The benefit of picking up your HTC One from RadioShack is that the company is offering a nice extra. The big extra is that if you purchase the HTC One at a RadioShack location between now and June 1, you’ll get a $50 Google Play credit. That Google Play credit will go a long way toward getting you some new music, games, or other content to enjoy on your new smartphone.

RadioShack also has a Trade & Save Program that promises to make it easy to trade in your old phone for as much as $300 credit towards the new phone and accessories. RadioShack also gives buyers 24/7 Mobile Product Support at no cost with the purchase of mobile devices in stores. The $50 credit is available for buyers who opt for the HTC One on AT&T or Sprint.

The HTC One will cost you $199.99 at RadioShack when you register for qualifying two-year contract. Hardware wise, the HTC One from RadioShack is the same device you can pick up elsewhere. The phone is available with 32 GB of internal storage. AT&T will also be offering a version of the device with 64 GB of storage. However, RadioShack doesn’t mention if you can get the $50 Google Play credit on the 64 GB version.

[via RadioShack]

That likely means RadioShack wanted more than Target is willing to pay. What we didn’t know this morning when we talked about the two companies parting ways in the mobile industry was that Target already had two other providers lined up to continue operating its Target Mobile service. Target has now announced that it has selected new service partners for Target Mobile including Brightstar and MarketSource.

Brightstar is the world’s largest specialized wireless distributor and is described as a diversified service provider for the wireless industry. MarketSource is a leading provider of integrated sales and marketing services for the wireless industry. Both of these companies will begin supporting Target Mobile in April of 2013.

Brightstar will be Target Mobile’s new supply chain and point of activation technology provider. MarketSource will be Target’s in store sales and services partner. Target says that its Target Mobile service will be going through transition period between now and April 8, 2013 to ensure little to no disruption in the guest experience during the transition.

According to RadioShack, the company had entered re-negotiations of its partnership with Target for a change in terms that would be profitable for both of them. At the same time as the re-negotiations started, RadioShack also moved its termination notice into play, which would let it bail out of the partnership if the two companies couldn’t come to a new agreement.

The termination of its partnership will affect 1,500 Target stores, all of which currently offer Target Mobile. Under the mobile service, RadioShack was granted access to Target’s mobility business. Ultimately, an agreeable change in the partnership’s terms could not be reached, and so the two companies decided to part ways with no ill will on either side.

RadioShack’s Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources, and General Manager of Retail Services Telvin Jeffries offered this statement. “In order for RadioShack to have continued this relationship, we needed to establish a new agreement that would be financially appealing to both companies. Ultimately, we amicably agreed to dissolve the relationship.”

[via RadioShack]

We give you a run-down of what’s changed in regards to Facebook’s privacy settings, and GE has announced a new ultra small cooling unit for use in the thinnest notebooks and tablets. New York City Taxi apps are going up for a vote tomorrow, but not before all of the contenders can say their piece, and the Pope used his @Pontifex Twitter account for the first time today. We learned that the next Mass Effect game won’t be arriving until late 2014 or mid-2015, and we received the first details about Redbox Instant today as well.

Nokia has announced the Lumia 920, 820, and 620 for China, and Toshiba has revealed its new free positioning wireless charging chipset. A rocket launch in North Korea has a lot of people on-edge, while we heard that entry-level smartphones will make up the majority of sales by 2017. Apple is now rolling out iTunes to more countries, and a 120-foot wide asteroid passed between the Earth and the moon today. The iPhone 5 and 4S are $50 off at Radio Shack today if you’ve been thinking of picking one up, the dual-screen YotaPhone has been turning some heads, and Valve has rolled Steam Community Market into beta.

Finally tonight, we have a heaping helping of original posts for you to check out. Chris Davies reminds us why we’re not any closer to an Apple television despite the rumors, Philip Berne examines the power a single, tiny tweet yields, and Chris Burns gives us his reviews of the Brookstone Big Blue media tower, the JayBird BlueBuds X, and the Sony XPERIA Tablet S. That does it for tonight’s Evening Wrap-Up, enjoy the rest of your night folks!

