Celebrate America's independence by cashing in on these hot deals for phones, cameras, MP3 players, and more.
There's much more to celebrate this Independence Day than just our country's freedom: Just check out these hot tech deals! Before you light the grill for your Fourth of July barbecue or head off to watch the fireworks, be sure to set aside some time this weekend to take advantage of the best tech bargains happening right now on the Web.
To help you in the search, we've compiled a list of the 20 best tech deals so you can buy what you crave at a price you can afford. Whether you're in the market for a new smartphone, digital camera, computer peripheral, MP3 player, or printer, we've got you covered. The following products were all given a PC Mag rating of three or better, and the great news is that they're all under $100. Jennifer L. DeLeo
Mobile Phones & PDAs
Kyocera Wild Card
Price: $98.99
For Virgin Mobile users, the inexpensive Kyocera Wild Card excels as both a voice phone and a messaging device. It includes Bluetooth and a comfortable QWERTY keyboard.
Samsung SCH-U620
Price: $95
This Editors' Choice-winning phone for Verizon offers a 2-inch high-res screen, Bluetooth support, good voice reception, and true mobile TV.
Palm Centro (AT&T)
Price: $99
The Palm Centro is a great smartphone for first-time users, complete with a 2.2-inch touch screen, a 1.3-megapixel camera, and a good Web browser.
Motorola Q9c
Price: $99.99
The Motorola Q9c is a highly capable, inexpensive smartphone for Sprint users, with good voice quality, GPS and EV-DO radios, and a very comfortable keyboard.
RIM BlackBerry 8800
Price: $99.99
An excellent messaging phone, the BlackBerry 8800 for AT&T users features a trackball, music player, built-in GPS, and very good reception.
Computer Peripherals
Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000
Price: $79.95
Logitech's QuickCam Pro 9000 captures stellar video at a variety of resolutions under almost any lighting conditions. It features a 2-megapixel Carl Zeiss lens, an extremely fast autofocus, accurate auto-exposure, and fun capture software.
Saitek USB Multimedia Keyboard and Optical Mouse
Price: $29.99
The vibrant-colored USB Multimedia Keyboard and Optical Mouse set from Saitek is perfect for any tween's or teen's desktop. The keyboard set comes in four neon colors—blue, green, pink, and teal—and a mouse that's equally good for left- or right-handers.
Corsair Flash Voyager GT (16GB)
Price: $79.99
Protect your important files from the harsh elements with the Corsair Flash Voyager GT. This 16GB flash drive is encased in a rugged, rubberized enclosure to guard against moisture and shock. It also comes with the encryption software TrueCrypt, in case your data falls into the wrong hands.
SanDisk Cruzer Contour
Price: $44.95
The stainless-steel SanDisk Cruzer Contour is a 4GB USB flash drive that includes several software applications, such as a version of HP PhotoSmart, Avast! Antivirus, SignupShield password manager, Sudoku, and more. Performance-wise, it's at the top of the pack for sequential write times at 16.9 megabytes in our tests, and is no slouch at read times (25.7 MBps).
Digital Photo & Video
Canon PowerShot A460
Price: $99.95
Canon's 5-megapixel PowerShot A460 should please the average picture-taker, with very good picture quality, decent performance, and no shutter lag. It has a 2-inch LCD screen as well as a viewfinder for low-lit settings.
Fuji FinePix Z10fd
Price: $99
A snazzy-looking camera designed for casual, style-conscious shutterbugs, the 7.2-megapixel Fuji FinePix Z10fd has a 2.5-inch LCD for framing and reviewing photos, but there's no optical viewfinder. Still, it offers a bevy of features including anti-blur mode and face detection technology.
Creative Vado Pocket Video Cam
Price: $88
Creative's Vado improves on its prototype, the Flip Ultra mini camcorder, in a number of ways, including a sleeker and slimmer design and a larger (2-inch) screen. Viewed on a PC, its video quality is fairly decent for a sub-$100 camcorder.
MP3 Players & Headphones:
SanDisk Sansa Fuze
Price: $89.95
With a 1.9-inch screen and 4GB of storage capacity, SanDisk's Sansa Fuze delivers good audio quality and a slew of features, including a microSD slot for memory expansion, FM radio, Audible audiobook support, and voice and radio recording.
Samsung YP-U3
Price: $44.95
The Editors' Choice-winning Samsung YP-U3 flash player may be tiny, but offers plenty of features at an affordable price: a 1.8-inch screen with cool graphics, easy-to-use navigation, FM radio and voice recording, and 2GB of storage capacity.
Sennheiser MX75 Sport
Price: $22.96
The MX75 Sport from Sennheiser is designed specifically for the fitness enthusiast. These earbuds are comfortable to wear and don't fall out during exercise, not to mention they're also resistant to both water and perspiration. The 3.5mm headphone connector fits any standard portable MP3 or DVD player.
Sony MDR-NC40
Price: $99.99
The MDR-NC40 delivers quality audio performance and noise cancellation that's impressive considering its $99 price tag. With a supra-aural design (sits on the ears), the MDR-NC40 can be used without active noise cancellation to preserve battery life.
Printers
Canon Selphy CP740
Price: $79.99
A dedicated small-format photo printer at a bargain-basement price, the Canon Selphy CP740 is hard to beat. Designed to print photos on a variety of paper sizes up to 4 by 8 inches, the CP740 offers reasonably fast speed, true photo quality for most photos, and a 2-inch color LCD for previewing photos before printing.
Epson Stylus NX400
Price: $89.99
Although highly photocentric, the Epson Stylus NX400 also handles text and graphics reasonably well. Aimed squarely at home use, it offers smear-resistant ink and a 2.5-inch color LCD for previewing photos that are on memory cards before printing.
HP LaserJet P1006 Printer
Price: $96
An attractive choice as a personal monochrome laser, the HP LaserJet P1006 is both small and light—a perfect fit in any home office or on a desk. It has a 17-page-per-minute engine and an external wired network option and a Wi-Fi option to share it over a network.
Lexmark X3550
Price: $69.99
The Lexmark X3550 all-in-one is aimed at the home user or extremely light-duty office user. It's capable of printing, scanning, and copying, and is reasonably fast for the price. It's a particularly good choice if you don't need the Wi-Fi option now but might want to add it in the future.
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