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Daily Tech: The Best Smartphone on Your Network
- Here are the best smartphones on the most popular carriers — Gizmodo
- Great gifts for those who aren't tech savvy — CrunchGear
- Find out what the cold weather can do to your phone — Popular Mechanics
- The ultimate DS and DSi gift guide — Kotaku
- T-Mobile offers $50 off handsets for Black Friday — The Boy Genius Report
- Submit your Cool Captures for your chance to win a CanvasPop print — GeekSugar
Daily Tech: The Second Gen Chumby Makes Its Debut
- Labeled the "Chumby One," the second gen Chumby costs $100 and includes a 3.5-touchscreen and handy widgets — Engadget
- Some iTunes links now open to a direct website called iTunes preview, so you can check out songs without opening the app — Apple Insider
- Best Buys' juicy Black Friday deals have leaked — Gizmodo
- Take a look at some classic Mario suits, and ones that he should sport in the future — Kotaku
- Dells Black Friday ad actually includes some decent laptop sales — CrunchGear
- Check out some gadget deals of the day — Lifehacker
Best Buy No Longer Just Selling Couch-Potato Electronics
When I hear my husband is headed to Best Buy, I get a bit nervous. My fears my be slightly allayed by the fact that select outlets of this electronics mecca will be selling my favorite fitness accessory that features a computer chip: heart rate monitors. Forty stores in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas will be selling HRMs as well as pedometers and gear for swimming, yoga, and Pilates enthusiasts.
Best Buy to Get Nokia's Booklet 3G on Nov. 15
The wait is almost over for Nokia's mini laptop — the Booklet 3G. With features like Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, a 10.1-inch display, Windows 7, and 12-hour battery life, this tiny yet tech-filled netbook has been inching its way to the top of many holiday wish lists this year.
Well now you can really start saving up your pennies, but it's just been announced that the Booklet 3G will be coming to Best Buy stores on Nov.
Daily Tech: Nokia Booklet 3G Only Coming to Best Buy
- The only retailer in the US to get the 10-inch Nokia netbook will be Best Buy — Gizmodo
- Google Mobile now remembers what you've searched on your desktop and displays starred map locations — Lifehacker
- Sony is planning on releasing Blu-ray movie titles, which can only be watched on PSPs — Kotaku
- Tomorrow's Martha Stewart show will be entirely dedicated to talking about Twitter and live-blogging — Switched
- Sony's PSP Go hits store shelves today for $250 — Engadget
- It's giveaway and game time on GeekSugar! Be sure to log in and play our Best Video Game Ever bracket! — GeekSugar
Companies Turning to Twitter to Answer Customer Inquiries
We've already heard of instances where customers turn to Twitter to air their grievances about a particular company. Now Hyatt and Best Buy are trying to make it that much easier for their customers to contact them with questions or concerns thanks to their new Twitter services: Twelpforce and HyattConcierge.
With Twelpforce, Best Buy is hoping that its hundreds of employees will handle tech-related issues and customer service questions.
Daily Tech: "Interplanetary Internet" Means Tweets From Space
- "Interplanetary Internet" will allow astronauts to tweet from outer space — Discover
- Netflix has announced it will stream movies to Sony Bravia TVs. — Business Week
- Best Buy and TiVo are teaming up. — NYT
- Could social networking sites can reveal your social security number?
Best Buy Kicks Off $10 Video Game Sale
Just in case you didn't get the memo, Best Buy has a sweet deal happening right now where sixty-six video game titles are on sale for $9.99 each. There's a variety of games for PCs, the Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and the Wii. My advice: If you were waiting to pick up Rock Band or any Sing Star games, now's a good time to scoop one up.
Have You Ever Been Refused a "Price Match Guarantee"?
Best Buy has been in some hot water with customers lately after news that their employees have been refusing to follow through with the company's price matching policy. Obviously, everyone wants to get the best price possible for an item (especially if it's a pricey LCD TV you've splurged on to prepare for the DTV transition), and most companies have a price matching policy in place to keep customers coming back.
The report — published by HDGuru.com — showed that in three separate Best Buy stores, employees refused to honor their price matching guarantee by quoting a bogus rule sent down from management.
Do You Buy Used Video Games?
Kotaku heard a rumor that Best Buy is flirting with the idea of selling used video games in their store, to which I say: woohoo!
Supposedly, the chain will try it out in a few stores as a test, and assuming that all goes well, you may have another outlet to buy used video games from.
Personally, I tend to buy games new by virtue of the fact that I need them immediately, as soon as they come out.
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