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Cyber Monday store discount round-up

Cyber Monday store discount round-up
  • Posted November 28, 2011, 8:51 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in Tech Deals
  • All in all, it's been a busier Black Friday and holiday shopping season start that we've seen in recent years, at least from my perspective. As usual online retailers have followed up with special discounts for Cyber Monday.

RIM drops BlackBerry PlayBook to $199 in time for the holidays

RIM drops BlackBerry PlayBook to $199 in time for the holidays
  • Posted November 21, 2011, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Research in Motion has announced via Twitter that they will be dropping the price of the BlackBerry PlayBook to $199 for a limited time. This is a significant price cut as the tablet originally launched with a $499 price tag…

Best Buy to close all UK stores, buy out mobile partner for $1.3 billion

Best Buy to close all UK stores, buy out mobile partner for $1.3 billion
  • Posted November 7, 2011, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Best Buy Europe, a joint venture between US group Best Buy and the UK’s Carphone Warehouse, will be closing all 11 Best Buy stores in the UK. The duo originally planned to open 100 Best Buy stores across the UK…

Rhapsody acquires Napster, obtains all subscribers

Rhapsody acquires Napster, obtains all subscribers
  • Posted October 3, 2011, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Rhapsody has acquired music service Napster from Best Buy for an undisclosed sum. The company will obtain all of Napster’s subscribers and certain other assets while the retail electronics giant will be entitled to a minority stake in Rhapsody, says…

Best Buy to drop HTC Flyer tablet to $299 starting October 1

Best Buy to drop HTC Flyer tablet to $299 starting October 1
  • Posted September 30, 2011, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware
  • HTC will be lowering the price of their Flyer tablet to $299 starting tomorrow. Best Buy will be the first to offer the $200 price reduction on the HTC device that launched in May. The HTC Flyer touts a 1.5GHz single-core CPU, 1GB of RAM...

Best Buy offers iPhone 3GS for free, for a day only

Best Buy offers iPhone 3GS for free, for a day only
  • Posted August 22, 2011, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple
  • Best Buy is offering the Apple iPhone 3GS for free today to select customers through all of their retail stores. A two-year service agreement is required and you must be a new customer or an existing subscriber upgrading to the…

Best Buy wants HP to take back 200,000 unsold TouchPads

Best Buy wants HP to take back 200,000 unsold TouchPads
  • Posted August 17, 2011, 9:44 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Things are not looking too hot for the HP TouchPad right now as apparently not even the recent price cuts are helping retailers move more units off store shelves. According to a report on AllThingsD, Best Buy has sold just…

Best Buy offers Nexus S for free, for a day only

Best Buy offers Nexus S for free, for a day only
  • Posted August 3, 2011, 8:41 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Tech Deals
  • If you have been saving up for an Android-based smartphone, you could potentially save yourself some money courtesy of Best Buy. The retailer is offering Google’s Nexus S smartphone for free today through select Best Buy outlets.

HP TouchPad arrives early at Best Buy, Walmart

HP TouchPad arrives early at Best Buy, Walmart
  • Posted June 28, 2011, 10:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware With Video
  • Although the HP TouchPad is supposed to launch at the beginning of next month, units have already arrived at Best Buy and Walmart. They don't appear to be on sale yet (though you can preorder), but HP is instead trying…

Best Buy issues cease and desist over Newegg ad, logo

Best Buy issues cease and desist over Newegg ad, logo
  • Posted June 10, 2011, 5:47 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • Although Newegg has long been the one-stop-shop for system builders and hardware buffs, the California-based e-tailer is still relatively unknown among less tech-savvy crowds. In an effort to attract such customers, the company recently launched a new marketing campaign that…

Customer sues Best Buy for breaking the law, gets banned

Customer sues Best Buy for breaking the law, gets banned
  • Posted April 21, 2011, 7:47 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News
  • According to a story posted by The Consumerist, Best Buy has banned a shopper after being busted for violating consumer protections. In January, a Consumerist reader named Jed broke the digital audio-in port on his Sony receiver. He decided to…

10.1" Acer Iconia Tab A500 hits Best Buy for $450

10.1" Acer Iconia Tab A500 hits Best Buy for $450
  • Posted April 8, 2011, 7:52 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Acer has officially unleashed its Iconia Tab A500, a 10.1-inch tablet poised to defy the likes of Apple and Motorola. Unsurprisingly, Acer is billing its new creation as the ultimate companion device for Web browsing, accessing social networks, reading e-books,…

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