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Apple iTV detailed by Best Buy
With telecom companies testing prototypes? 7 February 2012 10:05 GMT TweetThere is a saying that if you wish for something long enough it becomes true and that's probably what Best Buy is hoping for after it conducted a survey concerning the rumoured Apple iTV platform.
US tech site The Verge reported on a leak that...
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9 companies fighting to stay alive in 2012
FEATURE There will be trouble ahead 4 January 2012 10:00 GMT TweetWe love our gadgets, we all do, but as the competition continues to get tougher and tougher, companies have to make better and better gadgets to stay not just relevant, but in business.
Here are nine companies that are going to find 2012 tough....
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Best Buy UK to cease trading 15 January 2012: Closing down sale begins
US retailer shutting UK doors 28 November 2011 8:50 GMT TweetWe brought you news on the imminent closure of UK Best Buy at the beginning of November and now the company has posted a letter saying that Best Buy UK stores and website will close on 15 January 2012.
The UK venture was a teamup between Best...
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Pocket-lint Podcast #61
Xoom 2, Apple iTV, GTA V and more... 8 November 2011 15:22 GMT TweetA mixed bag is on the agenda in the Pocket-lint Podcast this week, as the team looks at the delights of Motorola's Xoom 2 duo of devices, and editor Chris Hall attempts to explain with 8.2-inches is better than 7.
Ian Morris puts forward an...
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Confirmed: Carphone Warehouse to close Best Buy stores in UK by year end
Not doing as well as hoped 7 November 2011 9:43 GMT TweetCarphone Warehouse is expected to announce that it will be closing its 11 Best Buy superstores in the UK, following disappointing performance since they first started opening in 2010. The delayed start - they were first planned for 2009 - can't have...
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Transfer swoop as Everton sign Best Buy
Official technology partner 30 August 2011 11:25 GMT TweetIt's hardly up there with Manchester City snapping up Samir Nasri or West Ham buying the brilliantly named Brian Montenegro, but Everton have pulled off a transfer deadline coup by making Best Buy its official technology partner.
The deal means...
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Best Buy Insignia TiVo TV is TiVo without the TiVo (box)
Too many TiVos in one heading, surely 1 August 2011 10:54 GMT TweetAs we have seen in the UK, with a tie-in with Virgin Media, TiVo has relatively recently altered its market strategy to include licensing its software and user interface to other manufacturers. And now Best Buy is the latest to join forces with the...
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Best Buy offer affordable wireless audio with Rocketfish
HANDS-ON Home cinema without the cables 27 June 2011 17:23 GMT TweetThe giant blue and yellow tech retailer that is Best Buy has a range of own brand products in the States under the name of Rocketfish doing a roaring trade. In fact, it's been going so well that the company has brought them over to its burgeoning fleet...
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How to beat the iPad 2 queues
FEATURE Where to bag yourself an iPad 2 25 March 2011 16:16 GMT TweetWhere can I get an iPad 2? That’s the question on more lips than any other as the latest Apple tablet hits the shelves. It’s a valid query. Ever since word came of higher than expected sales figures in the US, it’s been pretty clear...
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Angry Birds for PC free with Intel AppUp
In the UK through Currys 24 March 2011 14:00 GMT TweetBack in January we told you how Angry Birds had spread its wings and moved onto the big screen, courtesy of its inclusion in the Windows-based Intel AppUp Center.
The app originally cost £4.99, which is a little pricey for a game that retails...
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BlackBerry PlayBook US pre-orders open with iPad pricing
Arriving 19 April 22 March 2011 10:44 GMT TweetThe BlackBerry PlayBook has finally been given some official release details from Research in Motion - the long awaited 7-inch tablet is due to land on 19 April, with pre-orders through Best Buy open now.
And RIM has also met it's promise at...
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Royal Wedding mobile phone: Chavtastic handset ahoy
Nothing says true love like a £15 mobile 21 March 2011 14:25 GMT TweetIf you're a staunch royalist, a collector of royal memorabilia, or just a chav (possibly all three), then you may be interested in the Royal Wedding edition Alcatel One Touch mobile phone that the Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy will be flogging in...
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Sarah Harding goths up for HTC Incredible S launch
Exclusively available in The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy 4 March 2011 16:07 GMT TweetThe HTC Incredible S was launched in The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy yesterday, and normally-blonde Girls Aloud member Sarah Harding even went as far as to dye her hair black to match the handset.
Featuring in both the initial photoshoot...
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Motorola Xoom hits UK shops Q2 2011
3G and Wi-Fi models to land 17 February 2011 11:14 GMT TweetThe flagship Honeycomb device, the Motorola Xoom, will land in the UK in Q2 2011 in both 3G and Wi-Fi flavours.
Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy will be offering up the 3G and Wi-Fi option (and obviously the data contracts to go with it) whilst...
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Motorola Honeycomb tab to Xoom in 24 February?
Best Buy advert seems to confirm date and price 7 February 2011 12:11 GMT TweetCould we be less than 2 weeks away from the launch of 2011's most hotly anticipated tablet so far? No, not the iPad 2 - but the Motorola Xoom and all of its Honeycomb goodness.
According to a Best Buy print ad from the States we could well...
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