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    Nokia Booklet 3G Landing November 15 at Best Buy

    New NYC Best Buy to Be Open 24 Hours During the Week, Host Concerts

    Best Buy's Taking Droid Pre-Orders and Lets You Skip the Mail-In Rebate Madness

    Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/07/09

    In reply to Nokia Booklet 3G Landing November 15 at Best Buy
    I'm a big fan of Nokia & hope they can save their sinking ship (this would make for a sweet hackintosh) but $600 for a netbook is way tooooo much.

    And the subsidized option isn't much better....
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    Image of john144001 john144001
    11/06/09

    In reply to New NYC Best Buy to Be Open 24 Hours During the Week, Host Concerts
    I live in Texas. And this affects me, how? How come people in NY and Washington DC think that every local news story has national import?
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    11/06/09

    @john144001: How about you guys stop electing morons to run your State first? Then we'll talk about whether Texas gets enough airtime in the national media. #bestbuy
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    Image of phunnyballs phunnyballs
    10/29/09

    In reply to Best Buy's Taking Droid Pre-Orders and Lets You Skip the Mail-In Rebate Madness
    Verizon's website will have it w/o a mail in rebate for $199 (non of their stuff is mailinrebate). Plus you get next day shipping for free. I guarantee that is where ill be getting my phones from from now on. #motoroladroid
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    Image of ddmeightball ddmeightball
    10/29/09

    In reply to Best Buy's Taking Droid Pre-Orders and Lets You Skip the Mail-In Rebate Madness
    Can anyone tell me what the price of the phone would be without being subsidized or 2 year contract?

    I haven't seen that figure yet. #motoroladroid
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    10/29/09

    @ddmeightball: Droid's Twitter account just said it was $559.00 with no contract. [twitter.com] #motoroladroid
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Best Buy's Taking Droid Pre-Orders and Lets You Skip the Mail-In Rebate Madness
    Good, MIR are as scam. VZW should get rid of them too.

    BTW, the debit card is becoming increasingly common. They make money off them. #motoroladroid
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    Image of dantheman12 dantheman12
    10/29/09

    In reply to Best Buy's Taking Droid Pre-Orders and Lets You Skip the Mail-In Rebate Madness
    any best buy mobile employees know the employee discount on vzw plans and phones? #motoroladroid
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    10/29/09

    @dantheman12: idk, my friend works at walmart and gets 15% off of his verizon monthly bill. He didn't sign up at walmart either, but at a normal verizon shop. you just have to complete a form online saying you work at a store that sells verizon plans. #motoroladroid
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    10/29/09

    In reply to Best Buy's Taking Droid Pre-Orders and Lets You Skip the Mail-In Rebate Madness
    Ahhhhhhh, Best Buy.....ALWAYS looking out for the consumer! [/s] #motoroladroid
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    Image of Tawnie is saving no daylight Tawnie is saving no daylight
    10/29/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: I am sure they will have an offer of the geek squad installing all your apps for you for the low low price of $99.00
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    10/29/09

    @Tawnie is Monster Mashing: Indeed. Free apps, nonetheless. #motoroladroid
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    Image of Gobeler Gobeler
    10/29/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: now to be fair, it's only going to be $30 per free app. It's the $150 to train you on how to use that app that's the amazing deal of the day. #motoroladroid
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    10/29/09

    @Tawnie is Monster Mashing: They weren't actually that bad when I went to get my Hero there, but it may have been an NYC thing.

    I walked in, waited for someone to be free, told them that I wanted to get the Hero, told him what plan I wanted, waited for a bit while he set up my account (more than a bit, actually, but that was Sprint's fault, they kept all my customer data from when I was with them over two years ago & have since moved and changed all my info, very confusing for their rep & the BB guy), he gave me my phone & the box, said "Do you want our Black Tie service? It's $10/month and we'll take care of anything that happens to your phone as long as you own it.".

    I said "No, thanks.".

    He said "OK, swipe your card here, here's your phone, we'll have cases in in about a week if you want to check some out, have a good one".

    All in all, a pretty painless process. Not as cool as when the first iPhone came out, when I just bought it at the Apple store and set it up in my house, but not bad. #motoroladroid
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    10/23/09

    In reply to Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them
    Another obvious use for this would be to track not just kids...

    Drop this in a purse... hide it in a jacket... attach it to any car...

    The possibilities are endless. #littlebuddy
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    Image of kqboing1 kqboing1
    10/23/09

    In reply to Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them
    I'm most likely gonna get raged at when I post this, but why don't we just use those same gps chips that we put in our dogs, and just put them in our children.. it's been argued that it's inhumane, but I'd rather my child be safe than be sorry afterward. #littlebuddy
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    10/23/09

    @kqboing1: What "GPS" chips? You mean the RFID chips which require a special reader to retrieve the code stored onboard, which is then cross refrenced with a list of registered users? #littlebuddy
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    10/27/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Right: 1 Wrong: ∞: Yea sorry, I thought it was GPS, my bad. #littlebuddy
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    10/23/09

    In reply to Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them
    The stoopid thing about all these GPS tracking tools and apps (iStoopid included) is that GPS requires a view of the sky?!? So, if you'r kid is jammed in that back of some predators van, this thing ain't helpin' anyone. #littlebuddy
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    10/23/09

    @engine101: Really? because I've used my GPS in my house. It receives radio signals, not beams of light. #littlebuddy
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    10/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_IsStrongInTheSnark: Why the hell were you using your GPS in your house? Didn't you already know where you were? #littlebuddy
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    10/23/09

    @secret_curse: I was charging it on my computer. It requires you to power on the unit to get full power from the computer. #littlebuddy
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    10/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_IsStrongInTheSnark: Ahh hear hear. 5 minutes out of the van and they are in a dark wet basement chained to the floor. Good luck picking up radio signals down there. #littlebuddy
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    10/23/09

    @maxentropy: Thank you Lord Faraday, and your cage. It rubs the lotion on it's skin.... #littlebuddy
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    10/23/09

    In reply to Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them
    It's probably cheaper to get your kid a cellphone with a parent-child tracking app built in. #littlebuddy
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    10/23/09

    In reply to Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them
    Bury this in a laptop/bicycle/car and have your own lowjack service! #littlebuddy
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    10/23/09

    In reply to Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them
    You say barnyard animal iconography.

    I say infant geocaching. #littlebuddy
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    10/23/09

    In reply to Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them
    Is there one for adults? #littlebuddy
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    10/23/09

    @london-rhino: I have though about getting one for my wife. I have actually joked about getting her a Garmin Astro, she laughed it off, but I was only half-kidding.

    [buy.garmin.com] #littlebuddy
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    10/23/09

    In reply to Stick This Thing to Your Kid and You Won't Lose Them
    Shitty parenting has never been simpler! #littlebuddy
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