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. Enlarge ImagePictures don’t quite do Fluance speakers justice. They look way better in person. Fluance A lot of speakers come and go in the Cheapskate labs, but there’s …
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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. Enlarge Image A4C If you’ve watched and wondered about smartwatches but just couldn’t bring yourself to spend $200, $300 or more on something you weren’t sure you’d like, today is your very lucky …
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Enlarge Image True Bloom LLC In my house, the streaming box is king. Sure, we still use the DVR from time to time, but a lot of our TV viewing is powered by Roku. And that means juggling three remotes: one to turn on the TV (and switch to the correct input), one to control the volume on the sound …
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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. Enlarge Image TiVo I’ll just come out and say it: I love my TiVo. It’s an older model, but I bit the bullet and sprang for the lifetime service agreement (because monthly service …
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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. Hey, has anyone seen summer? It was here a minute ago. Alas, for most kids, a new school year is just around the corner. (That sound you hear is the obligatory collective, “Noooooo!”) …
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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. Enlarge Image Tethercell Now here’s an ingenious idea: a Bluetooth-capable AA battery you can control with your smartphone. That’s the Tethercell in a nutshell. The gadget debuted way back in 2013 at CES, …
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Sometimes nothing gets your point across like Darth Vader. Like, you text your buddy: “Where shall we have lunch?” Your buddy: “How about that hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint?” You: VADER. He’ll get the message. Alas, iOS offers no Vader or other “Star Wars” emoji with which to express your geeky displeasure (or, in happier moments, geeky pleasure). But here’s good news: …
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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. FastStone Soft Let’s put our wallets away, shall we? (At least until you get to the bonus deals.) Today, I offer proof positive that some of the best things in life are free(ware). …
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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. This is an update of a deal I first wrote about early this year. Not only is the price a bit lower, a few areas have been clarified (and, ahem, corrected). What do …
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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. Some of my favorite deals are on the simplest products. Like, you know how you never have enough pens? And you know how sometimes it’s easier to use a stylus on your phone …
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