Today, while reporting its 2013 forth quarter results, the RadioShack announced plans to close 1,100 of its 4,000 stores in a bid to stem loses. The parts drawer. The RC toys. The various different types of solder and breadboards. RadioShack. It is quickly dying. Read More
These wonderfully nerdy items from a 1973 RadioShack catalog were precursors to our hyper-connected world of smartphones and social networking.
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Samsung’s latest phablet, the Galaxy Note 3, is all set to be released in the U.S. The first third party retailer to sweeten the deal is Radio Shack. It has announced that Galaxy Note 3 will be available from October 4th, the AT&T and Sprint versions of the phablet that is. Customers looking to save some money can trade in their old Galaxy Note devices. Radio Shack will knock off $175 for customers who bring in a Galaxy Note 2. Those who want to trade in the original Galaxy Note will receive $100 off their upgrade cost.
Both AT&T and Sprint have already announced the release date of Galaxy Note 3. The carriers will begin selling the phablet online and in their retail stores on October 4th. T-Mobile is also expected to begin shipping the Note 3 this week. Verizon, the largest U.S. carrier, is going to release the Galaxy Note 3 on October 10th. Carriers are also offering the Galaxy Gear smartwatch alongside the phablet, though its price is not being subsidized nor is it being offered in a bundle for a discounted price. Customers who have an old Galaxy Note lying around and are willing to upgrade to Samsung’s latest offering can consider Radio Shack’s offer, its the best any third party retailer is offering right now.
Radio Shack Offers Galaxy Note 3, Allows Trade In Of Old Note original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Staples and Radio Shack have decided to remove Amazon Lockers from their stores because they’ve realized that helping customers shop elsewhere isn’t a good idea. [Bloomberg]
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I was only a wee pup in 1989 so I totally don’t remember this ridiculously awesome Radio Shack “transportable” cellular phone. My first memory of cell phones were brick-sized, not car battery-sized like this one. But still! It was portable! You could use it in your car! I wonder if we’ll look back on the iPhone 5 in 20 years and laugh at how silly we once were for wanting a phone with a 4-inch touchscreen and aluminum case. [YouTube via BuzzFeed] More »
RadioShack might have had a difficult time keeping a lid on its partnership with Cricket, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t interested in the official news. Launching under the expected RadioShack No-Contract Wireless banner, the unfettered phone service includes lets shoppers pick either $25 or $35 plans for basic feature phones or, more importantly, some tempting $50 and $60 smartphone plans. On top of unlimited domestic voice and messaging, these last two rates offer a respective 1GB and 2.5GB of data before throttling kicks in, with hotspot support, international text messaging and visual voicemail reserved for the highest-end tier. You’ll find just two Huawei phones if you wander into a RadioShack store for the Wednesday launch: the $40 Pillar, a keyboard-touting basic phone, and a white-tinged, $150 Mercury Ice that iterates on the Android 2.3-toting Mercury only in the change of color. We’re promised two additional, unnamed phones before the end of the month, and smartphones on the No-Contract service will be the only Cricket devices shipping with 8GB microSDHC cards to feed that Muve Music habit. The nitty-gritty of the hardware and plans await after the break.
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Cricket and RadioShack confirm No-Contract Wireless, ship two Huawei phones to celebrate originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We’ve seen hints of them in the Google Play app and some pretty clear evidence of them in the wild, and now Google has finally officially announced the availability of Google Play gift cards. Those are available in $10, $25 and $50 denominations, and will be rolling out to Target, RadioShack and GameStop retail stores in the United States over the next few weeks (no word on availability outside the US just yet). According to Google, they’ll also be available on Walmart.com later this month, but not in Walmart stores for the time being. As you’d expect, the cards can be used to purchase anything on Google Play, including movies, music and books in addition to apps (or in-app items).
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Google Play gift cards officially announced, now rolling out to Target, RadioShack and GameStop originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Tired, perhaps, of juggling mainstream cellular carriers, RadioShack may be launching its own wireless branding. According to a tip we’ve received, the Shack is gearing up to launch RadioShack Mobile, a no-contract MVNO based on Cricket Wireless. A pair of leaked screenshots (above and after the break) seem to show a RadioShack Mobile-ready HTC One V listing and a snippet of an accompanying product page that promises low monthly rates without the shackles of a 2-year agreement. The Cricket connection? That can be found under the page’s “getting started” section, which lists an activation number that pipes into Cricket’s customer service line. Details on pricing and plans are scarce, but we’re being told that RadioShack Mobile is expected to mirror Cricket’s existing offerings, and may also offer the Huawei Mercury, the Huawei Pillar and a 4.3-inch Android device from Alcatel. We contacted RadioShack for a statement and were told that it couldn’t comment on rumors or speculation.
[Thanks, Anonymous]
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RadioShack Mobile leak suggests Cricket Wireless-based MVNO on the way originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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35 years ago today, at a press conference held inside New York City’s Warwick Hotel, Radio Shack unveiled in TRS-80 personal computer, Model I, arguably once of the most import gadgets to be born in the latter half of the 20th century. More »
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