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Unlocked HTC Touch Diamond, Soon from Best Buy

If you're in the US and want to buy an HTC Touch Diamond but don't actually like Sprint (the carrier that will be offering the handset in the near future), Best Buy has the solution for you. The North American retailer is getting ready to sell the Touch Diamond in an unlocked GSM version. Being unlocked (he...

8 September 2008
03:11 GMT

iPhone 3G from Best Buy, Starting September

iPhone 3G, the famous touchscreen handset said to be sold in more than 3 million units until now (worldwide, since its July 11 release), will soon no longer be offered exclusively by Apple and AT&T in the US. This is because Best Buy, the giant consumer electronics retailer, has just announced that it would begin sel...

13 August 2008
08:40 GMT

Best Buy Makes YouTube Stars Out of Its Computer Service Customers

Best Buy is the target of an ill-fated lawsuit filed by some of its customers claiming that its Geek Squad computer repair subsidiary is abusing users' data on the defective computers. Shortly put, each time a customer brings an out-of-order PC, the stored data is illegally copied and used in unauthorized ways.T...

8 May 2008
06:47 GMT

New Apple Stores Opening in New York, Mainland China

While New Yorkers are adding two more Apple Retail Stores to the dozens they already have, Mainland China is getting its first. And it's not even a standalone Apple Retail Store, but one that will be situated in the Best Buy store in Shanghai's Xuhui area. That's not bad though, at least for Apple and ...

21 April 2008
09:47 GMT

Best Buy Sells Asus Eee PCs

Best Buy, a company based in Richfield, Minnesota, USA, started selling Asus Eee PCs, subnotebooks that use the Xandros Linux distribution, on their online shop, as linuxhow2.com notes.Last year, Asus sold more than 300,000 copies of the small Linux laptop. The company has a very optimistic view for this year, predic...

28 February 2008
06:47 GMT

Best Buy - MB Pros Sold Out! Upgraded Models Coming?

Best Buy currently lists 15-inch MacBook Pro models as we-ran-out, with a mentioning of two-weeks waiting time for a new batch, possibly indicating the arrival of the new (rumored), fully loaded MacBook Pros.Penryn" Core 2 Duo processors and multi-touch tech is what the new Pros are rumored to get, and by the looks o...

18 February 2008
06:38 GMT

Lost Laptop Worth $54 Million

Losing a laptop must be painful, but when somebody else goes through the trouble of loving you it must be nearly insupportable. Raelyn Campbell one day sent hers to the shop for one defection, while under warranty and never saw it back. Her repeated phone calls for details on when it would be ready went on for about ...

13 February 2008
13:21 GMT

Thompson Bravely Sends His Son to Buy Irrational's M-Rated BioShock

It's been a while since Jack Thompson was in the top ten news (a while meaning more than a month). According to a well known gaming site, the attorney who hates video games so much that he wouldn't mind an asteroid hitting the Earth if he knew Manhunt 2 wasn't going to be played by teens, has sent his ...

15 September 2007
07:58 GMT

Gateway Expands Into China

Gateway announced that it continues to expand its international market by launching several computer models in China. The Asian country is one of the most powerful markets in the whole world and most important computer manufacturers and vendors are investing heavily into their presence in China because the Chinese co...

16 August 2007
06:36 GMT

The Competition For Best Buy

Best Buy who currently operates more than 800 stores in the United States is planning to open its shelves to several computer hardware manufacturers that offer business and home use computers and other hardware parts. This move could transform the retail company into a very strong competitor against Dell in the small...

11 August 2007
03:51 GMT

PS3 Games Finally Get Price Reduction

If anyone even remembers, there was a time when if someone said PS3, all heads immediately turned. The machine launched, people bought it and started criticizing the lack of titles, lack of rumble on the SIXAXIS, pricey services and last - but maybe the most important - pricey console compared to everything that it l...

14 June 2007
02:58 GMT

$15 Cheap A** Deals on Great Games for All Consoles

You know Cheap As** Gamer right? Of course you do, we're all cheap a**es trying to get a good deal on the games, as their motto says: "never pay full price for your video games, gaming hardware and more." So don't try to hide behind the curtain 'cause you're of the same breed. But what astonishes ...

26 March 2007
05:36 GMT

Gamestop Sells Opened Games As New

Not only does Gamestop harass people by trying to convince them into doing all sorts of things, but they also do another thing that is completely against all retailer's rules: selling opened packages at the original price of the product, the "new" product's price. How doe we know this? After hearing nothing...

26 March 2007
03:11 GMT

Best Buy No Longer Wants the 20GB PS3

The 20GB PS3 is something soon to be forgotten. Most Retailers are asking only for the 60GB model. Few of them still have faith in the 20GB PS3. Retail orders show an 80% demand for the PS3 and a 20% one for the 20GB model. Some retailers have even let go of the 20GB PS3 for good. It is the case with Best Buy. When J...

19 March 2007
05:10 GMT




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