BLACK FRIDAY DEAL ROUNDUP

Engadget has posted a great list of Black Friday deals. These are considered some of the best sales available.

Deals happening early

Dell's giving away a Froyo-packed Droid Incredible for free on two-year contract, with free activation and free shipping to boot, and you even get a $25 Dell gift card with your "purchase," too. Deal ends Monday, or while supplies last.

Lenovo is chopping some Benjamins off of select ThinkPads and ThinkCentre PCs, be sure to use coupon code BLACKFRIDAY.

Xbox Live's Thanksgiving Week sale goes through next Tuesday and includes discounts on tons of games, including discounts on Arcade games and Add Ons.

TokyoFlash is offering up to 50 percent off certain items as well as 15 percent off all watches beginning tomorrow online if you use the code BLACK.

Mimoco's got a sale going on already that runs through Cyber Monday. It includes a 30 percent discount off everything in their web store and free shipping if your purchase is over $30.

Samsung 46" 3D 1080p LED HDTV bundle for $1,520 at Newegg. This one comes with a Samsung BD-C5900 3D Blu-ray player, and a Shrek 3D Starter kit. All you need to do is add the television (which is regularly $1899) to your cart and use the coupon code EMCZZNN54.

MacMall's Black Friday event is going on right now and has some decent discounts, including a 13-inch MacBook Pro for $1,098. Their sale runs through Friday and is already underway.

EarphoneSolutions is offering 20 percent off site wide from now until Monday. Just use coupon code: CYBER2010

CyberPower and Newegg.com will make an AMD Athlon II and Intel Core i5-powered desktop system available at savings of more than 30 percent. The sale begins on November 24th and will run through Cyber Monday. Both systems have limited quantities so customers should plan on shopping early and visit the Newegg website to score some super holiday savings.

AMD's Facebook page is currently hosting a deal stream for notebooks, desktops, processors and other goodies featuring AMD technology, all of which were uncovered and tweeted with the #AMDdeals hashtag by AMD fans and shoppers all over North America.

Amazon VOD is offering a rental movie for 75% off through the 30th with the promotional code "RENTDEAL"

Apple authorized resellers MacConnection and MacMall have jumped the gun to offer discounts on Macs, MacBooks, MacBook Pros, iMacs, and even the new MacBook Air starting on Thanksgiving. They'll even throw in free shipping and a free printer with each Mac sold. MacMass is also offering a free copy of Parallels Desktop 6. Typically it's the resellers, not Apple, who offer the best Black Friday deals. See AppleInsider for a detailed rundown on the savings.


General sale resources

Newegg.com starts its sale today at 4:00PM EST. We'll update with the best deals as we find them.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 unlocked for $190. Sure, it's chained to an antiquated version of Android, but boy is it cheap!
Need an e-reader? Perhaps the $90 Aluratek Libre Pro will do. It doesn't have an e-ink screen, but what do you expect for $90? Well, if you're lucky at Amazon this Friday (see above) you could pay the same for a Kindle 2...
Itching for a gaming mouse? Newegg has deep discounts on three -- a $35 Logitech G500, $40 Razer Lachesis Banshee and a $45 Microsoft SideWinder X8. There's also a Logitech G15 gaming keyboard for $50, or $30 after mail-in rebate.
There's also a pair of super-cheap LCD monitors for $90 each -- the 20-inch LG W2043TE and the 19-inch ASUS VE198T.
Building a desktop PC? You're going to need some memory, and good luck finding a better deal than this 4GB of G.Skill RipJaws DDR3-1600 for the low price of $50.

Walmart will have both Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday sales that start at 3:00AM EST on both days.

Target starts its Black Friday sale at 4AM on Friday. (TGG does not condone shopping at Target due to their attempt to buy a homophobic Minnesota governor)

Deal Vista has a massive Black Friday spreadsheet that is not for the faint of heart!

AT&T AND MICROSOFT OFFER BLACK FRIDAY BOGO - NOT TOO GOOD OF AN OFFER THOUGH

AT&T and Microsoft want to brighten your holidays while simultaneously lightening your pockets, but wise shoppers will likely look elsewhere. AT&T is offering up a free Samsung Focus, HTC Surround or LG Quantum on Black Friday when one of the aforementioned Windows Phones is purchased at full retail, or $199.99. Of course they’re all great phones, but online retailers like Amazon already have that deal beat. AmazonWireless is offering the Focus, Surround and Quantum for $49.99 each and you don’t even have to wait until Friday to order. The retailer also throws free shipping and waived activation fees into the mix. So really, the only reason to go for AT&T’s deal at twice the price of Amazon’s is if the Focus strikes your fancy — Samsung’s WP7 handset is backordered at Amazon and likely won’t start shipping again for a couple of weeks. [Engadget]

APPLE HOLDING A BLACK FRIDAY SALE

While the words “Apple” and “sale” don’t align as often as most would like, the crew from Cupertino apparently decided to take advantage of the sale craze this year. A teaser is now up on Apple’s site inviting customers to visit the Apple Online Store this Friday for “dozens of great iPad, iPod, and Mac gifts.” We doubt Apple’s deals will be spectacular, but it will be nice to save a few bucks if you were already planning on ordering up some new Apple kit. It all goes down on Friday, November 26th, so get those credit cards ready. [BGR]

WALMART SETS BLACK FRIDAY TIMES AND REVEALS SOME SALE ITEMS

Black Friday shoppers typically line up and wait for the store to open at the crack of dawn so they can get those incredible, or not so incredible, deals for themselves and their loved ones. Walmart is getting a jump on the day and will open at midnight, the very second Thursday turns into Friday. However, shoppers will have to wait until 5am to get some of the best deals like a $69 Magnavox Blu-Ray player with $10 in VUDU credits or a Nintendo DS Lite for $89. Also on sale at 5am is:

• 15.6" HP Laptop – $298
• Emerson 32" LCD HDTV – $198
• Sansui 19" LCD HDTV – $98
• 15.6" eMachines Laptop – $198
• Kodak C183 Digital Camera (14 megapixels) – $59
• Tom Tom GPS XL 335 SE 4.3" GPS – $79

When the store opens at midnight the following items are on sale:

• Nintendo Wii – $199 with $50 Walmart Gift Card **
• Toy Story 3 DVD – $10 **
• Zhu Zhu Pets – $4
• Hamilton Beach Slow Cooker, 5-qt Oval – $9.97
• 500 Thread Count Sheets from Beautyrest – Full, Queen, King – $19.88
• Shark Steam Mop – $36
• Wrangler Jeans – $9
• Infant and Toddler 2-piece Character Sleepwear Sets – $4
• Lego Tubs – $15
• Power Wheels – $88
• Bikes – starting at $29

Of course all those are while supplies last, so get there early! [Engadget]

TOYS R US BLACK FRIDAY DEALS

Toys R Us isn't going to wait for you to digest that Thanksgiving meal before opening for their Black "Friday" free for all. The doors will open at 10pm on Thursday and people will be lining up for two items in particular. The first is an unnamed 7" netbook, complete with WiFi, three USB sockets, a sub-two pound weight, a red chassis and a mind-scrambling $79.99 price tag. The second is a 7-inch Sylvania tablet, sporting Android 2.1, WiFi and an SD card slot; we're assuming it's the same unit Kmart is hawking for $180, but Toys R Us will have it for the low, low price of $139.99. Other hidden treasures include a Vivitar point-and-shoot for $39.99, 7-inch Coby digiframe for $24.99 and a Vivitar pocket camcorder for just $19.99. [Engadget]