Gizmodo: availability

Looking for a Palm Pre? Here's Where You Can Get Them at Best Buy

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Did you know that the Best Buy in Westbank, LA, will have 24 Palm Pre cellphones when it launches. Or that the Burbank, CA, store will have 16? Now you can check your nearest store yourself.

If you are looking to get a Palm Pre before anyone else, this may be one of the best ways to make sure you won't miss it: Best Buy's stock screens showing how many units are in order at stores throughout the United States.

Unfortunately, not every location is listed in this forum, but apparently you can request the ones you want. [Everything Pre forums]

G1 Pre-Sale Madness: T-Mobile Triples Production, Sells Them All

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:10:00 EDT

According to a T-Mobile spokesperson, pre-sale demand on the Android G1 is so big that they have already sold all their units. She says that this is specially impressive because it happened after they tripled the amount of available G1 cellphones. Of course, this could mean anything without knowing actual shipping numbers, but it seems there's plenty of interest despite its many shortcomings. If you want to pre-order yours, however, you can pre-order now through October 21 to get it at a later date:

Given the great anticipation and the heavy pre-sale demand for the T-Mobile G1 with Google, we nearly tripled the number of phones initially available for delivery on our Oct. 22 launch date, and have sold through them all. However, to accommodate additional T-Mobile customers who want to pre-order a device, they now have the opportunity to place a pre-order through Oct. 21, for delivery at a later date. Also, people can still pre-register on the T-Mobile G1 Web site to be notified prior to launch where they can purchase the device beginning Oct. 22.

[T-Mobile G1 Site]

iPhone Availability Update: It's Everywhere?

Jason Chen — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:40:53 EDT

According to Apple's availability checker, the iPhone is still in stock at every Apple store in the whole country. Seriously, there's no place where the iPhone isn't available.

Either the stores were too busy selling iPhones last night to report in to the availability checker, or Apple really shipped out a bunch of units to all the stores to make sure everyone could get them. Either way, if you want one, feel free to saunter into your local store with a smug look on your face knowing you didn't have to wait at all.

iPhone Checker [Apple]

Helio Ocean Available Today, Friday May 11

Jason Chen — Fri, 11 May 2007 04:00:01 EDT

Hey folks, just a quick note to let you guys know that the Ocean is going to be available today, Friday, May 11. You can get one by going to helio.com, calling 1-888-88-HELIO, or going to one of their retail stores in Santa Monica, Palo Alto, San Diego, Denver or NYC.

If you're heading to EBGames or Gamestop next week to get ripped off when you trade in some games, you can pick up an Ocean there as well. Other retailers will have them after that. As always, check out all our coverage to see if it's worthwhile for you to pick up this $295 device. – Jason Chen

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