Best Buy’s Rocketfish brand is basically filled with rebranded electronics made by other companies. Now it looks like the company is preparing to launch a Rocketfish tablet, which the folks at CrunchGear note looks awfully similar to the HP Slate. But while the HP Slate will run either Windows 7 or WebOS… or maybe both, […]
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Best Buy Connect to offer CLEAR WiMAX 4G service
Last month Best Buy launched a new service called Best Buy Connect that lets users sign up for mobile broadband access at select stores across the US. At the time, Best Buy connect only offers 3G wireless plans, but now the company has announced plans to begin offering 4G WiMAX connectivity as well. Best Buy […]
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Best Buy to offer mobile broadband plan
Best Buy already offers a number of phones and laptop computers that are bundled with mobile broadband plans from Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T. Now it looks like Best Buy is preparing to offer its own wireless plan, allowing users to get online for prices ranging from $40 to $60 per month. Honestly, the plans […]
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Best Buy to offer notebooks with CLEAR WiMAX modules
CLEAR has announced a partnership with Best Buy which will make WiMAX capable laptops available at Best Buy locations across the US. The goal is to outfit every laptop with an Intel Core series processor that Best Buy sells with a 4G modem by the holiday season. The CLEAR press release only mentions a couple […]
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Best Buy to sell Viliv tablets, netbooks
Korean PC maker Viliv has a pretty wide range of portable computers including touchscreen tablets and convertible netbooks with touchscreens and full QWERTY keyboards. But they tend to be a little hard to come by if you happen to live in the US. Sure, you could always order one online, but if you’re the […]
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What exactly does your netbook warranty cover?
Like a lot of people, I kind of consider most netbook warranties to be unimportant. Sure, most netbooks comes with a limited protection plan good for somewhere between 30 days and a year. But I can’t imaging paying $70 or more to extend the protection on a laptop that I bought for $300. If you […]
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Nokia Booklet 3G gets temporary price cut to $200 + contract
For the next few weeks you’ll be able to pick up a Nokia Booklet 3G for $199.99 when you sign up for a 2-year data plan with AT&T. That’s $100 off the normal price for this 10 inch mini-laptop with an Intel Atom Z530 processor, GMA 500 graphics, and Windows 7 Starter Edition. The Booklet […]
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Crippled Asus Eee PC 1201HA goes on sale in the U.S. at Best Buy
It debuted in Italy and we’ve known for a while that the Asus Eee PC 1201HA would basically be a slightly beefed up 1101HA. Just over a month after its arrival in Europe, the 1201HA is now available in the U.S. Best Buy is the first retailer to get their hands on the 1201HA, and […]
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Laptop Mag’s subsidized netbook cheatsheet spells out contract costs
Laptop Magazine’s K.T. Bradford and I share an opinion on subsidized netbooks: we’re not big fans. We’re not really what most carriers would consider their target market, though. Those of you who don’t mind the contract commitment, though, may very well want to consider picking up one of these discounted machines. Hey, if you’re going […]
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Verizon, AT&T now offering 3G enabled Toshiba NB205
It looks like we can add the Toshiba NB205 to the growing list of netbooks that are available from US wireless carriers. While neither Verizon nor AT&T list the NB205 on their web sites, jkOnTheRun reports that Best Buy sent out a flyer this weekend advertising that you can get the mini-laptop at a discount […]