Of the 1,200 people surveyed, the majority plan to use location-based media to snag coupons and discounts. We rounded up some of the most buzzed-about location-based shopping tools on the Web to help you in your holiday shopping.

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(Reuters) - The pre-Christmas shopping season is likely to boost cellphone sales less that usual this year as a weaker global economy forces consumers to cut back, research firm Gartner said on Wednesday. "It will be a cautious quarter. Consumers are either cautious with their spending or finding new gadgets like tablets, as more attractive presents," Gartner analysts said. Gartner said sales of cellphones declined 3 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, falling for the third quarter in a row, while sales of smartphones grew 47 percent. ...

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Microsoft (MSFT) is giving consumers two more reasons to buy an Xbox 360 this holiday season. First, all Xbox 360 consoles except the standalone 4GB model without Kinect will receive a $50 price cut for a limited time at all major retailers including Amazon (AMZN), (BBY), GameStop, Target, Toys ‘R Us and Walmart. Second, there are three new holiday bundles that come with some of the best-selling games of the year. The first holiday bundle costs $399.99 and includes a 250GB Xbox 360 and Kinect, Dance Central 2, Kinect Sports 2, Kinect Adventure and a month of Xbox Live Gold. The second is a 4GB Xbox 360, Kinect, Kinect Disneyland Adventures, Kinect Adventures and one month of Xbox Live Gold for

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