Earlier this week, LivingSocial announced it would also take part in the Black Friday festivities. Among the various deals it has is one for Verizon Wireless customers. For $25, customers will get $50 to spend on any Verizon Wireless device or accessory. This offer is currently active and will be around for the next two days.

A common theme for retailers this year is to show their hands early. The economy is in the toilet, and spending isn’t expected to be stellar this year. That’s one of the reasons why stores such as Walmart are pushing out their deals early. If customers are going to spend money this holiday season, Walmart wants to make sure you hear about their deals well ahead of Black Friday. Walmart has placed a number of items on sale through its website. We’ve combed through the products to bring you some of the best deals.

Google Offers has made the leap from your inbox to your smartphone. Google has released the Google Offers application on the Android Market. If you have an Android phone running 2.1 or up (we really hope you do), you can download the app and start saving. Unfortunately, for the majority of you, Google Offers will be virtually useless. The local service is only available in a few cities, but you never know when it may pop up in your town.

Pricing for the HP TouchPad seems to be a race to the bottom. We already knew that the 16GB TouchPad would be $399 from HP’s website and Staples this weekend. It turns out HP’s $100 discount also extends to retail. Staples is currently selling the 16GB HP TouchPad for $399.99. That’s a good price, but the woot! sale is a better deal. But remember that $100 off coupon that Staples has for the TouchPad that is valid until August 7? It’s still being accepted.

If you’re like most techies without a tablet, you’re looking for a good reason to own one. The problem is most relatively good tablets aren’t cheap. Unless you have around $500 to burn, the best tablets will be out of your reach. However, Staples has an offer that is too good to pass up. The retailer is slashing $100 off the price of certain tablets from now until July 30. All you have to do is print off the coupon, walk into the store and walk out with $100 saved.

Wirefly typically offers the Samsung DROID Charge for $179.99 on a two year contract, a price that is already $120 cheaper than the price Verizon is charging. However, from today (6/14) until June 20th, Wirefly will be running a special promotion for the DROID Charge and by entering in the coupon code CHARGE620 when you more »

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.

Groupon has built an empire by providing big discounts for cities around the United States every day. One of the downsides to Groupon is that there are only a limited amount of offers for each day. There may be one deal specific to your city and other deals are located in cities closest to you. To alleviate that, Groupon has launched a new service called Groupon Now.

Everyone loves to get something for free, and for a limited time you can do just that. This deal will score you three free MP3 downloads from Amazon MP3 and is available until the end of November. Thankfully this offer is also easy to take advantage of, all you need to do is visit Amazon more »

If you’re like many of us here at Gadgetell, you are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Palm Pre on June 6. You may also be wondering if you can even afford to dump your current wireless provider and make the jump to Sprint with the Pre. BillShrink.com will lay out the cold, hard numbers on what it will cost you to switch providers without much effort on your part. The site also takes your current cellphone plan and usage patterns and compares them against other available plans to see if there is a better fit for you. Keep in mind that the Palm Pre may only have certain plans available when it’s rolled out on the 6th of June, 2009.