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I had to get home early after our Thanksgiving party in Fremont so that I can get to bed early.<\/p>\n

By 10:00 pm, after watching a streaming video – “Bride Flight” –\u00a0via Netflix, I dozed-off and dreamed about the gadgets I planned to buy for this year’s Black Friday sale, version 2.011.<\/p>\n

On top of my list was Roku’s HD-XS video streaming pod.\u00a0 The only other gizmo on my list was Blackberry’s Playbook tablet.<\/p>\n

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Roku 2 XS box (Photo credit: rushaw)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These two were by painstakingly culled from the numerous gadgets that were playing tricks on my head as Nov. 25\u00a0slowly crept in.\u00a0My reasons were as follows:<\/p>\n

For the Roku HD-XS, I plan to give it as a Christmas present.\u00a0 Two BFs ago, they had a similar sale for their then, top-of-the-line, Roku HD-XR at half ($65) their selling price of $130.<\/p>\n

The choice of the Blackberry Playbook was one that was arrived at after days of careful research and thoughtful considerations.<\/p>\n

Did I get both?<\/p>\n

And so, my biological clock roused me up at 5:30 am. Made and poured me\u00a03 cupfuls of coffee unto my thermos\u00a0and by 5:50 am, I was already at the front door of the nearest Office Depot store.<\/p>\n

At the door, the sales person handed me a piece of paper which served as my ticket to get my Blackberry Playbook 16GB at the limited-time offer price of $200.<\/p>\n

Blackberry originally sold their 16GB version of the Playbook for $500. After Amazon began shipping their “Fire” tablet last Nov 15 for $200, Blackberry joined the tablet price-cut fray by offering their Playbooks\u00a0$300 less out\u00a0of your wallets.\u00a0 This offer is good until Dec. 3, 2011 only.<\/p>\n

But, I want my Playbook now and so after taxes ($17.50) & the CA recycling fee ($6), my new BF toy set me back at $223.50.<\/p>\n

By 6:45 am, I was already back at home.<\/p>\n

Got another cup of coffee & checked out Roku’s website.<\/p>\n

There was a Roku HD-XS deal but it was not the similar deal they had back in 2009.<\/p>\n

You have to buy two HD-XS boxes just to get a $40 discount.<\/p>\n

And – this was the part that really turned me\u00a0off –\u00a0 you have to kiss their ass via Facebook.<\/p>\n

Facebook????\u00a0 Yucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had to get home early after our Thanksgiving party in Fremont so that I can get to bed early. By 10:00 pm, after watching a streaming video – “Bride Flight” –\u00a0via Netflix, I dozed-off and dreamed about the gadgets I planned to buy for this year’s Black Friday sale, version 2.011. On top of … <\/p>\n

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