Best Buy’s Buy Back Program will let you trade in old tat for new hotness
January 4, 2011 No Comment
Best Buy ‘s crafty ploy for the new year has seemingly been uncovered by BGR ‘s tipsters. According to those knowledgeable sources (and the paperwork they’ve passed along), Best Buy intends to roll out a new Buy Back Program, which will guarantee a given trade-in value for your gadgets, depending on how old they are. Thus, any laptop, tablet, or smartphone you buy from the retailer will be tradeable for 50 percent of its original price within six months of purchase, 40 percent before the first year passes, 30 in the 12- to 18-month period, or 20 in the dying embers of a two-year ownership period. That’s pretty hefty depreciation and you’ll have to pay an up-front fee to get enrolled in the Program, but hey, if you upgrade like mad, maybe there’s some way to make this a financially appealing proposition for the consumer. Maybe… though probably not. Best Buy’s Buy Back Program will let you trade in old tat for new hotness originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Apple worth more than $300 billion, your first iPod barely pushing $20 on eBay
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Remember when Apple edged past Microsoft in the market capitalization game, way back in 2010? We were young and innocent, and AAPL was only trading at $249.99 a share. Fast forward seven months and Apple has left Microsoft in the dust, with a share price at $329.75 that puts the company’s market capitalization at more than $300 billion — making it one of only two companies worth that much in the stock market’s eyes. Naturally, market cap isn’t the only game afoot — Exxon Mobil still rules the top spot, and we can’t think of the last time oil did any hard work revolutionizing device UI — but it’s a pretty nice mark for a little Cupertino firm that would’ve been called the tech industry underdog just a decade ago. Apple worth more than $300 billion, your first iPod barely pushing $20 on eBay originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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DANIEL McLAUGHLIN in Budapest HUNGARY IS on the defensive just days into its six-month EU presidency, after Brussels queried its controversial “crisis taxes” and a tough new media law. Since taking power last spring, prime minister Viktor Orban and his ruling Fidesz party have used their two-thirds majority in parliament to place allies at the head of most key institutions, strip powers from the constitutional court and tinker with the constitution. They have also abolished an…
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If you even possess a landline, the phone itself is probably not as awesome looking as it could be. But don’t fear! Pioneer will help you change that. Available in Japan and Japan only, the TF-FN2000 is 2.4 GHz cordless phone that comes in red, black, or white. Featuring a backlit LCD for caller ID, voicemail, phone book, and more, this device really has us wishing we knew Japanese. In fact, we just might have to buy a language course or something. Get a closer look after the break. Continue reading Pioneer debuts new range of ‘future retro’ landlines, but only in Japan Pioneer debuts new range of ‘future retro’ landlines, but only in Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Greece plans a 12.5 km fence at its border with Turkey to prevent a wave of immigrants from flowing into the country, its public order ministry has said. Asian and African migrants increasingly use the northern Greece Evros border with Turkey to reach the EU, after the bloc stepped up surveillance at its sea borders and Spain and Italy signed repatriation deals with African countries. Last year, some 128,000 illegal immigrants crossed into Greece, more than 40,000 of them at the Evros border post, Christos Papoutsis, the citizen protection minister
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Monday's “Morning Joe” panel on MSNBC mocked the House Republicans' plan to vote to repeal President Obama's health care legislation in full. “Waste of time” and “meaningless legislative exercise” were some of the phrases used to describe the first announced GOP priority. “It's going to take them fifteen minutes, they're going to vote to repeal it, and the Senate's not going to do it,” explained co-host Joe Scarborough. “It is a meaningless legislative exercise, but you know what? The base will like it.” “Republicans in Washington are planning to waste some time. Is anyone surprised by that?” co-host Mika Brzezinski tersely introduced the segment in the 7 a.m. EDT news hour. Both Scarborough and Brzezinski sarcastically mocked the plan. “Good for them. Thank you,” Brzezinski spat. “You are big men,” she derided the House Republicans. “You so tough,” Scarborough chimed in, followed by Brzezinski making strange growling noises.
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The average child in the U.S. will have around seven medical imaging tests involving radiation by the time he or she reaches the age of 18, a new study suggests.
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Often when you hear minimum spec doom and gloom, it proves to be wildly inaccurate, or only part of the picture. This time, however, it’s worth a closer look. PC Magazine ‘s Sascha Segan is confidently citing the director of Enspert, a Korean consumer electronics company (which recently announced its own Android tablet), who claims that Honeycomb will require a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor. He’s also confident that Motorola’s tablet will be the first device to market with the new version of Android, and his other minimum specs line up with the idea of Honeycomb being initially a tablet-only release. Apparently 1280 x 720 is going to be the minimum resolution, with screen sizes “as small as” 7-inches, though it sounds like 10-inches could be the default. These specs seem to clearly leave out Galaxy Tab , along with anything else on the market or soon to arrive that doesn’t have a Tegra 2 chip. It also makes sense that the Galaxy Tab 2 is going to be using Tegra 2 — Samsung clearly won’t be deterred. And how about phones for Honeycomb? The picture is decidedly murkier, other than the fact that we could see a temporary splintering of the platform while tablets show off their new Honeycomb digs, with enough battery to back up that dual-core proc. Of course, dual-core handsets are right around the corner, so we doubt handsets will be without Honeycomb for long — Google should know which side its bread is buttered on. There’s also the possibility that this Enspert source is only talking tablets, and phones (which are required to push way fewer pixels, and have much stricter battery requirements) will get a pass on the dual-core requirement altogether. No matter what, you should settle in for a year of entertainment as Google continues to iterate its wildly successful operating system, and manufacturers strain to keep up. [Thanks, Jason] Honeycomb to require dual-core processor, initially tablet-only? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Fierce riots broke out in Cairo on Monday night during a third day of protests following a bomb attack that killed 21 Christians in Alexandria on New Year’s Day. (Jan. 3)
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The Ritedose Corporation has recalled some single-dose vials of Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution because an incorrect label could lead to a possible overdose.
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