Gadget Links: Running Out of Time for Online Shopping Edition

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Amazon.com Sets Deadlines for Christmas Orders: Super Saver Shipping deadline is December 17. Standard Shipping is December 18. Amazon Prime December 20 by 6pm Eastern Standard Time.

One date that I didn’t see in this list that’s probably important: HDTV sale deadline is December 16th.
A Universe of Gadget Advice on NYTimes.com: “The bad news is there is no one-stop shop for consumer electronics. You will need to do your research on one site, your bargain hunting elsewhere and your self-reassurance at a third location. Unless you are already familiar with under-the-hood components, the big gadget blogs like Engadget.com and Gizmodo.com are not much help. Their insider’s advice is buried among posts like ‘Displaytech FLCOS microdisplays to be used in embeddable pico-projectors.’” Too bad the author didn’t mention Operation Gadget.
That Giant Sucking Sound May Be Your New TV on WSJ.com: I had no idea how much power flat screen TVs consumed compared to CRT-based TVs. This Wall Street Journal article reports that a 60-inch plasma can consumer 4 times the power of a 28-inch CRT: $130 vs $30 per year assuming $0.12 per kwh and 5 hours running time per day. [ Thanks to Martin O’Donnell ]
Apple’s ‘Podfather’ Now Aims to Revive A Wilting Palm on WSJ.com: Could the turnaround at Palm have begun already? Jon Rubinstein, a former Apple executive who led the iPod division, joined Palm to shake up the struggling company. But with a long product-development cycle, it may take years for his impact to show up.
The Picture Gets Fuzzy For TV Deals on WSJ.com: “Getting a good deal on a flat-panel television set during the holidays last year was a cinch. This year, not so much…. Overall, the average price of flat-panel LCD sets 32 inches and larger is expected to drop 17% in the U.S. to $1,018 this quarter from a year earlier, compared with an average 34% price plunge last holiday season…”
Nokia Pushes to Regain U.S. Sales in Spite of Apple and Google on NYTimes.com: Nokia sees the entrance of Apple into the mobile phone market as a confirmation of its own strategy. I agree, so long as it can generate some awareness of what the Nokia lifestyle is. So far, they have failed to do that in the USA.