With Apple’s old white MacBook still on sale as the “budget” option, the assumption has been that it’s the end of the line for the plastic-shelled versions. However a new Best Buy SKU listing has led to suggestions that Apple is planning a last-ditch alternative color for the laptop: records for an “INTEL - Apple sku red“, with an image of the white plastic MacBook and the $999.99 price tag, have appeared.
It’s not quite the $199 netbook we were originally promised, but ASUS seem to be celebrating the Eee PC’s one-year birthday by dipping under the $300 barrier. The ASUS Eee PC 900A, first announced back in August, is currently available at Best Buy for $299.99. Your three Benjamins gets you an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, 8.9-inch display and 4GB SSD storage.
Dell have announced a new gaming PC exclusively for Best Buy, the Alienware Aurora Desktop. Fitted out with an AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.2GHz quad-core processor, dual ATI Radeon HD 4850 video cards with a total 1GB of GDDR3 RAM, and 4GB of DDR2 RAM, the Aurora will only be available at Best Buy retail locations and through their online store.
MSI have announced their US retail partner, as hinted at by Director of US Sales Andy Tung. The 10-inch MSI Wind U100 netbook will go on sale in Best Buy stores, where it will sit alongside the ASUS Eee PC which the retailer has sold for some time now. At time of writing the Wind is yet to appear on Best Buy’s website.
The Toshiba E105 that we saw last week has gone up for pre-order at Best Buy, priced at $1,199.99. Under the hood lurks a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo, a 14.1-inch TruBrite 1280 x 800 display and Intel 4500MHD integrated graphics. RAM is 4GB while storage is courtesy of a 320GB hard drive.
Best Buy are preparing to launch a pair of new GPS units that will include a cellular connection, allowing the navigation devices to access real-time traffic data and local Google searches. Released under the store’s own Insignia brand, the NS-CNV20 and NS-CNV10 will be differentiated by screen-size and hands-free use: the former will have a 4.3-inch touchscreen display and Bluetooth.
Courtesy of a little judicious searching from Berry Reporter, we now know the price Best Buy have set for the upcoming BlackBerry Bold smartphone. The QWERTY-bearing smartphone is priced at $679.99 unsubsidized; there’s no telling what that will translate to once they’ve stuck you for a two year AT&T contract, but figure a significant discount.
Best Buy’s Canadian subsidiary Future Shop has sparked further Apple rumors after introducing a number of new Mac placeholders in their stock management system. The addition of the six records is consistent with previously observed new launch practice; however, according to one Best Buy insider, Future Shop has made the change based not on Apple advice but on rumor.
If you have a thing for the designer Betsey Johnson, then Best Buy has a new line of gadget accessories you might be interested in. It features several different styles and sizes of cases to fit all of your small electronics.
They not only have several iPod cases, but a camera, phone and set of laptop cases as well. All three of the laptop bags will hold a laptop up to 15.4”. The iPod cases will hold either the Touch or the Classic. It doesn’t seem that they have any to fit the Nano.
The camera has both a small and medium size, whereas the phone cases will fit most smaller phones. The prices range from about $20 all the way up to $140. The camera cases happen to be cheaper than usual as of now.
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In a move to further the transition from standard home phones to that of phones with similar features as our cell phones VTech has created a new cordless home phone that is capable of signing onto and messaging people using the following services: MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and AOL Instant Messenger. All you have to do with this phone to get these amazing extra features is connect the base station to your computer. I mean, it has a full QWERTY keypad and can also work with VoIP services, how much more amazing can a home phone get without adding a cellular chipset to it?
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