low cost | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:58:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png low cost | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Aria hits UK with Black Friday – and it’s a good thing https://www.kitguru.net/channel/harrison/aria-hits-uk-with-black-friday-and-its-a-good-thing/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/harrison/aria-hits-uk-with-black-friday-and-its-a-good-thing/#respond Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:58:25 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=116348 Over the past 7 years, Black Friday has been the busiest day in the US retail shopping calendar. It represents the last chance for retailers to flush out older lines – ahead of the new stock for Xmas rolling into the stores and onto the shelves. More recently, companies that operate across borders have also …

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Over the past 7 years, Black Friday has been the busiest day in the US retail shopping calendar. It represents the last chance for retailers to flush out older lines – ahead of the new stock for Xmas rolling into the stores and onto the shelves. More recently, companies that operate across borders have also begun to have Black Friday events in the UK. Now, it seems, the Brits are joining in. Starting with Aria. KitGuru dons a safety suit and heads into the milling crowds.

Originally coined by the fine people of Philadelphia in the 1950s, because it became impossible to drive/park in the centre of the city, most of the US started to call the post-Thanksgiving sales Black Friday in the 70s and – as part of evolution – decided that Black Friday meant it was the time of year when retailers were guaranteed to turn a profit – to gain cashflow – and return ‘to the black' in accounting terms.

In the US, retailers have rolled opening times for Black Friday earlier and earlier – so that Best Buy and Target now begin at one minute past midnight. Interesting, because spies outside Aria's northern HQ report that the sales, marketing and purchasing teams were still ‘at it' with the discounts to 3 in the morning.

OK, enough of the history lesson, what does a Black Friday sale look like at UK technology house Aria?

Well, move over to Aria's CLEARANCE page and you will see this kind of thing:-

Multi-channel speakers for £12.95

256GB Crucial SSD for £119

Zalman gaming chassis for £22

Acer 22″ HD screen for £77

AMD Radeon HD 7770 with FarCry 3/Medal of Honour games bundle for £77

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So, there you have it, some pre-Xmas specials that look likely to tickle your delight and make your double-dip-recession savings go that little bit further.

Click the pic to go visit the Aria Black Friday deals page yourself and see if the UK version lives up to the American hype

KitGuru says: Black Friday is the kind of ‘non-trans-fat' thing we don't mind importing from the USA. As long as it gives UK retailers a chance to stock up on more fast-moving items for December/January, then it has to be a good thing.

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Nigerian tablet faces huge market entry battle https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/android/henry-butt/nigerian-tablet-faces-huge-market-entry-battle/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/android/henry-butt/nigerian-tablet-faces-huge-market-entry-battle/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:00:33 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=100915 When a young Nigerian entrepreneur and Bournmouth graduate, Saheed Adepoju, borrowed £40,000 from his family to begin working on a tablet PC for his home market, he had little idea of how much attention and energy his idea would attract. But there are huge struggles ahead. KitGuru scans the 8″ market and tries to assess …

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When a young Nigerian entrepreneur and Bournmouth graduate, Saheed Adepoju, borrowed £40,000 from his family to begin working on a tablet PC for his home market, he had little idea of how much attention and energy his idea would attract. But there are huge struggles ahead. KitGuru scans the 8″ market and tries to assess Saheed's chances for success.

In Nigeria, Apple's global price policy means that an iPad rocks up at $700, which means it's only available to the more affluent families. If you could deliver an attractive package for less than half that price, then you might be able to attract volume orders. At least, that was Saheed's thinking.

His fully-featured, low-cost 8″ Android device combines phone and tablet – and is being launched as the ‘Inye' (or ‘One' in local parlance).

Naturally, the complete/configured units are produced in China, but Saheed's confident that he can push hard into his home market with the right contacts/effort.

But that's where his challenge really starts. Despite the Bournmouth University student's obvious passion, his country is facing a huge domestic crisis.

Experts we've spoken to explain that Nigeria is teetering on the edge of a massive financial collapse, with generations of corruption finally coming to a head. If the expected collapse happens, then Saheed's dreams could get smashed in an instant – and any hopes that he might have had that his Inye device could open the door to a new future for young Nigerians will end overnight. Find out more about African Fashion over at Africa Fashion.

KitGuru says: The BBC is producing a programme about Saheed's project, called African Dreams. Let's hope the entrepreneur's dreams manage to survive the crisis into which they were born, and actually do come true.

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