The iPhone price drop most likely is a response to Best Buy’s recent promo deal on the iPhone 5, where the retailer dropped the price of the new device down to $149 after signing a two-year contract. While Best Buy left the iPhone 4S alone, RadioShack decided to offer a little more variety in their own deal and slashed the iPhone 4S price tag in half as well.

On top of the iPhone promo, RadioShack is also giving back $10 for every $50 that you spend on RadioShack merchandise, as well as free ground shipping for orders over $50. All cash back will be emailed to customers in the form of a coupon that can be used on a future purchase at RadioShack.

The cash back promo ends December 17, and while we weren’t given an end date to the iPhone promo, we’re guessing it won’t last long either, so if you’ve been beating around the bush and are thinking about getting a new iPhone, this is probably the lowest cost you’ll see in a while, so we’d suggest taking the deal now if it’s your time to buy.

If you’re even remotely thinking about buying a Galaxy S III for yourself or even a loved one this holiday season, you should take a peek at the RadioShack deal. It’s essentially a great deal for those who are new to Android, since the $50 Google Play gift card would be great to get new users on the fast track to buying and downloading some cool apps.

The deal is only good on certain carriers, which include AT&T, Verizon, and the Now Network. T-Mobile and US Cellular customers are out of luck on this deal. Of course, you’ll have to sign a new two-year contract in order to get the phone for the $50 price tag, but the Galaxy S III will definitely keep your significant other happy for two years.

On top of the GSIII deal, RadioShack is offering $10 cash back for every $50 spent in its stores and online, so even if you’re not into the Galaxy S III, you may want to see if you can do some of your Christmas shopping at RadioShack if you can. Of course, tons of stores offer similar “cash back” deals year-round, but if there’s something at RadioShack that’s on your shopping list, this may be the best time to get it.

[via Phandroid]

An image of an internal RadioShack computer system has surfaced online showing two rate plans, including monthly charges and features. There are only two tiers for smartphone users. The basic plan is $50 per month and includes unlimited Muve Music, voice minutes, text/picture/video messaging and 1 GB of 3G data.

After that 1 GB of data is hit, speeds will be throttled. A more expensive plan for $60 per month includes the same unlimited music, voice, and messaging minutes. It gives slightly more full speed 3G data before throttling with 2.5 GB available. The more expensive plan also includes mobile hotspot tethering and unlimited 411 assistance.

Both wireless plans offer additional full speed 3G data at $1 per 50 MB used. The key differentiator between these RadioShack plans and buying directly from Cricket Wireless comes in music consumption. RadioShack is offering free unlimited music in the normal rate plans while unlimited music is a $10 monthly option directly from Cricket. Feature phone users can get a plan with unlimited messaging and unlimited 1x mobile data with 300 anytime voice minutes for $25 monthly or 1000 anytime minutes for $35 monthly.

[via Engadget]

The gift cards you’re seeing here are made available by Google for those of you looking to grab your kid, sibling, friend, or associate something simple and relatively free of commitment. Just like the iTunes gift cards that’ve been appearing in holiday gift cards for years now, the Google Play gift card line is set to be a giant force in holiday gift giving. In other words, Apple will be making a double-effort from now on to make sure they’ve got rack space above Google’s new offering.

These gift cards are able to purchase songs, movies, and TV shows instantly from the Google Play store online or through your Android-toting device. You can also purchase Android apps as well as eBooks galore from Google’s vast library of titles. These cards work to not only rent movies and TV shows, but to buy them as well – but purchases of TV shows and movies only work on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean devices so far – so watch out for that!

These cards are set to appear at the three retailers listed soon – they may already be in stores if you’re lucky! Google adds, once again, that “Google Play gift cards cannot be redeemed for Android app subscriptions, magazine subscriptions, or hardware and accessory purchases. Refer to the Google Play Gift Card Terms and Conditions for more details. Content subject to availability by country.” Remember that bit!

