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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer shows at Best Buy for $400
Mar 31st
A listing for the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer has now shown up at electronics retailer Best Buy. While the device isn’t yet available for purchase or even pre-order, and no ship dates are shown, the price for the standard model is set at $ 400. The device was recently announced for the UK and Taiwan markets, so a US release should be just around the corner.
The Best Buy model has 1GB of RAM and a 16GB drive. Features common to all Transformers include the 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU, 10.1-inch, 1280×800 display and a five-megapixel rear camera and front-facing More >
Best Buy already testing TiVo-equipped televisions?
Mar 15th
Nearly a year after Best Buy first announced plans to build Insignia televisions equipped with TiVo software, the retailer may finally be testing upcoming products. A post on the unofficial TiVo Community Forum suggests that a new TiVo device, without DVR storage capabilities, has surfaced in access logs for a third-party game that works with networked TiVo systems.
The latest detail does not shed any additional light on specific features of the TVs, though the initial reports indicated the Insignia offerings will utilize TiVo’s non-DVR software and interface. Users will be able to access a variety of connected services that More >
Best Buy confirms iPad staff trials, says Xoom an option too
Mar 8th
Best Buy in comments on Monday at once confirmed and denied that it might be giving iPads to staff. It was testing out a Connected Store pilot that was giving tablets to staff to use at work but wasn’t limiting the experiment to the iPad. The project described to the WSJ included the Samsung Galaxy Tab among others, a spokesperson said.
They would be used to help employees as a whole but would be meant mostly to let customers get a better experience with a given device than they would with a demo unit chained to a table. It would mimic More >
Best Buy may give iPads to all sales staff
Mar 5th
A report has suggested that all Best Buy sales staff may receive iPads. Forbes received a tip from a source with knowledge of corporate mobile device deployments, who claims that an iPad roll-out for staff will happen for one of Americas top-ten retailers with around 1,100 stores. By deduction, it would appear that this could only mean Best Buy, which has also been an Apple Partner since the launch of the original iPad.
Best Buy already has 27 Connected World stores, where sales staff are already equipped with iPads, and some other mobile devices. It is possible that any move to More >