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Samsung Series 5 Chromebooks getting a two-week back-to-school price cut

It looks like the Samsung Series 5 Chromebooks have been given a temporary price drop. The lower prices come by way of Amazon and are reported to be as part of a two-week back to school promotion. What that means for the interested end-user — a savings of $30 on the Wi-Fi equipped model and more »

LogMeIn Ignition for Android and iOS is currently on sale — 50% off regular price

It looks like the folks behind the LogMeIn Ignition app are having a special back to school sale. And a nice one at that. The Ignition app is currently on sale for 50 percent off. In other words, you can now download the LogMeIn Ignition app for Android for $14.99 or for the iPhone, iPod more »

Free study guides grace Barnes and Noble’s Nooks

The back-to-school season has officially started. One advantage of being a student these days over the past is relying less on physical books. Now you just have to grab an eReader and you’re good to go. Barnes & Noble wants its collection of Nooks to be on your back-to-school shopping list and its willing to give up over $100 in content for the privilage.

Verizon’s Xperia Play is now $100

Today is a good day to pick up the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play from Verizon. The price of the phone has been dropped to $99.99 with a new two-year contract. The Xperia Play seemed to have more buzz before it was released. The hype surrounding the phone has died down considerably since then. Still, there’s no other smartphone out there that has better physical hardware for playing games like the Xperia Play.

MetroPCS releases two new budget phones for students

MetroPCS recently made available a couple new phones that are geared towards students who are going back to school. The Huawei M835 and the Samsung Freeform III are now available to purchase for $79 and $49 respectively.

Apple “Back to School” promo kicks off today, minus the free iPod offering

It looks like Apple is going to be kicking off their annual Back to School sale today, except this time it comes with a change as compared to past years. And we must say, it is sort of a telling change. In past years, Apple offered a free iPod with the purchase of a Mac more »

Microsoft offers free Xbox 360 to students with strings attached

Students are wrapping up the school year right now, but Microsoft wants to make sure it reaches into their pockets before the new school year starts up again. Starting on May 22, Microsoft will give students who purchase a new Windows 7 computer priced over $699 a free Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 in question is the 4GB model. Sorry, no Kinect bundle for students this time. This offer will remain valid until September 3, 2011.

Walmart now offering a nicely spec’d sub-$300 Compaq notebook

Anyone looking for a low price on a laptop may want to check out Walmart because they are currently offering a Compaq Presario (model # CQ60-419WM) for just $298. In terms of specs, this particular model comes with a 15.4-inch display, a 2.10GHz AMD Sempron SI-42 processor, a 160GB hard drive, 3GB of RAM, a more »

Alltel offering three months free service for adding new lines

Alltel must believe in never starting too early, because they have just launched a new Back to School Promotion. The offer will be available beginning today and runs through September 10. What does it offer? Up to three months of service for free. The promotion is available to both new and existing customers who add more »

Acer offering back-to-school pricing on the Aspire One netbook

I guess with all the available options for netbooks, you have to stand out in some way. Acer has decided to make their attempt by lowering the price of the Aspire One just in time for the back-to-school shopping rush. The price drops are pretty nice and are offering quite a bit of savings. The more »