CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Republic’s $30-a-month plan is free for six months after the first month. Republic Wireless You remember Republic Wireless, …
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I tend to think of tablets as “indoor” devices, used primarily at home or the office — places rife with Wi-Fi. But what happens when you go out into the world and need connectivity? Now you have to pay for a 4G plan, right? Not necessarily. Mobile carrier Freedompop offers a limited amount of free data for tablet users, with …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image You’ll need a big pocket for the ZTE Max XL, but not a deep one. Josh Miller/CNET You can keep your …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image Sphero I think we can all agree that the best thing about “The Force Awakens” was BB-8. Actually, I thought he …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. This slim, pocketable drive can hold FOUR TERABYTES of data. For $100. Does not compute! WD Fair warning: This is going to be …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Amazon It’s been a busy week in the Echo-verse. First Amazon took the wraps off the Echo Show, a screen-enhanced version of its …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Most days I share deals. Today, I thought I’d put on the ol’ news cap and talk about a couple interesting deal-related developments …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Hey, here’s a quick follow-up regarding last week’s Samsung Gear Fit 2 deal. I bought one, it arrived quickly, and I tested it …
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Want to read it later? That web page, I mean? Chrome for Android just made the option a lot easier. Google‘s mobile browser added offline reading last year, but a new update expands the capability with a couple handy features. For starters, you can now long-tap any link, then choose Download link from the pop-up menu that appears. Enlarge Image …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image CNET This is a rerun of a deal from last year, one that sold out very quickly at the same price. …
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