If you missed out on all the 2012 Super Bowl commercials, you didn’t miss much. That said, there were a few gems including technology ads from a number of companies including Best Buy, Samsung, GoDaddy, Teleflora and several other websites that jumped into the game this year. I’ve rounded up a collection of Super Bowl [...]
Should you order the phone today or wait until it’s actually out before buying? It’s a tempting device with a gorgeous 5.3 inch display, a digitized stylus, plenty of pre-loaded and free apps that support it, plus 4G LTE speeds.
AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy Note is one of the most intriguing devices of 2012 thus far as it sports both a massive 5.3-inch display and 4G LTE capabilities. Some refer to it as a phablet as its size and features make it sort of a tablet-phone hybrid. And we thought so highly of its uniqueness that [...]
When I recently heard a story from a Best Buy shopper I thought someone needed to give a “Come on man!” award (modelled after one of my favorite bits on ESPN’s NFL coverage where host Christ Carter calls out horrible plays or situations) to Best Buy for what they did to this poor Christmas shopper. [...]
One of the prices of success is that you have to keep investing in order to be successful. One of the downfalls is that if you don’t, you risk the gains you’ve made. Consumer electronics retail giant Best Buy may be running up against that as this holiday season comes to a conclusion. Best Buy [...]
If you’re like me you’d really rather not brave the last-minute shoppers this weekend as the Christmas buying frenzy reaches a peak. I love this time of year, but I hate what it does to people as they push through crowds on their way to get last-minute gifts for their family, and friends. That’s why [...]
Have you ever wanted Siri to help you shop for your loved ones? Well, it appears that that day has arrived as the personal assistant, found on Apple’s iPhone 4S, can now help you find products and deals at Best Buy. In fact, you can now browse the retailer’s entire product catalog which boasts somewhere [...]
The Galaxy Nexus has finally launched on Verizon Wireless after a long wait. This new flagship phone can now be purchased online and in stores, but if you want to find the best deals, you should explore purchasing the phone from a third-party seller. We’ve rounded up the best places to buy the Galaxy Nexus [...]
If you get a new gadget for the holidays, or any time of the year, there’s always a question of what to do with your old phone, game system, desktop, monitors and other random electronics. The easy answer is to recycle your gadgets, but finding the right place to recycle your gadgets can be a [...]
Following an incident of an incinerating iPhone aboard an Australian commercial jet, there now seems to be some electrical problems affecting third-party accessories sold by Mophie and Best Buy as well. The affected products are cases with a built-in extended battery into the shell of the case allowing users to use their iPhones or iPod [...]
We knew that Amazon’s $199 Android-powered tablet, the Kindle Fire, was selling well. After all, it has occupied the top spot at Amazon since before it was released and Amazon itself claimed that it sold more Kindle’s during this Black Friday than any Black Friday before it. And while we still don’t have official numbers, [...]
It appears that the BlackBerry PlayBook has gone the way of the HP TouchPad as stock on Best Buy’s website has dwindled into non-existence amidst reports that the retailer has begun canceling orders of those that placed orders for RIM’s tablet. Best Buy’s forums are currently rife with complaints from people who say that Best [...]
Ah, Cyber Monday, the sale day where you can sit in your home or office and score great deals and not have to worry about battling strangers or getting pepper sprayed over a $20 Blu-ray player. Best Buy had some of the best electronics deals going on Black Friday, and the same is true for [...]
It looks like Best Buy is jumping the gun on getting a landing page for the highly anticipated Galaxy Nexus smartphone for Verizon Wireless, which will come with 4G LTE support and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box. The Best Buy page lists the full retail price of the handset at a [...]
Best Buy is running a promotion for today and Cyber Monday in an effort to further sales brought in for Black Friday. If you’ve bought yourself a gift and still need accompanying accessories–whether those be video games, smartphone cases, tablet screen protectors–you can check out some of the Cyber Monday deals that Best Buy has. [...]
With the launch of the Kindle Fire, both through Amazon and Best Buy recently, it looks like Best Buy is discounting Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook. Various reports online show that the 16 GB model could be purchased at $199.99, the 32 GB model at $299.99 and the 64 GB model at a surprising $229.99, [...]
Black Friday deals and sales are starting earlier than ever this year. I’m not just talking about all of the early Black Friday deals you can find at retailers like Best Buy and Amazon, but about the actual Black Friday sales that are kicking off in the store as early as midnight on Black Friday. Normally, midnight deals are found online, [...]
In a twist of colors, the day after Thanksgiving, otherwise known as Black Friday, will see the launch of the white Samsung Stratosphere, a mid-range 4G LTE Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless at retailer Best Buy. The Stratosphere is the first–and thus far the only–Android smartphone on Verizon’s 4G network with a physical sliding keyboard. [...]
