Engadget’s Black Friday 2011 roundup

Black Friday is simply across the bend — in lower than 36 hours, many a deal hunter can be camping outside their prospective Wally Worlds in search of prey. Thankfully, we’ve eagled-up earlier and thrown together a couple of deals meanwhile that ought to cause a sparkle in at the very least a number of eyes. (Simply to be safe, we’ve also included links to every store’s full line-up of deals.) So, join us after the break, read along and notice if anything strikes your interest. What’s to lose, really? an opportunity to overlook out on an awful lot, needless to say! Be happy to thank us later or tell us about the rest you see inside the comments below.

Hungering for a delectable Android Honeycomb tablet? ASUS’s Transformer Prime could have just gone up for pre-order in North America, however the ol’ 10.1-inch Transformer 16GB WiFi model may be on sale at Best Buy for a tempting $250, with its keyboard dock priced at $100.

Moving right along, both Staples and Sprint (whose sale notably extends in the course of the 27th) will offer the 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook 16GB variant for a Kindle Fire-matching $200. Surely that’s enough to quell the edge of its still-missing native email app.

Apple could also be getting at the discounted-fun with iPad 2′s starting at just $458. In total, you may be saving between $41-$61 dollars counting on which model you select.

At the e-reader side of factors, Staples will add in a $25 gift-card alongside the acquisition of a Kindle with Offers at its regular $79 price, while 0 Barnes and Noble 0 may be happy to sell you its Nook Touch for a similar.

…or even more deals!

Alright, how about this scenario: you are a deal seeker, seeking a brand new smartphone. Simple right? Well, if you are okay with two-year contracts, you will be pleased to understand that a load of deals available on and around Friday.

1 Walmart 1 should be happy to provide you a $100 gift-card with any device you choose, 2 AT&T 2 will offer all of its Windows Phone 7 wares for a single penny on Saturday the 26th and 3 Amazon 3 is already throwing an analogous one-cent deal on a bevy of smartphones (from a number of carriers), which lasts until Cyber Monday.

It doesn’t stop there, though. 4 Sam’s Club 4 members can choose a Photon 4G, Droid Charge or AT&T’s Galaxy S II for just 96 cents, while 5 T-mobile 5 will offer lots of rebates and a “buy two get one free” deal on accessories until the 27th. 6 Verizon 6 also will sport some decent rebated discounts, but most notably, a unique red HTC Droid Incredible 2 for gratis after a $50 mail-in rebate.

The deals train keeps on chugging…

Needless to say, there are lots of more deals on hand than we’ve currently listed for this coming Black Friday weekend — let alone that we are going to even have another roundup in store to hide Cyber Monday. Surely enough, though, as they quickly approach us, you’ll be sure that we will be updating this roundup with much more opportunities to save lots of as we sort through them. So, stay tuned and do not forget to ascertain back a couple of times before and after you’ve had your share of Turkey Day fixins’ tomorrow. Happy hunting!