Jul 11

HTC Status ships July 17th, currently in a pre-order relationship with AT&T

Posted in: att, BestBuy, gingerbread, HTC, phone, pre-order, smartphone, social networking, SocialNetworking, Today's Chili, video
HTC Status

Following the usual leak + wait-and-see saga, AT&T has today confirmed that it’ll be the exclusive home to one half of HTC’s Facebook-infused duo. The so-called Status will be making its way onto Ma Bell’s airwaves on July 17th, with eager social networkers able to get their pre-orders in today. It’ll sell for $49.99 on a two-year agreement, with that tally netting you a dedicated Facebook “Share” button that’ll allow photos / videos /websites to be instantly uploaded to your account. We’re also told that it’ll ship with Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) onboard, with an “enhanced version” of HTC’s Sense overlay. Other specs include a 5 megapixel camera (with autofocus and LED flash), a 2.6-inch touch panel, 480 x 320 screen resolution and capacitive navigation buttons. Oh, and if you’re uninterested in the hue you see about, Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile standalone stores will feature an exclusive mauve edition in due time. Fancy.

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HTC Status ships July 17th, currently in a pre-order relationship with AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 07

Toshiba Thrive in stock at Newegg and Amazon, is ready to ship free to your door

Posted in: 10-inch, Android, availability, BestBuy, dual-core, honeycomb, retail, slate, tablet, tablets, tegra 2, Tegra2, Today's Chili, Toshiba


You’ll need to wait until Sunday to get your hands on a Toshiba Thrive at Best Buy, but the Honeycomb slate is ready to head out Newegg’s door, with free shipping to boot. $430 nets you an 8GB tablet with two-day shipping, or you can add 30 bucks to get it overnight. That’s unlikely to mean tomorrow at this point, but if you play your cards right, you could be sliding through emails a la Swype before the weekend is out.

Update: Best Buy has confirmed that the Thrive will be available on July 10th, both in-store and online.

Update 2: Looks like it’s live on Amazon, too!

Toshiba Thrive in stock at Newegg and Amazon, is ready to ship free to your door originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 07

Toshiba Thrive in stock at Newegg, is ready to ship free to your door

Posted in: 10-inch, Android, availability, BestBuy, dual-core, honeycomb, retail, slate, tablet, tablets, tegra 2, Tegra2, Today's Chili, Toshiba


You’ll need to wait until Sunday to get your hands on a Toshiba Thrive at Best Buy, but the Honeycomb slate is ready to head out Newegg’s door, with free shipping to boot. $430 nets you an 8GB tablet with two-day shipping, or you can add 30 bucks to get it overnight. That’s unlikely to mean tomorrow at this point, but if you play your cards right, you could be sliding through emails a la Swype before the weekend is out.

Update: Best Buy has confirmed that the Thrive will be available on July 10th, both in-store and online.

Toshiba Thrive in stock at Newegg, is ready to ship free to your door originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 06

Redesigned Droid Bionic wants to fight you, shows up in leaked Best Buy ad

Posted in: 4G, ad, BestBuy, droid, lte, moto, motorola, Today's Chili, verizon

Motorola has sure been taking its sweet time with the Droid Bionic. But hey — better late than busted, right? We got some hands-on time with the LTE handset way back in January, only to get word in April that the device was going back into hiding while the company made “several enhancements.” Rumors about said improvements have popped up in the meantime, and the device has made an appearance on the FCC, but Motorola hasn’t done all that much talking about the upcoming smartphone. Looks like the handset may finally be getting its day in the sun — a newly-leaked Best Buy ad offers up some familiar specs and tough-talking advertising copy, as well as the enticing and vaguely threatening promise that the Bionic is “coming soon.” It’s worth noting that a Droid Bionic accessory page has been live at Best Buy since February, but sadly, not even this ad gets us closer to a cemented release date.

Redesigned Droid Bionic wants to fight you, shows up in leaked Best Buy ad originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 05

Toshiba Thrive tablet on display at Best Buy, possibly on sale too?

Posted in: Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, BestBuy, honeycomb, tegra 2, Tegra2, Today's Chili, Toshiba
Toshiba Thrive
Yes, what you’re looking at is a shackled Toshiba Thrive tablet out in the wild at Best Buy — not just waiting caged in a cardboard confine in some dreary stockroom. Though the device most likely won’t ship until July 10th, “Dandroid” over at Toshiba Thrive Forums is reporting that his local Austin, Texas location is evidently neglecting that memo. The store apparently has several 16GB and 32GB WiFi models ready to fly off the shelves for $480 and $580, but we won’t hold our breath until we see a proper YouTube unboxing. Still, it may be worth a detour on the way home if you’re feeling lucky or just can’t wait any longer to inspect those full-sized ports.

