Rick Broida

8 ways to repurpose an old iPhone

Now playing: Watch this: 8 ways to repurpose your old phone 2:10 You can teach an old iPhone new tricks. CC Yutaka Tsutano/Flickr The iPhone has been around for a full 10 years now, meaning at some point you’ve probably upgraded to a newer model. (Possibly several newer models.) And whenever you do that, you’re …

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Get a year of Everlance mileage and expense tracking for $29.99

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 Everlance Premium is a steal at $29.99 for one year. Everlance Cheeps! This is a rerun, but my favorite kind: a …

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Get a Lenovo Ideapad 110S 11.6

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. Now playing: Watch this: Lenovo Ideapad 110S is a simple, chic budget laptop 1:39 I’m often asked for cheap laptop recommendations. Whoops, let …

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Get a Motorola Moto G5 Plus smartphone for $184.99

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 Amazon I use an iPhone 6s Plus, and I like it just fine. But the time will come when I need …

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Get a $680 Windows utility bundle for free

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 And a Happy Easter’s Day to you as well! 😉 Wonderfox Soft Just wanted to quickly apologize for the super-rapid sellout …

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Get a pocket digital voice recorder for $15.99

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. Plug in those ‘phones and this pocket recorder becomes an FM radio! One that can also record FM radio. (The earphones serve as …

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Get totally free phone service and messaging

People say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but if I rack up enough points on my Which Wich rewards card, eventually I’ll be eating a sandwich gratis. OK, but free cell service? Definitely no such thing. Except, yes, there is, thanks to Freedompop. For the price of a SIM card (about $20, but much less if you’re …

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Bonus

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. Like any good mystery writer, I often start my daily-deal posts at the end and work backward. In other words, I do the …

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How to record phone calls

Remember the story about the guy who recorded a hilariously horrific customer-service call with Comcast? If I was on the receiving end of such disastrously bad service, I’d want audio proof as well. Of course, there are other, more innocuous, reasons for recording calls, like if you’re interviewing someone for a job or conducting market research. All of which raises …

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Get a Star Trek Schematic Illuminated Display for $29.99

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 Want want want. ThinkGeek Can we get our geek on for a minute? I love me some “Star Trek.” Like, not …

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