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Best Buy Is NOT Selling Discounted TouchPads

Best Buy won’t be offering you that sweet $99 discount on the TouchPad this weekend. In fact, they’re not selling them anymore at all. They’re not authorized to. Instead, they’ll be offering an extended, 60-day return/exchange period. Updated. You CAN still get one at a Staples, Sam’s Club, WalMart, and the other usual suspects. Update:…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Best Buy’s Slipping a Galaxy Tab in Your Pocket When You Buy a Samsung TV

Perhaps HP could learn a trick from Samsung’s generosity, and shift piles of TouchPads by bundling them with computer purchases. Running a week from this Sunday, a 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab will be free when a 46-inch 3DTV’s bought for $1,5000. [WSJ] https://gizmodo.com/ten-ways-hp-can-get-rid-of-unsold-touchpad-tablets-5832460

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Ten Ways HP Can Get Rid of Unsold TouchPad Tablets

HP killed its webOS hardware division and its TouchPad tablet is dead in the water. It’s possible HP may refund retailers like Best Buy for unsold inventory and amass a stockpile of tablets in the process. https://gizmodo.com/hp-killing-webos-devices-5832291 Here are ten things HP can do if it finds itself with warehouses full of webOS hardware: 10.…

Tech News Kelly

Man Roots Six-Foot Nexus S Display At Best Buy

Best Buy had a six-foot Nexus S on display that caught the eye of a customer waiting for his phone to be repaired. Instead of merely exploring the giant phone, he decided to go one step further and root it. He doesn’t show how he roots the device, just the aftermath. He points to the…

Tech News Kelly

Best Buy Has 200K Unsold TouchPads, Wants HP To Take Them Back

According to AllThingsD, Best Buy may be sitting on a pile of over 200,000 unsold webOS TouchPads. And the retailer wants to send them back to HP. Best Buy supposedly stocked their warehouses with about 270,000 TouchPad tablets, but the retailer can’t get its customers to buy them even with a $100 discount. Best Buy…

Tech News Kelly

The Insignia TiVo TV: A “Smart” Television that Isn’t Dumb

We’ve made no attempts to hide our contempt for sloppy, inconsiderate “connected” TVs. So far, they’ve been thrown together with all the effort of a fad. But Best Buy’s in-house brand has a trick up its sleeve: TiVo. https://gizmodo.com/i-just-want-a-dumb-tv-5728167 The new Insignia Connected TV line, landing in Best Buy stores and BestBuy.com in both a…

Gadgets Sam Biddle

Retailers Are Running Out of Macbook Airs

The Macbook Airs listed on BestBuy.com are apparently “Not Available” for shipping. Amazon appears to be running low in certain parts of the world, too. This jibes with news we’ve been hearing about an imminent MBA refresh with Sandy Bridge processors. https://gizmodo.com/time-capsule-upgraded-to-3tb-airport-and-macbook-air-r-5813961 9 to 5 Mac has also been hearing tell of a launch the…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Best Buy Is Joining the Cloud Music Party

Best Buy has joined Amazon, Apple, and Google in the Great Cloud Race of 2011 by announcing their own Music Cloud. Sign up and you’ll get both a Mac or PC application as well as an app for your iPhone, Android, or Blackberry handset. After that, you can stream your favorite music both online and…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Lodsys Suit Gets Ridiculous As They Go After Adidas and Black & Decker

Remember Lodsys, that patent troll going after Apple and Google for in-app purchases? Well it looks like they’re attacking a few more companies, including Sam’s Club, Vitamin Shoppe, and Best Buy for violating their patents. Oh come on! [CNET]

Tech News Kwame Opam

Best Buy Employee Canned for Tackling Laptop Thief

At most big retailers, shoplifters are allowed to run free, because any attempt to touch them brings up the terrifying prospect of a lawsuit. But a Montana Best Buy employee wasn’t having that, taking down a thief. Now he’s fired. The newly-unemployed computer department here, 51-year-old Roger Kline, sprang into action as the thief was…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Best Buy Pegs White iPhone U.S. Launch Date at April 27

Mere days ago (two, specifically), the UK caught wind of the much ballyhooed, but oft not seen white iPhone 4. It might ship next week! Exciting, if you’re into white smartphones, but what of the U.S. market? https://gizmodo.com/the-white-iphone-4-shows-itself-in-the-uk-possibly-hit-5794920 Today, we’re learning that Best Buy has the device listed under an April 27 date in its…

Tech News Jack Loftus

How Much Less Would You Pay For This Ad-Supported Kindle?

