Back-to-school tablet sales no comments
There are a few back-to-school sales going on that include some tablets; so far I’ve not found any what I’d call really dramatic price cuts:
There are refurbished Samsung 10.1” Galaxy Tabs available – Fry’s seems to have the best price: $399.99 for the 16GB model or $499.99 for the 32GB.
JR has the Acer Iconia Tab A500 16GB for $379. The price for this tablet at Amazon or Overstock is $389. Best price I’ve found on this is $369.99 at Geeks.com where you also get free shipping with promo code FREESHIP.
Newegg has several back-to-school offers:
- The Toshiba Thrive
AT 105-T108 8GB is $399, but comes with a $20 gift card until Aug 18, 2011.
- The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer 16GB
bundled with the docking station with keyboard and built-in battery is priced at $499.
- The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 16GB
is $499.99 and comes with a $60 gift card until Aug 17.
If you have not ordered from Newegg before you can get $10 off your first order of $50 or more with promo code NEWCUSTOMER10 until Aug 31.
B & H Photo has some pretty good pricing on a couple of tablets with free shipping:
- Iconia Tab 32GB $430.71.
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer 16GB $379.
As usual, Amazon is offering $100 off of selected products if you sign up for the Gold membership ($14.95 per month for 1 credit) at Audible.com for one year. Currently the Moto Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab (7-inch), Dell Streak 7, Toshiba Thrive 8GB and the Archos 101 Internet Tablet 8GB are all eligible products for this offer.
Update: I didn’t realize that Newegg had also jumped onto the digital textbook bandwagon, but it appears that the online discount electronics seller began selling digital textbooks earlier this year. I discovered Newegg’s etextbook pagewhile looking for tablets.
