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We already knew that US Cellular would be getting its hands on the Galaxy Note II alongside the four national players in the US, but the company just came out with specific pricing and general availability. The device will go for $300 (after $100 mail-in rebate and two-year commitment) and should be available in late October, though the carrier will open up its site for pre-orders starting today. If you’re considering just waiting it out until they’re in stores, pre-ordering the Note II comes with a perk: you won’t have to bother with the mail-in rebate. USCC only appears to be offering the 16GB titanium gray option, but we’ll still certainly take that over nothing at all. Check out the press release below.

Update: We just heard back from US Cellular that the full retail cost of the Note II will be $800.

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US Cellular will get Samsung Galaxy Note II in late October, will cost $300 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you are still rocking to one of those old school Belle-powered devices from Nokia, then you might be interested to hear that a YouTube Free app has been hanging around for your Nokia Belle smartphone. This particular YouTube app will enable you to sign in to your account, while you can still keep a keen eye out for any of the videos that you previously uploaded to YouTube. One thing though, whatever video you have captured on your Nokia Belle smartphone cannot be uploaded from this app itself.

Searching is easy as pie, all you need to do is select the empty search box located at the top, type in what you have in mind, and you’re good to go. Best to have a decent Wi-Fi connection go with this though. Apart from that, you are able to use the browse videos, favourites, subscriptions or playlist button to watch content to boot. To put it in a nutshell, this YouTube app is perfect for those who are just searching for videos and want to watch them. Which is your favorite YouTube viewing app on your Belle device?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Nokia Weather Widget on Symbian Belle, Nokia Weather Widget for Belle,

Typically, when a game console is nearing the end of its life, prices start to go down. It isn’t working out that way with a new PS3 that was unveiled this week at the Tokyo Game Show. The new version of the PS3 has a different design and is slimmer overall, but the cheapest of the new models will retail for $20 more than the current low-end model.

In the US, the new slimmed-down PS3 with 250 GB hard drive will sell for $270 (USD), while a version of the console with a 500 GB hard drive will cost $300. However, in Japan, prices are expected to remain the same as the current models. That said, the updated console does now include a bundled copy of Uncharted 3: Game of the Year Edition, and the base model’s hard drive is bigger than the current $250 model.

Sony says that the new console is 50% lighter and smaller than the original PS3 that landed in 2006. It also states that it’s about 25% smaller than the “slim” version unveiled in 2009. The 250GB version hits stores on September 25, while the 500 GB version of the console will go on sale on October 30 and will be available in Charcoal Black or Classic White, which is kind of an odd name, since there’s nothing classic about a white PS3.

[via Wired]

Anyone who’s been holding on to Yahoo shares through thick and thin is about to reap the rewards of that patience. As the company promised, it’s starting to sell back half its stake in Alibaba, closing the first stage of the deal with the equivalent of $7.6 billion in pure revenue. The struggling search and content firm ‘only’ pockets a net $4.3 billion after taxes and other overhead costs, but it won’t even see that much in its bank account: it’s purposefully sending $3.65 billion of that money to shareholders, both to inspire new confidence and (unofficially) to head off activist investors like Dan Loeb that might otherwise want a coup d’état. If share owners plan on using the second stage of the sale to fund a vacation to Maui, though, they’ll need to wait. Yahoo’s deal prevents it from selling half of its remaining 23 percent stake unless Alibaba files for an initial public offering, and there’s no guarantee that investors will see another dime of the proceeds.

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Looking to save some coin on your tech purchases? Of course you are! In this round-up, we’ll run down a list of the freshest frugal buys, hand-picked with the help of the folks at Slickdeals. You’ll want to act fast, though, as many of these offerings won’t stick around long.

Everyone loves to save some hard-earned cash when it comes to those tech spending sprees. In today’s batch of discounted tech links, Slickdeals offers up a bit of a gadget sampler. There’s a duo of keyboards, a wireless router, a VoIP phone system and a gigabit networking switch that are ready to get cozy at your place if you’re in the market. Don’t sweat the rebates this time around, though, as all of these links come with coupon codes. Head on past the break to see the full list.

Continue reading Slickdeals’ best in tech for September 19th: an ASUS wireless router, keyboards and more

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Slickdeals’ best in tech for September 19th: an ASUS wireless router, keyboards and more originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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