[via Google]

Both RadioShack and Target also have sales currently for the newest model on the market, the iPhone 4S, this also triggering analysts to suggest that Apple is cleaning stock for the 2012 generation. The iPhone 3GS, on the other hand, is still as free as it was when the iPhone 4S was released – though good luck to you on finding one in-stock anywhere online at the moment. The iPhone 5 (or The New iPhone, iPhone 4G, or whatever it will end up being called) will likely be popping up in October, the same month that last year’s iPhone 4S was announced and released.

In years past it was June that the new iPhone was released, both the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS being announced and released inside that month. The next-generation iPhone has been tipped to be coming with a profile that’s nearly identical to the current-generation iPhone 4/4S but with a 4-inch display instead along with 4G LTE and several other next-level additions. Have a peek at our iPhone 5 timeline below to see all there is to see on the iPhone 5 before it’s revealed for real!

It’s an 8AM local time release for several areas around the world including the USA, UK, Germany, Japan, and six other countries, all of them in the same 24 hour period. Sales of the new iPad will begin on March 16th (this Friday) in these countries and will be released to an additional 25 locations in the world in coming weeks. The base price for the least expensive model iPad in this new lineup is $499 for the 16GB Wi-fi-only model.

SImilar to last year’s sale of the iPad 2, customers can expect that though third party sales locations may run out of units inside the first day, official Apple stores will likely be stocked up enough to work with demand. Last year your humble narrator stood in line for several hours at the Mall of America in Minnesota to pick up an iPad 2 and found that even hours after the line was depleted, units did remain. That said, all mobile data connected units were sold out before the line was filled. Pick your unit carefully!

The 25 countries that will get the new iPad starting on the 23rd of March are thus: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. Online sales for these countries have no yet been confirmed.

The pre-order process through RadioShack, however, is bit a more complicated. The retailer requires shoppers to first purchase a $50 gift card that can be used towards picking up the new iPad or any other products in the store. If you simply show up to queue on March 16, you will not need to purchase the gift card. Pre-orders are not accepted online and must be made in-store.

Additionally, RadioShack is offering a Trade & Save program that lets shoppers get up to $350 for a used iPad 2 or $175 for the first generation iPad. Shoppers that purchase a new iPad or iPad 2 using a Shack Card also qualify for a $50 mail-in rebate, but that offer ends on March 31.

[via AppleInsider]

This past Sunday was also the final closing of the doors of Borders, one of Barnes & Noble’s biggest competitors. Whether or not this was due directly to the fact that they didn’t bring their A game to the eReader court or not is still up to debate. What Barnes & Noble has here is an expanding model that’s set to continue to grow through the future along with their physical book store chain which is suddenly, with the death of Borders, looking a lot more ubiquitous on the book buying circuit. RadioShack also has 4,675 stores in total in the USA and Mexico that it can add to the physical representation of the Nook.

Barnes & Noble’s OTHER competitors, Amazon.com, may well be bringing out another barrel of fire in the near future with an Android tablet that’s set to go up against the Nook Color directly. Word is that it’s possible this eReader / Android tablet hybrid will encompass the entirety of Amazon.com’s cloud computing efforts, this leaving Barnes & Noble perhaps looking to amp themselves up for the Nook Color 2 as well.

You can check our massive week-long review of the NOOKcolor back when it was one word here on SlashGear right this moment, have a look!
A Week with NOOKcolor: Hardware
A Week with NOOKcolor: Reading (aka Core Apps)
NOOKcolor Unboxing and Hands-on
NOOKcolor Demo
A Bit of Extra Clarity for Would-be Developers of NOOKcolor Apps
and of course A Week with NOOKcolor: 3rd Party Apps and Final Wrap-Up

Also you can have a look at our original Nook review from all the way back in 2009. Time to upgrade, all you readers of eBooks!

The deal offers all T-Mobile handsets for free with a qualifying 2-year contract. This includes the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, Samsung Gravity Smart, T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, and T-Mobile G2X. RadioShack is aiming to clear out all these handsets by September 14, so that its new partnership with Verizon would kick off the very next day.

The RadioShack and T-Mobile exclusive partnership went south after the carrier’s smartphones didn’t perform competitively, causing RadioShack a major slump in sales. Getting dropped by RadioShack, which has over 4,300 store nationwide, could hurt T-Mobile enough to make a stronger case for the merger with AT&T.

