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GameStop has announced that it is now ready to take pre-orders for the Google Nexus 7 Android tablet. The company has been selling Android tablets and other gadgets for a while now. With the Nexus 7 tablet being unveiled this week, there’s a lot of anticipation centering on the new Google offering. The tablet will be the first to feature Android Jelly Bean, and it will launch mid-July.

The retail price of the tablet will be $249 and starting today; GameStop is taking pre-orders on the tablet at all of its US locations. The best part about pre-ordering the tablet with GameStop is that the company is giving you a 30% trade bonus on all items you trade-in towards the pre-order of the Nexus 7. That extra 30% on trade is good for video game hardware, software, and accessories as well as any eligible Apple gadgets and Android tablets.

Giving you extra money for the stuff you might want to trade towards the new $250 Android tablet should make GameStop one of the better places to pre-order. Trade values will depend on what device you’re trading in and the condition of the trade device. Android tablets are bringing up to $250 of in-store credit.

GameStop announces Google Nexus 7 tablet pre-orders is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The Xbox 360 pilot program’s breaking out of its Microsoft Store-only confines and heading to more ubiquitous electronics retailers Best Buy and GameStop starting today. If you’ll remember, Redmond intro’d this subsidized plan last month, giving prospective buyers within reach of one of its 16 participating locations the ability to purchase a 4GB version of the console for $99 with a two-year commitment. In exchange for those contract chains, gamers forking over the $15 monthly fee not only get the privilege of owning the console at a discounted, upfront cost, but also Gold level membership to Xbox Live. We’d caution you to think twice and do some hard math before you hand over the plastic, though. Tempting as that low-price barrier to entry is — in total, a $460 value — you might be better off grabbing this console outright at $420 or less.

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 $99 on-contract deal expands to Best Buy, Gamestop originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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