Best Buy, Target and others practically giving away iPads, PlayBooks, Kindles and more.
By Bob Brown
Tablets, e-readers, laptops and other computer gear will be discounted this holiday season, beginning on Black Friday, and possibly even on Thanksgiving Day itself. Shopping experts still expect the biggest Black Friday electronics deals to be for TVs and laptops, though tablet, e-reader and other gadget deals can be had as well, even though at least on the tablet front, serious price-cutting has been taking place for months -- outside of Apple. Here are 11 sweet deals for less than $500 we came across (with some help from BFAds.net).
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