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Posted at 10:00 AM on Friday 05/25/12 by
Sharik
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Update: Congrats to today's winner Simon Peter Hui! He would take "an electric volleyball that talks back" - let's hope it's solar-powered!

Thanks to everyone for entering and have a great Memorial Day holiday!



Every Friday, we're holding a contest here on Ben's Bargains and on our Facebook page and giving away a prize to our fans! This week's prize is a $25 Best Buy eGift Card. To enter, simply answer the following question in the comments:

If you could only have *one* tech gadget with you on a deserted island (or on vacation this weekend), what would it be? Is it an iPhone, Xbox or something else? The "best" answer wins the prize!

Double your chances of winning by also entering your answer on our Facebook post!

One winner will be announced at 4PM PDT.
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    RakuRay - Posted 11:50 am PDT 05/25/12 (863 Posts)  Report Spam

    not a member of facebook, tha last holdout. It would have to be solar powered light, anything else would require power.

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    deeohgee81 - Posted 11:58 am PDT 05/25/12 (19 Posts)  Report Spam

    Solar powered?....no, i want to run it at night too....so lets go for a hand cranked satellite phone. When i get rescued, i can sell my invention and buy me an island...oh wait..

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    h0tsauce - Posted 12:00 pm PDT 05/25/12 (264 Posts)  Report Spam

    Iridium extreme 9575 satellite phone, it has an emergency sos function Smile

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    barbie1032 - Posted 12:03 pm PDT 05/25/12 (4 Posts)  Report Spam

    my smart phone

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    Agent - Posted 12:22 pm PDT 05/25/12 (686 Posts)  Report Spam

    Are we talking realistically or any tech gadget imaginable?

    If realistic, then I'd probably pick the Asus Transformer Prime to keep me from going crazy.

    If it's any gadget imaginable (fantasy-wise), then it would be the Gravity Gun!

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    pukey - Posted 12:26 pm PDT 05/25/12 (269 Posts)  Report Spam

    I would have a 2 TB hard drive for around $60.

    ^5 bennard: I've had similar experiences at Best Buy.

    Me too RakuRay!

    I like the solar powered gadgets. They are clever. Let me think of my own.

    I would take a solar powered doughnut plug.

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    JF1081 - Posted 12:34 pm PDT 05/25/12 (284 Posts)  Report Spam

    Deserted Island so I am assuming stranded - Global satellite phone with GPS capability
    Vacation - I would like to try out a Toshiba Thrive

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    aquagale - Posted 12:48 pm PDT 05/25/12 (12 Posts)  Report Spam

    Iridium Phone to call when I'm ready to leave

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    fjawodfc - Posted 1:07 pm PDT 05/25/12 (105 Posts)  Report Spam

    Suckers.

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    Criblu27 - Posted 1:18 pm PDT 05/25/12 (34 Posts)  Report Spam

    I would have a rugged laptop with a solar panel based shell and kinetic energy harnessing usb charger so I could use something like a grip strengthener to charge the laptop even more. The laptop would also have a satellite receiver and a built in led flashlight.

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    cho_danger - Posted 1:23 pm PDT 05/25/12 (3 Posts)  Report Spam

    A GPS... so once i made my boat i could then know which way i was traveling to... wilson will be missed lol.

    and true about being in the current bounds of reality or can be something that doesn't exist yet today... I would say in that case a portal gun... so i can open a portal with the help of a friend in society at a liquor store... get lots of corona... then change the portal to a bar with plenty of women... and lure them in to my party beach... thus making it no longer deserted.

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    cmalmgren - Posted 2:01 pm PDT 05/25/12 (14 Posts)  Report Spam

    Clearly the iPhone

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    topcat903 - Posted 2:02 pm PDT 05/25/12 (105 Posts)  Report Spam

    A solar-powered female robot (preferably one that looks like Megan Fox).

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    muzhik - Posted 2:46 pm PDT 05/25/12 (681 Posts)  Report Spam

    a hand crank powered laptop w/world wide satellite access... lol

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    bboyflashy - Posted 3:22 pm PDT 05/25/12 (1152 Posts)  Report Spam

    Thank you for playing, but i'll win this.

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    liarspoker - Posted 4:08 pm PDT 05/25/12 (372 Posts)  Report Spam

    my pc with starcraft loaded

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    JediKnight - Posted 11:27 pm PDT 05/25/12 (3444 Posts)  Report Spam

    Iridium phone

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    drmichiokaku - Posted 11:01 am PDT 05/26/12 (330 Posts)  Report Spam

    If I was stranded on the island, I would like to have a fully functional solar, or nuclear powered " transporter".

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    beehunter - Posted 7:23 am PDT 05/27/12 (31 Posts)  Report Spam

    solar powered self regenerating tp

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