Deals of the Week

Want to join in the tablet craze without shelling out the big bucks? Buy.com has the HP TouchSmart TX2-1274 NR Notebook for $739.99 brand new. That's $305.90 less than the list price of $1045.89, and you get free shipping as a bonus.

The TX2 is a fully functional touchscreen tablet that recognizes multitouch gestures within basic Windows areas. It has a 12.1-inch glossy screen with a bright 1280-by-800 pixel display, and its rotating screen adds to the tablet's smart construction.

Dell Small Business has the unlocked Nokia E63 3G Smartphone for $200, but adding coupon code "$NC714XVMPS9FM" drops it down to $150 with free shipping.

This phone originally retailed for $250. The deal is good only for the Ultramarine Blue color, not the Ruby Red.

The lightweight E63 covers all the basics of a Smartphone--comfortable QWERTY keypad, e-mail and messaging capabilities, and Internet access using the Symbian 9.2 operating system. The phone forgoes a GPS receiver and preinstalled games to make it an affordable option for users on any cell network.

You can grab the Magellan Maestro 4700 Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator for $140 at Amazon.com--a substantial drop from its original price of $300.

The Magellan Maestro line of GPS devices is designed to be heavy on the extra features. The 4700 includes a 4.7-inch touchscreen; maps for the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico; and text-to-speech capability, among other things. The AAA tour book and the One Touch feature are unique to the Magellan line, but the 4700 also sports a Bluetooth phone interface.

RitzCamera.com is having a week-long sale that includes free shipping and no sales tax, and they've knocked $100 off the price of the Sony Alpha DSLR-A230 to make it $400.

Sony designed the A230 to ease the transition from point-and-shoot to digital SLR. It features six scene selection modes; each mode includes a user-friendly help guide and an example photo to help SLR beginners learn the functions of their new toy. With a 10.2-megapixel resolution and an included SAL DT 18mm-55mm zoom lens, this camera is a great bargain.

The remanufactured iRobot 5999 Scooba is on sale for $170 with free shipping at Newegg.com. That's $30 off the usual $200 price tag.

The Scooba is the floor-washing cousin to the popular Roomba vacuuming robot. It has a scrubbing brush designed to tackle spots on sealed hardwood, tile, and linoleum floors with little effort from you--the Scooba moves and operates on its own, automatically avoiding carpets and stairs.