Best Black Friday deals guide 2012

The craziest holiday saving season is upon us, and here's a look at upcoming Black Friday deals on gadgets and accessories - if you dare brave the lines.

Get your fill of turkey and gravy in early, Black Friday sales are coming sooner than ever this year so you better be prepared. With major retailers like Walmart, Target, and Sears opening as early as Thanksgiving night, you’ll wanna have a look at our top picks for the best tech deals this season. From what we’ve seen so far, it’s naturally a good time to score savings on television, monitors, smartphones, and video games. We’ve arranged the best Black Friday deals by retailers because we know you’d rather just pick one line and get all your deals in one place, but if you have an army of shoppers to send across the mall, have at it.

Editor’s Pick: Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB: $48 from $200 (new two-year new activation, $100 for two-year contract upgrade)

Asus 10.1 Transformer Pad 16GB: $280 from 38040? Toshiba 40E220U LCD HDTV: $180 from $420Klipsch Icon 6.5? Floor Speaker: $175 from $350Cisco Linkyss Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router: $90 from $150Lenovo 15.6? Laptop with 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD: $188 from $400

Editor’s Pick: Samsung HW-E350 Sound Bar: $98 from $150

60? Vizio E601i-A3 1080p LED HDTV with WiFi: $688 from $100045'” Samsung UN46EH5300 Smart LED HDTV with WiFi: $598 from $800Apple iPad (second-generation) 16GB with WiFi: $400 with free $75 gift card

Note: Walmart will honor its price match guarantee on Black Friday depending on product availability so make sure to bring paper ads if you want to score extra savings in one location.

Editor’s Pick: Halo 4 for Xbox 360: $60 with free $20 Target gift card

Xbox Live 1600 points: $10 from $20Nintendo 3DS Super Mario 3D Land bundle: $150 from $210PlayStation 3 250GB with Uncharted/inFamous bundle: $200 from $300Nikon Coolpix L310 14.1MP Digital Camera with 21x Optical Zoom: $100 from $200Sonos Play:5 & Bridge: $400 with free $100 Target gift card from $450

Editor’s Pick: Google Nexus 7 32GB: $200 from $250

24? LG E2442TC LED Monitor: $120 from $200Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS Digital Camera with 8GB SDHC card: $130 from $18017.3? HP Pavilion with Next Gen AMD A6 Processor: $380 from $700

Editor’s Pick: 50? Toshiba 50L2200U LED HDTV: $300 from $800

Nook Simple Touch e-reader: $40 from $100

Editor’s Pick: Lenovo ThinkPad Twist with Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, and Windows 8: $700 from $900

14? HP Intel Pentium B987 Processor Laptop: $300 from $530

Editor’s Pick: HTC One X on AT&T: Free with two-year contract upgrade from $100

Auvio Portable Bluetooth Speaker: $40 from $80Samsung Galaxy S3 16GB: $50 with new activation from $200 ($100 for two-year contract upgrade)

Canon EOS Rebel T3i 18MP DSLR Camera with telephoto zoom lens: $750 from $100055?Samsung Series 6 UN55EH6000 LED HDTV: $880 from $1400Dell Inspiron 14z 14.1? Laptop with Intel Core i3, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD: $300 from $600

Xbox 360 4GB Dance bundle with Kinect and two controllers: $230 from 275

Deals are ongoing in forms of temporary “Lightning Deals,” and changes every few hours.

Top image courtesy of Gemenacom/Shutterstock

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