Tag: WAL-MART

The mad scramble to get on the iPhone 4 pre-order list has begun. But unless you have a solid game plan, you might get left in the cold. According to Engadget, the easiest and most reliable way to ensure you get an iPhone 4 on the June 24th launch day is by pre-ordering the device on either Apple or AT&T's Web site. (Apple kicked off pre-orders early this morning, shortly after midnight). ...

If you count yourself among the masses of consumers itching to get your hands on the new iPhone 4 this month, you won't have to wait in line at your local Apple or AT&T store. Instead, you can just mosey on down to Walmart. According to CNET, the retail giant has officially announced that it will begin selling the iPhone 4 on June 24, the day Apple's newest phone arrives at the public's ...

Years of top secret R&D and millions of dollars of military hardware has been thwarted -- by a $26 program you can buy on the Internet. Insurgents in Iraq have figured out how to use off the shelf software to intercept video feeds from unmanned drones, like the Predator, on the battlefield. Yesterday, Lt. Gen. David Deptula announced that this summer, American military personnel found ...

There seems to be a recurring theme here: person goes into store to buy expensive new electronic item, goes home, opens package and finds rocks instead. According to Tampa's WTSP-TV, Lake Wales, Florida resident Jodi Wykle's son got quite a birthday surprise when he ripped open the wrapping of his new Nintendo DS, only to find assorted rocks and a Chinese newspaper. Wykle immediately took the ...

Have no fear, shoppers. Text messages warning of imminent violent gang initiations at local Wal-Marts are a hoax. You shouldn't have any problems lugging out your newly purchased 36 rolls of toilet paper. Late last week, residents in Arkansas and other states received texts that purported to be from the police, reading, "Do not go to Wal-Mart tonight. Something bad could happen. Credible threat ...

If you thought the death of Circuit City would lead to even higher prices at Best Buy, you're obviously not considering the Bentonville powerhouse in your calculations. Since the downfall of one of America's most well-known electronics retailers, Best Buy has now refocused on rivaling Wal-Mart, who has done quite a lot over the past year or so to become a serious venue for buying new HDTVs. ...

It may sound like something out or a comic book, but a lawsuit out of West Virginia claims that Netflix and Wal-Mart executives held a secret dinner meeting and conspired to reduce competition in their respective fields. This evil meeting of the minds allegedly took place in 2005, and Netflix agreed to stay out of the DVD sales market if Wal-Mart steered clear of the DVD rental market. Agreeing ...

Oh, geez. Not this again. Just months after everyone involved with that virus-ridden Insignia frame finally cleaned things up, here comes two new reports that select frames could indeed be shipping from the factory with malware pre-installed. For starters, the 1.5-inch Mercury Digital Photo Keychain -- which is sold at Wal-Mart and other fine retailers -- seems to have some pretty nasty software ...

From the looks of our tip jar, the iPhone went on sale at Walmart today for $197 / $297, just as we expected. The plan is to attract consumers who don't shop at Best Buy, Apple, or AT&T stores, so basically Wally doesn't care about anyone reading this. We love you too, Wally. No crazy $99 4GB model or iPhone nano in sight, but maybe Phil's gonna blow us all away next week. (We doubt it.) ...

We've heard the rumors, but now it's official: Wal-Mart will soon be selling everyone's favorite touch screen-handset. Employees at several California-based stores confirmed to Bloomberg News that they were being trained to sell the iPhone. That would make the discount chain the 2nd major retailer to sell the handset -- Best Buy started offering Apple's phone in September. There is still no word ...

Two attempted shoplifters at a Kansas Wal-Mart shocked an employee with a Taser when he tried to bar them from leaving the store, Propeller learned today from Say What?. Amazingly, the employee -- with the help of a colleague -- managed to retain the two women until authorities arrived. While, according to Say What?, the women are being charged with both theft and battery, the assaulted ...

Look, we know you've been holding out for the iPhone to hit Wal-Mart before you pick it up, sandwiched between the fishing gear and row upon row of exercise videos -- and we don't blame you. You'll ride your shopping cart down the wide aisles like a chariot, and when you get home with the phone you'll dial up all your friends and let them know how much cheaper your iPhone was than theirs. What ...

Remember the days of watching big box retailers like a hawk to see if more shelf space was being given to Blu-ray or HD DVD? Yeah, epic times. Now, however, a new report is suggesting that Wal-Mart may be giving more of its packaged media space to Blu-ray Discs rather than music CDs. The reason? A 23-percent decline in CD sales during the first four weeks of Q4. Richard Greenfield, analyst with ...

Can't wait for Black Friday? Neither could two suspects in Virginia Beach. Reportedly, a crafty duo entered a local Wal-Mart late last week, with one placing a Samsung Blu-ray player in her cart while the other placed a DVD / VCR combo unit in his cart. Once that was complete, the two met in the pet section, swapped the unwanted DVD / VCR unit out for a Blu-ray deck and proceeded to checkout. ...

Well, now isn't this something? Best Buy has its fancy little iPhone 3G, but it'll be Wally World offering up the G1 outside of official T-Mobile outlets. As we'd heard yesterday, 550 Wal-Mart stores across the country will begin selling the Android-powered handset beginning tomorrow, and folks who opt to pick one up here versus a traditional T-Mob store will save $31.11. Yep -- according to ...