Toshiba Thrive tablet on display at Best Buy, possibly on sale too? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 04

HTC Flyer now includes stylus at Best Buy, you can hang on to your 80 bucks

Posted in: BestBuy, HTC, Today's Chili
Pinching pennies so you can buy the HTC Flyer and the optional $80 stylus? Give your thumb and index finger a rest for a while. Best Buy, which originally sold the Scribe digital pen as an additional accessory, is now including it with the tablet, free of charge. A quick look at the retailer’s online store shows the pair sitting side-by-side in perfect harmony, bundled in the same package for $499. This may not seal the deal for your indecisive mind, but at least now you’ll be able to draw moustaches on your ex’s Facebook pics without your wallet giving you dirty looks.

HTC Flyer now includes stylus at Best Buy, you can hang on to your 80 bucks originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 04

Toshiba Thrive WiFi tablet hitting Best Buy on July 10th?

Posted in: Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, BestBuy, exclusive, hands-on, honeycomb, leak, tegra 2, Tegra2, Today's Chili, Toshiba
Toshiba Thrive
Toshiba’s Thrive — the Honeycomb tablet that went so long without a name — has evidently snagged itself a July 10th street date, according to Best Buy’s inventory database. If you’ll recall, pre-orders for the 10.1-inch pad got underway June 13th, and though we’ve long been hearing it would go on sale July 10th, Toshiba has only been giving a loose ETA of mid-July. Our tipster’s informed us that their particular location’s received “quite a few” 16-giggers in-stock, and they’re just waiting to shine under the fluorescent showroom lights. So, it’ll still be about a week’s time until you can get your paws on one, but in the meantime, scoot past the break and you’ll find some Thrive packages in the flesh, er, cardboard.

[Thanks, Anonymous]

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Toshiba Thrive WiFi tablet hitting Best Buy on July 10th? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 30

Best Buy sucks at product recognition: Wireless Keyboard for TouchPad, iPad sold separately

Posted in: Apple, BestBuy, HP, ipad, keyboard, on sale, OnSale, Today's Chili, touchpad

Oh, really Best Buy –you don’t say? Too bad… that $69.99 price tag would be so much easier to swallow if you threw in the whole kit and kaboodle.

[Thanks, Kevin]

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Best Buy sucks at product recognition: Wireless Keyboard for TouchPad, iPad sold separately originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 27

HP TouchPad veers into stores early, flaunts its webOS moves (video)

Posted in: BestBuy, demo, e reader, e-book, e-books, e-readers, hewlett-packard, HewlettPackard, HP, palm, palm pre, PalmPre, slate, tablet, Today's Chili, touchpad, video, walmart, webos, wifi
Dying to get your hands on HP’s TouchPad before it’s available on July 1st? According to Pre Central, a visit to either Best Buy or Walmart may afford you the opportunity. During the past few days, the stores have apparently begun quietly displaying demo-loaded versions of the slate. The device went up for pre-order about a week ago, but for webOS hopefuls still contemplating whether to take the Palm-rooted plunge, a pre-release impression may not be a bad grab between socks and motor oil. Don’t feel like taking a trip to Wally World, you say? You’ll find a video overview past the break; although the box to the left has us wondering if now’s a good time for getting lucky…

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HP TouchPad veers into stores early, flaunts its webOS moves (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 24

Droid 3 headed to Best Buy on July 14th?

Posted in: BestBuy, droid, dual-core, DualCore, leak, motorola, Today's Chili, verizon, vzw

Red-eye alert, all ye Droid faithful! A leaked screenshot over at Droid Attic shows Motorola’s worst kept secret — the Droid 3 — supposedly hitting Best Buy’s shelves on July 14th. With all the unofficial leaks we’ve seen in the past few months, we have a pretty good idea of what this successor’s got running under its QWERTY slider. Favoring a dual-core OMAP 4430 processor, a rear-facing 8 megapixel cam capturing video at 1080p, and baked with latest Gingerbread update, this black block of does shouldn’t disappoint. Make note, VZW’s new plans go into effect one week prior to this, so if you’re clinging to that grandfathered plan, you can still pick this one up on-contract, and cross your toes it gets an LTE surprise.

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Droid 3 headed to Best Buy on July 14th? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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