Hell no..............................................!!

Stop! Put that credit card away! If you buy these products now, you risk them becoming obsolete in just a few months.

Really, the only thing getting us through the last dull days of summer—aside from a few cold ones over the Labor Day weekend—is the promise of new gear arriving this fall. From Apple's annual iPhone refresh to the promise of new tablets from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, the lure of shiny new hardware is just out of reach.

Problems arise for the techie who's missing that last key component in their portfolio, however. Here's the dilemma: You're headed for the beach for the three-day weekend, and your stoner buddy just planted his very large posterior on your old Amazon Kindle , leaving you without an e-reader to pass the time by the waves. Should you rush out to be another? Not so fast!

Come in, sit down, and let us guide you through your next few steps.

Here's the situation: Companies like Barnes & Noble are already slicing substantial discounts off the Nook Tablet and older products. That usually means they're clearing the decks, encouraging consumers to buy their old inventory off of store shelves. So you buy, right? WRONG. That's just a trick, son, to encourage you to do their dirty inventory liquidating work for them.

What you do, instead, is wait until the press conference. Sure, PCMag will have the details.Then you make your decision. Check out Amazon.com, or the electronic bargain bins known as the overstock sites. Evaluate the features. Compare prices. Decide.

But for all that is holy, do NOT buy the products on the following pages now. Sure, check them out. Look at the real-time prices. And consider how much you'll save by waiting. As for your beach weekend? Borrow a book from the library. It's free, and think how much more cut you'll look after hauling Cryptonomicon down to the shore.

Apple iPhone 4S

The rumored launch of the Apple iPhone 5 on Sept. 12 "has the potential to generate the most promising device upgrade cycle in Apple's history," Craig Berger, an analyst with FBR Capital, wrote in a recent note to investors. What? It's happening? Could there be invitations? Oh man, are we on the list? And how can you think of buying an Apple iPhone 4Snow?

The good news is that it's all just rumor and speculation so far. But can you risk it?

Windows Phone (Nokia)

Nokia may announce its next-generation Windows Phone 8 handsetsas early as September, according to rumors first reported by Chinese site WPDang and backed up by Bloomberg. Both Microsoft and Nokia have alreadysent out invitations, which should probably involve Windows Phone 8.

There's another reason to hold out on buying a Nokia Windows 7 Phone like the Lumia 900 —they're not upgradeable to WP 8.

Apple iPod Touch

A Japanese blog site reported in Julythat the next iPod Touch will boast a larger display, mimicking the 4-inch LCD screen expected on the next-generation iPhone. The era of standalone MP3 players seems to have come and gone, but if you're in the market for a new model, there seems little point in buying until you learn what Apple has up its sleeve—and whether or not the older models will be discounted.

Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet

Amazon last week sent out invites for a Sept. 6 press event that will likely include the launch of the next-gen Amazon Kindle Fire. Last month, All Things D, which cited sources familiar with Amazon's plans, said the successor to the first-generation Kindle Fire will have a built-in camera, similar to its Google rival, the Nexus 7. Here's what we want in the new Kindle Fire (which naturally you should be waiting on instead of buying the old model!—and besides, Amazon just reported it's all out of first-gen tablets anyway).

Barnes & Noble Nook

What exactly did Barnes & Noble'sdramatic price cuts for the Nook Tablet earlier this month signify? If history holds, the company's clearing the decks for a new Nook. Remember, we really don't know what Microsoft's $300 million investment into Barnes & Noble really means but don't you want to see if it helps serve up some new goodies in the next-gen tablet?