David Gregg, Senior Editor of BehindtheBuy.com is here with some practical and affordably priced products to help get Kindergarteners through college students ready to go Back-to-School.
Canon PIXMA MG5420 Wireless Inkjet Photo All-In-One Printer and PowerShot ELPH 330 HS
Ideal for a dorm room (or home office), the Canon PIXMA MG5420 Wireless Inkjet Photo All-In-One printer allows you to create photo lab quality, borderless photos up to 8.5″ x 11″ in size as well as high quality two-sided color documents such as homework assignments, arts and crafts projects and reports. Combined with the easy-to-use Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS digital camera, this digital photo printing solution has just what you need to create sharp vivid images – you can even turn your Full HD movie clips from the PowerShot ELPH 330 HS into beautiful photo prints using the printer’s Full HD Movie Print software! The PIXMA MG5420 also includes My Image Garden software, allowing you to add effects to your images before printing — ideal for creative arts and crafts projects. And, with wireless capabilities built in to both products, users have the freedom to post images from the PowerShot ELPH 330 HS directly to social networking sites, or print them via Wireless PictBridge connection to the printer. Both products also feature access to fun filter effects such as Fish-Eye, Miniature, Toy Camera, Soft Focus and more; and various scene modes are also built right into the PowerShot ELPH 330 HS camera.
PRICE:PIXMA MG5420 Wireless Inkjet Photo All-In-One printer: $149.99; www.usa.canon.com
PowerShot ELPH 330 HS: $199.99; www.usa.canon.com
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Student Edition
The Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Student Edition includes a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, desktop dock and Bluetooth keyboard. The perfect in- and after-school companion, the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Student Edition allows students to create, share and store documents in addition to browsing the Web. Available in white for the first time, the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is packed with Polaris Office, one year free of 50GB of Dropbox storage, and three months free of Hulu Plus. The desktop dock and Bluetooth keyboard give students the functionality of a laptop just by connecting to the dock and pairing the keyboard. The desktop dock allows students to charge their Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 at their desk while working or playing, and the ultra slim Bluetooth keyboard enables fast and accurate typing. Once their homework is complete, students can use the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 to watch TV shows and movies on Samsung Media Hub or explore the more than 750,000 apps on Google Play. They can even control the TV with the Smart Remote and built-in IR blaster!
The Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Student Edition bundle is available for a limited time and priced at only $349.99 – more than $100 in savings when you consider buying the built-in content separately!
PRICE: $349.99; www.samsung.com/us. Available at Best Buy, Amazon, Wal-Mart, Toys ‘R’ Us, BJ’s, P.C. Richard & Son and Office Max
Carbonite
Every student today – from middle school through college– does assignments digitally, and likely also has music and photos that they’d hate to lose. Yet most aren’t protecting this content. An affordable subscription to Carbonite, a cloud backup service that not only protects your data so you can get it back in the event of data loss, but also provides remote access to files when you’re away from your computer, is the solution! Great for the student who always forgets to print out their homework or loses papers before they’re due, Anytime, Anywhere Access ensures they can download, print or email their backed up files from any computer, iOS or Android device. And if your hard drive crashes or you see the dreaded blue screen of death, it’s easy to recover all of your data with Carbonite’s simple restore process. Carbonite’s cloud backup plans start at just $59.99 per year for unlimited backup space, and run in the background so new and changed files are backed up automatically.
PRICE: Starts at $59.99 per computer (15-day free trial, with no credit card required); www.carbonite.com
Activision Skylanders Giants School Supplies
Skylanders is the #1 selling kid’s toy/video game franchise and pioneered the toys to life category – and now, kids can take their favorite Skylanders Giants characters with them thanks to these back to school must-haves! The Skylanders Giants Pencil Case, Lunch Kits and Backpack range in price from $4-$15 and are perfect for your school essentials AND are also great carriers for Skylanders action figures too!
Skylanders Giants Pencil Case Pouch – Ages: 6-12 – Price: $3.97 – Available: Walmart
Skylanders Giants Soft Lunch Kit – Ages: 6-12 – Price: $7.99 – Available: Toys R Us and Amazon.com
Skylanders Giants Dual Lunch Kit – Ages: 6-12 – Price: $9.99 – Available: Toys R Us and Amazon.com
Skylanders Giants 16” Backpack – Ages: 6-12 – Price: $14.99 – Where: Toys R US, Kohl’s
Can’t wait for more Skylanders fun? The highly anticipated follow up game, Skylanders SWAP Force launches on October 13th! Visit www.Skylanders.com for more information.