AT&T announced its plans to acquire T-Mobile for $39 billion back in March and has since been in the process of getting FCC approval. It faced a major road block yesterday with an antitrust filing by the US DOJ seeking to block the merger.

[via AndroidGuys]

The first IBM trumped the 8-bit processors the competition was toting with its then-monstrous 16-bit processor. It utilized a 160k floppy disk drive, had a monochrome adapter for a graphics card, it’s display showed green on black, and ran PC-DOS. This system PC-DOS was later to be known as MS-DOS of course once Microsoft had it licensed to 3rd party vendors. Memory inside this first IBM PC was fabulous at 40K ROM, 64K RAM expandable to 256K with the cost of each 64K being $495 USD.

The total cost of a full IMB PC at launch was $3,005, and in the entirety of 1981, exactly 671,537 units were sold. All of this is according to Michael Miller’s 20th anniversary post on PCMag back in 2001. This $3,005 unit included memory of 64,000 bytes, a single diskette drive and its own display. You could also buy a bare-bones unit for home use attached to an audio tape cassette player and a television set would sell for approximately $1,565.

C.B. Rogers, Jr., IBM vice president and group executive, General Business Group said of the IMB PC at launch:

“This is the computer for just about everyone who has ever wanted a personal system at the office, on the university campus, or at home. We believe its performance, reliability, and ease of use make it the most advanced, affordable personal computer in the marketplace.”

What a blockbuster! What was your first computer? Mine was certainly the lovely Macintosh Color Classic, a fully color console/display in one unit, starting with 4 MB memory and having a sweet Motorola 16 MHz processor running System 7.1 – Mac OS 7.6.1. Of course I quickly got wise in those days as to what having a Mac VS having a PC really meant – artwork and design OR games. By the time Diablo II came out I couldn’t stand it anymore – PC it certainly was. Were there any IBM components in my first PC? I haven’t a clue. Did I look like the little guy in the photo above? You bet!

All models of the iPhone 4 now continue to get the $30 discount, which in the previous promotion had dropped the 16GB iPhone 4 from $199 to $169. On top of this, if you trade-in an iPhone 3G or 3GS, you can get as much as $150 towards the iPhone 4 purchase, bringing down the 16GB iPhone price to only $19 and the 32GB model to $119.

This promotion will continue until August 20, which suggests that the iPhone 5 may be hitting in the second week of September after all. Some recent rumors have pegged the iPhone 5 for an October release, but with such aggressive promotions in the month of August, October looks to be too far out.

[via Electronista]

This isn’t the first time we’ve come in contact with the Ludacris in audio situation, the first time being WAY back in 2009 when Chris Davies interviewed the rapper / producer / actor as he sat beside Monster’s Noel Lee. At the time they’d been speaking about “possible” projects. Now we’re talking about Ludacris matching up with Soul Electronics, completely separate group, to create these lovely noise-canceling headphones in several color combinations.

The fact that Ludacris recently starred in the newest installment of the Fast and the Furious series of car-racing movies is not to be mistaken for the five-model-lineup this SOUL by Ludacris headphone extravaganza is turning into. The SL300s are only the tip of the iceberg, there’s still the High Definition On-Ear models SL150 and SL100, and the SL99 and SL49 High Definition In-Ear headphones to come! This entier line will and does contain pro-voiced sound technology with “advanced circutry and drivers” designed by a team of engineers who have also reportedly “developed some of the most notable acoustic breakthroughs in the audio industry.

Also note, since it’s the most awesome feature ever, all modes feature gold-plated connectors for seamless signal transfer. The SL300 models are now available nationwide at Apple.com, Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, Headphones.com, Brookstone, Buy.com, Bobizzo.com, AAFES, InMotion, MacMall, Microsoft Store, Huppin’s OneCall, Ovation and Vann’s and are going to run you approximately $299.

