details.
Sony E-Reader PRS-505 eBook - Save £50
Electronic book readers have been around for a while, but it's only recently that they've become good enough to rival their paperback cousins. One of the best ebook readers out there is Sony's E-Reader PRS-505, and we've found a deal where you can get it for £50 less than usual.
The PRS-505 has a high-tech 6-inch e-ink screen, and can run for 7,000 page turns - that's over four times through Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, in case you were wondering, or fifteen times through the Da Vinci Code* - before it'll need new batteries. And, at just 8mm thick, it's substantially slimmer than even a short paperback.
The PRS-505 has a recommended price of £229, and normally costs around £200, but we've found it for sale for just £179 including free delivery. Click the jump for details.
To buy the PRS-505 for just £179 with free delivery, visit Play.com here.
* That's fifteen times too many, if you ask us, but there you go..
One Day Deal - Logitech Harmony One, Save £40
Remote controls - great when you have one, handy when you have two, and a complete nightmare when you end up with half a dozen, all running out of batteries and with at least one lost down the back of the sofa at any given point. There is, however, a solution: a universal control that replaces each and every one of them.
Universal remote controls can be programmed to control just about anything: your TV, DVD, hi-fi, Blu-ray player and Sky box, for example. Logitech's Harmony One replaces up to fifteen remotes, in fact, and, rather than dozens of buttons with nonsensical items, gives you access to them via a colour touchscreen display. It's normally rather expensive, but today only you can get it for £40 less than usual - click the jump to find out how.
The Harmony One remote normally costs around £120 to £130, but we've found a store selling them for just £84 including VAT. The promotion is today only and while stocks last. Click here to buy one.
Fridges, TVs, Laptops £5 this Monday - if you're quick
We're used to seeing some pretty bold claims from retailers, but BuyItDirect might take the prize for the most ambitious promotion of the year: it claims to be giving away over £50,000 worth of products this Monday, with buyers paying just under a fiver for postage.
The list of products includes Smeg fridges worth over £1,000, Miele washing machines worth almost £500, Sony LCD TVs worth around £300 and Acer Aspire notebooks worth £518 each. The less ambitious might pick up a toaster (around £40), laptop bag (£22) or webcam (£20). Given that postage for each costs £4.95 we're not sure that the Belkin Keyboard extender (worth £4.97) is such a great buy, but there you go.
We checked how many of each item will be available to give away and the company told us it had 12 fridges, 7 washing machines and 23 Acer laptops, amongst others. Click the jump to find out how to get one of them for just under a fiver.
So how does the promotion work? First, you need to pre-register at the link below. BuyItDirect then says it will email you a promotional code before the giveaway starts.
Next, you'll have to get up at 1am on Bank Holiday Monday. Or, we suppose, just stay awake. Either way, the givaway starts at 1am and we don't imagine the goods will be around long.
Once the givaway starts, you can pick the item you want. Enter the promotional code and the price will drop to zero. You pay £4.95 for postage, and the item will be with you in a few days.
Of course, you're likely to face competition from a few other thousand bargain hunters vying for the same stock, but it might be worth a try nonetheless. Let us know how you get on in the comments.
The Great Giveaway registration page can be found here.
