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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.
Samsung's Instinct Will Cost You a Pretty Penny at Best Buy
One of Samsung's most popular handsets, the Instinct, will soon be coming to Best Buy — in the pink version. Sweet, right? The only catch is it will cost $599, which is insane in my opinion.
Daily Tech: Best Buy Mobile Puts the iPhone 3G On Sale
- Starting today and running until Saturday Jan. 3, Best Buy Mobile will be offering the 8GB iPhone 3G for $189.99 and the 16GB version for $289.99. — The Boy Genius Report
- Despite hearing rumblings that BlackBerry Storm is not fairing well with customers, Verizon states that the Storm has been its top-selling handset of the past month.
Daily Tech: The Latest Mac OS X Is Now Available For Download
- Apple has just released its latest OS X update — 10.5.6, which offers many improvements and fixes. — Gizmodo
- Here's a pretty sweet deal from Best Buy. If you purchase a second-generation iPod Touch (8GB), you'll get a $50 gift card in return.
Genius or Bogus: Gift Cards That Double as Speakers/Camera
I'm one of the few who thinks there's nothing wrong with giving a gift card (especially because I love to get gift cards). If you have some reservations about them being boring gifts, then you may reconsider — Target is introducing gift cards that double as mini digital cameras, while Best Buy will have gift cards that are also speakers!
With such fun stuff built into the gift cards, you may not want to redeem them.
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