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Today I received my first purchase from Deal Extreme Hong Kong.

It was a total success!

When a friend told my about the DealExtreme site, I first thought it would be a fake.

He recomended it so much and prices there was so low I decide to give it a try. What could I lose?

Package from DealExtreme

Sony M2 Memory - As Received

M2 Sony Memory - Angle View

Sony M2 Memory - CloseUp

DCU 60 Data Cable for Sony Ericsson

USB Data Cable - Closer Look

First item I added to my cart was an USB cable for Sony Ericsson Z530i for just $3,56, it costs 10 times that price here in Brazil.

Later I thinked better and added another cable for my wife (nobody wants an annoyed wife).

Keeped looking and founded 2Gb M2 compatible memory (for Sony phones ) for $8,37 , added 2 of these to my cart and paid my bill.

At this moment I was thinking for myself , “are these guys serious? Am I losing money and time?”. Any way my order was only four items and very inexpensive.

And if this site is for real I would benefit a lot since  I have seen 1Gb memory for 20 times that value in local stores.

I paid with Paypal , really easy, safe , and fast. If you still don’t have an account get one now, it’s free!

When finished my purchase, my long wait started, it took 3 weeks.

Finally I received my products by mail and the wait was paid off by the excelent quality products I received and the ridiculous prices I paid:

The sent USB cables was exactly as expected. The memory wasn’t…

… it was very better.

I did not recieve compatible memory as I paid for. Instead I got original Sony Branded M2 Memory (thanks DealExtreme).

All items  came carefully packaged.

And I paid nothing for shipment.

Any doubts post a comment.

Happy shopping!

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Friend Connect

Few days ago I subscribed to a new service on Google called “friendconnect“.

Subscription is available to anyone, however accounts are hand picked by Google at this moment.

This isn’t new, Google did the same for Google Apps, and other services.

Google Friends seems very promising as its part of the Open Social Project.

I installed it at 12:00pm, when I returned to work at 13:00 somebody was already using it.

Another great thing is the “Wall Gadget” It allows page visitors to leave a comment on a page. This wall could be the same for any page of our site or diferent for each page. (very useful for blog articles)

I suppose things will change in the way sites socialize.

A site can have attributes that before  were limited only to blogs.

For example: A company could have the interactivity and feedback directly from the main site having no needs for a blog.

You need a Google account to use this service, anyway it looks good.

I’m taking a closer look at it here at my site and will be writing about  “Google friend connect” right here.

Please be welcome to participate even if you’re just curious. (Find the friend panel at the lower right of this page).

You can see the introduction video here…

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