All the rumors are pointing to a September launch for the iPhone 5 giving roughly a month before the launch is the rumor is accurate. The price of the current iPhone 4 being reduced would make sense in the face of the new device coming. The Radio Shack screen shows the 8GB 3GS for $19.99, the iPhone 4 16GB at $169.99, and the iPhone 4 32GB at $269.99.

Target is also rumored to be cutting the prices of the smartphones and the cuts are very similar. Sources put Target’s iPhone 3GS at $19.99, the 16GB iPhone 4 at $149.99, and the 32GB iPhone 4 at $249.99. Obviously, the prices would be with a new contract. Another tip claims that you can trade in an iPhone 3GS you can get $100 off the iPhone 4 and than get another 5% off by paying with a Target credit card.

T-Mobile has already been lagging behind without a true 4G LTE network and without many of the most in-demand handsets. It’s also in the process of merging with AT&T, just pending the approval of federal regulators. Being dropped by RadioShack, which has over 4,300 stores nationwide, will certainly help AT&T’s case in acquiring the nation’s smallest of the four major carriers.

The deal with Verizon is considered a major win for RadioShack, who will now be able to offer several of the latest most cutting edge smartphones on the nation’s fastest 4G LTE network. The transition process will complete by September 14, when RadioShack will no longer carry T-Mobile phones and services. The very next day, RadioShack will begin offering Verizon products.

[via VentureBeat]

Originally, it was rumored that the HTC EVO 3D would arrive sometime around June 4th. But the latest photograph of what’s purportedly an upcoming RadioShack flyer suggests that the HTC EVO 3D will actually arrive for Sprint on June 24th. It also indicates that pre-orders will be taken up until Tuesday, June 21.

A previously leaked RadioShack flyer pegged the price tag for the HTC EVO 3D at $199 with a new two-year service agreement, and $499 without contract. You can take a look at our hands-on with the device back at CTIA Wireless Expo.

[via PocketNow]

The RadioShack ad shows that the HTC EVO 3D will be available for $199.99 with a new or upgraded two-year agreement along with a monthly $10 Premium Data plan. Without a contract, the device will cost $499. And to make the deal more enticing, they’re preloading the handset with a 3D version of The Green Hornet, so that you can enjoy a glasses-free 3D experience right off the bat.

Even without the 3D gimmickry, the HTC EVO 3D should be pretty awesome. It will have 4.3-inch glasses-free 3D screen with qHD resolution, an array of two 5-megapixel back cameras capable of 3D video and stills, a 1.3-megapixel front camera, and all running on a 1.2 GHz dual core Snapdragon processor. Make sure to check-out our hands-on with the device.

[via PocketNow]

Your money gets you a full 3.5-inch touchscreen interface wearing a new Sidekick UI, preloaded video call support, and of course a physical keyboard with dedicated emoticon and voice control keys, no less. Inside there’s Android 2.2 Froyo running on a a 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor.

The Sidekick 4G will be priced at $99.99 (with a $50 mail-in rebate) and a two-year agreement including unlimited data, or alternatively $149.99 with a qualifying plan including a limited data package, again for two years. For more on the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, check out our hands-on coverage including live video.

[via Android Community]

eBay has been much stricter with iPad 2 selling rules, only allowing Apple authorized resellers to list 50 items per week, and top-rated sellers four items per week. With the iPad, there were no limits for resellers, and eBay top sellers could list 8 items per week.

Apple has improved estimated shipping times, however, with new orders shipping in three to four weeks. They have also begun selling the iPad 2 at RadioShack.

[via Apple Insider]

During fresh phone February, RadioShack customers will get $50 off the purchase of a new phone when they trade in their existing device. The Inspire 4G has a 4.3″ touchscreen, Android 2.2, HTC Sense and access to AT&T’s HSPA+ network. It has an 8 MP camera and Dolby Mobile and SRS WOW HD surround sound. Not bad for $50.

[Via PhoneScoop]

To be eligible for the trade-in program the phone the user trades in must work, the case must not be broken, the screen can’t be cracked, and the phone can have no signs of water damage. If your device meets all those criteria, you can get $50 off a new device like the HTC EVO 4G or the Evo Shift 4G.