Earlier today I went to Best Buy (ETA: on the corner of 23rd and 6th Ave in NYC) with a friend of mine to buy a netbook. She wanted a new one and I offered her my expert advice. We found a Samsung model I liked for $249 on the website, looked up where it [...]
The Toshiba Portege z830 ultrabook I reviewed on Friday just got a lot more impressive. Toshiba has confirmed that this model, the Portege z835-P330, is a Best Buy exclusive with an impressive $899 price. This price makes it one of the first ultrabooks to deliver on the sub $1,000 price that Intel as hoping for. [...]
You might still be able to pick up a HP TouchPad at Best Buy or eBay or through some other method or off hand promotion. But if you were on that waiting list with HP it looks like you are out of luck. According to Neowin, users who signed up to be notified when HP [...]
Best Buy has announced that it will begin selling the HP TouchPad once again starting November 1st only this time there is a catch involved. The retailer will be offering up the webOS powered tablet for a cool $150 but in order to get a TouchPad, you’ll need to pick up an HP desktop or [...]
Earlier today, we saw two bits about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Nexus all but get confirmed. Its name and its 4G LTE capabilities. Both of those pieces of information came from Verizon Wireless’ Device Management. Well, that isn’t the only screenshot that Droid-Life was able to dig up. The Galaxy Nexus, which appears as the [...]
We had a feeling some new Motorola Xoom models were on their way and sure enough, one of them has popped up today. It’s just not a Motorola Xoom 2 model. Motorola and Best Buy have announced a tablet called the Motorola Xoom Family Edition, an exclusive to the retailer, and it’s going to be [...]
Now that iPhone 4S launch day is here, many of you are eager to find an iPhone 4S to purchase. If you aren’t waiting for your iPhone 4S to be delivered, your best bet to get one before the end of the month is to find one in stock at a local store. We have [...]
If you didn’t already order an iPhone 4S to be delivered on October 14, you will have to brave the lines in order to get one on launch day. Where you can go and get one? And what’s the best strategy for walking away with one in your hand next Friday? Apple Store The obvious [...]
For those of you that don’t want to put in a pre-order for a brand new iPhone 4S through Apple or AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, you’ll be happy to know that today, two big retailers have begun taking pre-orders for Apple’s latest iPhone. Best Buy and Radio Shack both announced that they are taking now [...]
If you haven’t ordered your iPhone 4S to be delivered next Friday, you still have time. I chose to stay up till the doors at the online Apple Store proverbially opened at 3AM on the East Coast. Sadly, the ordering experience was less than great. My previous three iPhone/iPad preorders went much better. This felt [...]
When Amazon announced the Kindle Fire tablet yesterday, it set the new bar for Android tablet prices. You see, Amazon’s tablet is going to be $199 without a contract effectively making the current slew of expensive Android tablets an ugly sight to consumers. So, how to make them more attractive? By lowering the price of [...]
Shortly after Amazon stuck fear into the hearts of tablet makers around the world, RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet saw a considerable price drop occur over at Best Buy. Yesterday, Amazon announced the Android-powered Kindle Fire tablet which will be priced at a modest $199 and in an apparent response, the PlayBook dropped down from $499 [...]
As Labor days has come and gone without a new iPhone for the first time in years, we begin to see a collection of new rumors relating to an iPhone 5 release date. We expect Apple to launch the iPhone 5 this in the near future, alongside iCloud and iOS 5, but there has yet [...]
The avalanche of Motorola Droid Bionic news continues as its release date has been confirmed for the billionth time and its on-contract pricing at Best Buy has also been confirmed. We’re pretty sure the Droid Bionic is going to be launching on September 8th, the evidence is just too strong, and Engadget has pulled a [...]
In addition to soon being available in white for Radio Shack, the HTC EVO 3D for Sprint’s Now Network may also be coming in purple at some point in the future as a Best Buy exclusive. The flagship smartphone is currently available in black, but once it gets a purple coating, the purple will be [...]
As we suspected, the iPhone 3GS has gone on sale at Best Buy for the low price of free. Now, I own an iPhone 3GS and I’ve loved it for the past two years but let me be very frank with those of you who might be tempted by this offer. Unless you’re absolutely desperate, [...]
The Motorola Droid Bionic launch is getting closers. This week the Motorola Droid Bionic makes an appearance in the Best Buy Mobile Phone Buyer’s Guide for September. We don’t have an official release date for the Motorola Droid Bionic, but the inclusion of the device alongside the majority of Verizon’s 4G LTE lineup solidifies the [...]
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These days whenever someone mentions the word “Tablet” visions of the iPad or something similar dance in their heads. Not that long ago a tablet was something quite different: a Windows-based slate computer. Since the rise of the new idea of the tablet there have been a few Tablet PCs trying for relevance in an [...]