Want to save a few bucks on a Kindle and enjoy being told what to buy? Well! Amazon’s set to unleash Kindle with Special Offers upon Best Buy and Target next month, a device that costs $25 less than a Wi-Fi Kindle—but makes up for it by cramming in ads. The new ebook reader will…

Commerce Brian Barrett

Is This the Real Reason Apple Is Stiffing Best Buy on iPad 2s?

Hearsay about Apple putting the kibosh on Best Buy’s iPad 2 sales remains hearsay—but if it is true, Gear Live thinks they know why: Best Buy employees (and friends) abusing their sweet trade-in program. https://gizmodo.com/did-apple-really-blacklist-best-buy-for-withholding-ipa-5790127 Best Buy employees are allegedly eligible for an extended warranty that entitle them to a total trade-in—iPad 1 for an…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Did Apple Really Blacklist Best Buy for Withholding iPad 2s?

Apple loves those big-sales stories, where they can announce they sold X million units over the first weekend. But if one of their biggest retail partners, Best Buy, withheld iPad 2s as they’d already reached their internal sales quota for that day, how would Apple react? My guess is not very well. That tallies with…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How To Track Down an iPad 2 Near You

Sure, you could camp outside your local Apple Store with cheese snacks and a few good magazines, but there’s a better way to track down any iPad 2 action in your zip code. And you don’t have to leave your computer. The first is Christian Radu’s iPad 2 scanner (pictured above), which checks your zip…

Tech News Brian Barrett

BlackBerry PlayBook: It’s $500, Available April 19

Pine away no more, for the 16GB Wi-Fi version of the BlackBerry PlayBook can be ordered for $500 at Best Buy from…now! Or it’s $600 for 32GB or $700 for 64GB. In other words, it’s the first tablet to match the iPad’s pricing, toe-to-toe. Which is impressive. And it’s coming out April 19. If you…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Best Buy and Walmart Will Sell iPad 2s from March 11th

Come March 11th, iPad 2s can be picked up from Apple, AT&T, Verizon and Best Buy. Not to mention Sam’s Club and Walmart, judging by the fact the SKUs have been added to their systems according to 9to5Mac. [9to5Mac]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Wait, the Motorola Xoom Costs What Now?!

A seemingly legitimate $1,199 Motorola Xoom now sits on the Best Buy web site, ready for pre-order. What happened to the already steep $800? It would seem the hill has become a mountain for this initially well-received tablet. While the Xoom impressed the heck out of us at CES, the luster has faded considerably since…

Tech News Jack Loftus

California Stores Can’t Ask For Your Zip Code Anymore

A California court says retailers cannot ask for your ZIP code when you’re buying something. That means Radio Shack, Fry’s and anybody else I’m leaving out (Best Buy?) will have to collect marketing data another way. Hurray privacy. [LATimes]

Privacy & Security Jason Chen

New MacBook Pros Possibly In Stock At Best Buy on March 11

It’s no guarantee, but Best Buy‘s inventory system has new MacBook Pros in stock on March 11 for $1200. The date lines up with Apple’s yearly refresh cycle, give or take. But will these have a new design? [9to5Mac]

Tech News Jason Chen

Best Buy Is NOT Selling Discounted TouchPads

Best Buy’s Slipping a Galaxy Tab in Your Pocket When You Buy a Samsung TV

Ten Ways HP Can Get Rid of Unsold TouchPad Tablets

Man Roots Six-Foot Nexus S Display At Best Buy

Best Buy Has 200K Unsold TouchPads, Wants HP To Take Them Back

The Insignia TiVo TV: A “Smart” Television that Isn’t Dumb

Retailers Are Running Out of Macbook Airs

Best Buy Is Joining the Cloud Music Party

Lodsys Suit Gets Ridiculous As They Go After Adidas and Black & Decker

Best Buy Employee Canned for Tackling Laptop Thief

Best Buy Pegs White iPhone U.S. Launch Date at April 27

How Much Less Would You Pay For This Ad-Supported Kindle?

Is This the Real Reason Apple Is Stiffing Best Buy on iPad 2s?

Did Apple Really Blacklist Best Buy for Withholding iPad 2s?

How To Track Down an iPad 2 Near You

BlackBerry PlayBook: It’s $500, Available April 19

Best Buy and Walmart Will Sell iPad 2s from March 11th

Wait, the Motorola Xoom Costs What Now?!

California Stores Can’t Ask For Your Zip Code Anymore

New MacBook Pros Possibly In Stock At Best Buy on March 11

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