The phones that you can get the $50 credit towards will change and the EVO 4G and shift 4G are the devices from now until February 12. The event runs until March 5, but the devices available to choose from will change on the 12th.

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T-Mobile HSPA+ 4G mobile hotspot due Feb 2011
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If you have had your eye on a new Evo 4G smartphone and are a new customer or have an upgrade you can get the Evo 4G for $99 until December 25. To get that price you have to trade in any working cell phone and sign a new 2-year contract. The phone you trade doesn’t even need to be a smartphone, it just needs to work.

If the Evo 4G isn’t what you want you can also get the Samsung Captivate on AT&T for $49.99. If Windows Phone 7 is your thing, the LG Quantum is also $49.99. The iPhone 3GS is also being discounted to $49 along with the BlackBerry Torch. All new devices will also get a free Bluetooth headset with a qualifying 2-year mobile plan.

Via Android Community

Now remember, these are hand-picked by our staff, and almost certainly are the best deals you’re going to find on the products (or similar products) sold on Black Friday. If you’ve got any additions or suggestions you’d like to make, feel free to comment below and we’ll more than likely add them to the big lists. This list is centered around electronics, but isn’t limited to them, as we know you love accessories and wacky weirdness as well.

Online
One Year of Eye-Fi Premium [DISCOUNT REVEALED DAY OF]
StealthArmor full-body kits for $15 [$45 DISCOUNT]
$89 Kindle 2 for Amazon’s Black Friday sale
M&M’s All Orders Over $30 [20% OFF]
Clear Spot® 4G for $20 at Clear [SAVING $80]
17.3″ Sony VAIO VPCEC3AFX/BJ Core i5 Laptop w/1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD5650 & Blu-ray for $1,099.99 with free shipping at Sony Style [SAVING $100]
Vannen Artist Watches for HALF OFF at VannenWatches Online Store [SAVING $42]

In the Streets
Panasonic TC-P50U2 1080p 50-inch HDTV for $700 at Best Buy [SAVING $150]
Vizio XVT553SV 1080p 55-inch LCD HDTV for $1,498 at Sam’s Club [SAVING $149.99]
Sony 15.5″ VAIO Laptop with 3GB Memory, 320GB Hard Drive and Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor Blu-ray player and Karate Kid Blu-ray Disk for $499 at Best Buy [SAVING $239.97]
HP Pavilion p6624y with a quad-core AMD processor, 8GB of memory, and a 1TB hard drive with 23-inch monitor and wireless printer for $600 at Best Buy [NORMALLY $100 MORE WITH NO ACCESSORIES]
Olympus Stylus Tough-3000 for $150 at Staples [SAVING $60]
Magellan Maestro 3100 GPS Navigation System for $129.99 at Radio Shack [SAVING $85]
Klipsch Synergy III 8″ 2-Way Dual-Woofer Floorstanding Speaker for $222.99 at Best Buy [SAVING $160]
PlayStation 3 80GB with 15 Blu-ray movies for $499 at Wal-mart [SAVING $200] — NOTE, this is SATURDAY ONLY
10.1″ Acer Aspire AOD255-2331 netbook for $179.99 at RadioShack [SAVING $100]
Nintendo Wii Console (Black) w/ Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Remote Plus for $169.99 at Best Buy [SAVING $30]
Gowalla/Amazon.com $50 Gift Code for FREE at Hidden Locations (SCAVENGER HUNT) [SAVING 100%]
HTC HD7 for FREE at T-Mobile [SAVING $199] – WHEN YOU BUY ONE AT FULL PRICE W/2-YEAR CONTRACT

Now REMEMBER, as you go out (or stay at home, for that matter) on this day of massive buyings and sellings, be safe, and remember that NO DEAL is worth getting punched in the face over.

RadioShack has announced that it is adding the Samsung Focus to its line up for AT&T with a big 4-inch Super-AMOLED touch screen and a 5MP camera among other cool features for $199.99. The HTC HD7 is also being offered on T-Mobile with the device selling for $199.99 for new customers or $249.99 for upgrade customers.

