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Best Buy lowers iPhone 4 price to $50 on contract

, Jul 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you've been eying the iPhone 4 for that low price point of $99 lately for the 8GB model, we have some great news. In what we are hearing is a new, permanent price drop, Best Buy is now selling Apple's 8GB iPhone 4 for only $49 with a new 2-year contract agreement. This goes for Verizon, AT&T, and the Now Network. Read The Full Story

Best Buy restructure includes 50 US store cuts

, Mar 29th 2012 Discuss [3]

Your local Best Buy store may be right along the razor's edge this week as the electronics giant makes relatively large cuts to their retail footprint amid slow profit growth. Included in this cut are 50 big box stores inside 2012 as well as an estimated 400 jobs. The jobs, surprisingly enough, are said by Best Buy to be cutting mainly from corporate headquarters - this pointing toward a restructuring of the company's business as well as its physical presence in the United States. Read The Full Story

Samsung (Galaxy) Nexus Prime leaked in Best Buy ad, on sale 11/27?

, Nov 21st 2011 Discuss [61]

Well then, readers, take a good, close look at this. It appears to be that we have an end-of-the-month Best Buy catalog leaked with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, um, scratch that, the Samsung Nexus Prime? Wow, what on earth is going on? Seems like Verizon may have made some eleventh-hour changes on the rebranding whiteboard with the Galaxy Nexus, with what looks like a Verizon-exclusive name. And from this point on, the Verizon Galaxy Nexus may very well be officially christened the Nexus Prime. Read The Full Story

Best Buy shutters big-box UK stores; refocuses on connected devices

, Nov 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

Best Buy has confirmed it will close the eleven "big box" pilot stores the company opened in the UK, focusing instead on pushing Best Buy Mobile and "small box" outlets as it focuses on "connected device" sales. Opened in April 2010, the large stores are facing "challenging economic conditions and profit expectations" Best Buy claims, and will all close by the end of 2012. Meanwhile, the company is spending $1.3bn on buying out Carphone Warehouse's 50-percent stake in the Best Buy Mobile profit share agreement. Read The Full Story

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 purchase at Best Buy gets you a free HTC mobile

, Nov 4th 2011 Discuss [3]

For all of you in the market for the next big single and multiplayer shooter game as well as a smartphone from HTC, you're in luck, Best Buy has a deal for you! This deal includes a free smartphone from HTC, amongst those singled out for the sale, just so long as you both purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as well as agreeing to a 2-year contract for the carriers the smartphones are working with. The handsets available in this deal are the HTC Evo 4G, the HTC Incredible 2, and the HTC Inspire 4G. Read The Full Story

What should I get for my new iPad 2?

, Mar 10th 2011 Discuss [8]

So the day has come. You’ve finally purchased your first iPad, the fancy new iPad 2, and you’re wondering what you should get out there and grab with it. You want to know what the essentials are, what everyone else is getting, and most importantly, what the weirdest possible items are that you could be downloading because we suggested it. It’s an app downloading party! Plus there’s some physical objects you should more than likely feel like you need as well.

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Best Buy offers free Android phones just in time for Christmas

, Dec 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

If one of the things you or someone on your Christmas list really wants is a new smartphone, you might want to head over to Best Buy. The retail giant is offering up some nice new smartphones free with a new contract or an upgrade. The devices include a single Blackberry Curve on Sprint and the rest of the free phones are Android devices on other carriers. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: September 28th 2010

, Sep 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of The Daily Slash. Tonight, in the news that we found around the Web, we've got confirmation from Microsoft that the "Chassis 2" physical design for Windows Phone 7 will be very similar to the "BlackBerry" style that we've seen over the years -- a candybar device with a full physical QWERTY keyboard right up front. And then, as usual, we'll take a look at what's happening around the R3 Media Network. Read The Full Story

Best Buy confirms $99 Motorola Devour for Feb 25th, reprices Moto Droid/HTC Eris

, Feb 22nd 2010 Discuss [2]

After first being confirmed for $99, then afterwards being confirmed for $149, Best Buy has finally reconfirmed pricing back at $99 for the Motorola Devour via its official Facebook page, and will be available starting this Thursday, February 25th. Read The Full Story

Verizon DROID Eris gets cheaper for Christmas at Best Buy Mobile

, Dec 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

There are lots of cool new handsets on the market right now and with Christmas nearly here, it's not too late to get someone a cool gift. The HTC DROID Eris was unveiled officially last month and it is a cool handset with a touchscreen, 5MP camera and more. Read The Full Story

Best Buy Mobile offers Christmas discounts on AT&T devices

, Dec 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

One of the things I really like about Best Buy Mobile is that it cuts through the hassle when it comes to buying a new mobile phone or other device by offering any rebates instantly rather than forcing you to mail the rebate in. Best Buy Mobile has announced some new AT&T devices at a discount this week for holiday shopping. Read The Full Story

Best Buy Mobile unveils mIQ cloud-based backup offering

, Oct 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

Best Buy Mobile is the mobile phone selling arm of the consumer electronics giant that is inside most Best Buy stores. Best Buy Mobile announced today that starting on October 12 it would be offering a new cloud-based mobile-web connected service called mIQ. Read The Full Story