The HD7 has a big 4.3-inch screen and an integrated kickstand. We reviewed this phone recently and we think you can find better Windows Phone 7 handsets, whether they will be on T-mobile is another question. RadioShack is also getting the LG Quantum for AT&T. The device has a 3.5-inch screen and a price of $179.99 for new or upgrade customers. It has a 3.5-inch screen, a 1GHz processor, 16GB of storage and a lot more.

The company has announced that it will be offering the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone with three different carriers in one place. The Shack will sell you the Samsung Epic for Sprint, the Vibrant for T-Mobile, and the Captivate on AT&T. All of the devices are one and the same.

We already know the specs for the Galaxy S with a super AMOLED screen racking in at 4-inches, a 1GHz CPU, and HD multimedia capability. RadioShack will be selling the device at 4000 stores across the country starting on August 31 with pre sales kicking off on August 13. The T-Mo offering will come with Avatar movie, The Sims 3 game, the Vibrant will come with a $50 RadioShack gift card by mail, and the Captivate, which is $50 more than the Vibrant, will get a $20 accessory credit immediately in store.

First and foremost, and probably the easiest way to do it, would be to get on your computer, head on over to Apple’s website, and get your pre-order on right then and there. You won’t have to worry about lines, crazy customers or employees, and you’re guaranteed delivery on its release date. So, again, no lines or general craziness. Though, you will have to sit at home and listen to all those people who got it before you, because they did brave those lines and what not. But, we’re sure you can handle it. You could also head into an Apple Store, but they’ll just put you at a computer, where you’ll pre-order it from Apple’s website. So, pick your poison.

Now, the other “direct” option would be to go into an AT&T shop and pre-order that way. However, here’s something to consider: you’ll have to pay the full amount for the iPhone 4 right then and there. Furthermore, you’re not guaranteed launch day arrival at all. In fact, some AT&T employees are reporting that you might even have to wait until June 25th, anyway. So, we’ll just go ahead and say it: probably not the way to go.

As for third party retailers, we’ll start from the bottom of the pile. Walmart is going to sell the iPhone 4 on June 24th, that much is a given. However, there doesn’t seem to be a clear, concise, confirmed approach to the whole pre-order business. Basically, no one knows. So, unless you absolutely need to be at Walmart at 5:30am tomorrow morning, we suggest if you’re going to go to a third party retailer, you head somewhere else.

RadioShack is offering up the same pre-order deal they were for Sprint’s EVO 4G. You’ll need to drop $50 right there on the spot to make sure that you get a launch day device, and that $50 will also come off the total price of the handset. RS is also throwing in an accessory credit, too, so you basically get a free gift for stopping into their stores. That’s awful nice of them. Some RadioShacks around the nation will be opening for launch day.

And finally, Best Buy. They’re doing the same deal as RadioShack more or less. You’ll need to put down $50, and you’ll be guaranteed a handset when it hits store shelves on June 24th. You’ll be able to enter some Best Buy locations early, as most will be opening their doors before normal opening hours to handle all the hustle and bustle. However, on pre-order day, stores won’t be opening early.

Now, for the last bit. Unfortunately, due to some leaked AT&T documentation, ModMyi is reporting that there won’t be any white iPhone 4′s available at launch. As the documentation states, the white version will be coming out “at a later date.” So, probably some time later in the Summer, if anything else. This could also mean that third party retailers, and even AT&T, aren’t getting the white version, but that Apple corporate stores may still be getting the lighter hued hardware. There’s quite a few of you out there who want the white one, so we’re wondering if the denial of that version would mean your purchase would get squashed. Let us know in the comments! As soon as we know more, like whether or not this rumor changes, we’ll be sure to let you know.

RadioShack has now announced that it will start taking pre-orders on the EVO 4G on May 14, which is today for those of you not keeping up. The handset will land in RadioShack stores on June 4. To pre-order the device users have to go into a store and buy a special $50 gift card.

That gift card is used towards the purchase price of the handset. When the card is purchased, the user also sets up a time to pick up the phone and get it activated for use. RadioShack has specially trained experts on the EVO 4G in its stores to teach buyers how to use the device.

Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt Meet in Palo Alto, Probably Not Talking About the Weather: Today, a tipster was walking around in the Town and Country Shopping Center in Palo Alto, and caught Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt shooting the breeze in front of Calafia. The tipster suggests that they heard Steve Jobs say: “They’re going to see it all eventually, so who cares how they get it.” And, “Let’s go discuss this somewhere more private.” We’re pretty sure we can determine what the two of them were talking about in that last bit, but the first part has us scratching our head. The tipster suggests they were talking about web content. Interesting, to say the least. We’ll just have to hope that this little meeting does in deed produce something we’d all be interested in seeing. [via Gizmodo]

RadioShack Wants to be Bought Out, They’re Eyeballing Best Buy: What could make one of the largest brick-and-mortar electronic stores on the planet better? Buying <em>another</em> electronics store, of course! Sure, RadioShack may not be nearly as big as Best Buy, but they do offer up cell phones for cheap with contracts, much like the yellow price-tag shop does, so maybe that means some more crazy things could come of a deal. <em>The New York Post</em> reported today that the Texas-based chain is poised to take some drastic actions, whether that means getting buddy-buddy with a deep-pocketed investor, or getting merged with another company. This is where Best Buy would come in. Of course, RadioShack spokespeople would not comment on the article from the <em>Post</em>, but if something is in the works, we’re sure that it won’t be too long before we hear more about it. [via The New York Post]

This is the Rotel (no, it’s not hotel pronounced by Scooby-Doo): Ever been in Germany, and you couldn’t find a place to save your life? And we don’t mean those one-room establishments, either. No, sometimes you want to live the life of luxury, and you want that luxury to go where you go. So, you’ll need to check out the Rotel Tours, where you and up to 23 others can roll around in a tour bus. But, when you need to sleep, there’s a capsule outfitted onto the bus lines, where it sleeps 26. (Because the tour guide and driver need to sleep, too.) The Rotel Tours bus lines have a small kitchen, as well as a toilet. But, what they don’t have, is a shower. So, bring lots of deodorant. And hope everyone else does, too. You can make trips in the Serengeti, all the way to Patagonia, because Rotel Tours has 3,400 beds trolling around the country side. [via Inhabitat]

Origin PC Makes a Monster PC, Might Make Your Electric Bill Become a Monser Too: So, NVIDIA officially unveiled their GeForce GTX 470 and 480 graphics cards today, which we covered right here, and they are definitely rolling in that Fermi goodness. The graphics cards will be made available for purchase on April 12, but if you want to go ahead and build a monster PC to go along with them, then this is where you need to be. Origin PC has managed to give you the option of installing single, dual, or triple SLI configurations of those graphics cards, along with a premium cost for an overclocked 4.4GHz Core i7-980X Extreme Edition CPU. Basically, considering the 250W it takes to run one GeForce GTX 480 graphics card, we’re hoping you have a small power plant in your backyard for when you fire this baby up. [via Engadget]

That’s considerably cheaper than the Archos 5 32GB which Amazon currently offer for $379.99.  Since the touchscreen PMP and web-surfing tablet has a microSD card slot, you could feasibly push in a 16GB card and take the internal storage up to 24GB should you be particularly keen on memory.

Otherwise the functionality is the same, which means you get WiFi b/g and pretty broad video/audio codec support, together with a WebKit-based browser and Bluetooth.  Although in its untampered form the Archos 5 only has access to the company’s own application store, a recent hack has added the regular Android Market together with the usual Google Android applications to the MID.

[via Android Community]

RadioShack announced today that the T-Mobile myTouch 3G is now available to purchase in its 4,000 retail stores. That means if your area has no T-Mobile location you can finally get your hands on the cool Android device without having to order online and wait for it to get to your door.

The thing I wonder about is why RadioShack is still referring to itself as RadioShack rather than The Shack since the name change is official. The corporate name is still RadioShack, but you would think they would want to get the new name out there rather than making announcements as RadioShack. Android fans in Puerto Rico can also get the myTouch 3G in RadioShack locations there as well.