Neowin News Feed for: Best buy

Lenovo Yoga 11S Windows 8 hybrid now available for pre-order

John Callaham — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:12:04 +0100

Microsoft has announced that the Lenovo Yoga 11S hybrid PC, running on Windows 8, will go on sale June 23 at Best Buy, with pre-orders for the device beginning today starting at $799. Read more...

Best Buy follows Yahoo's lead and cancels telecommuting

Christopher White — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:54:12 +0000

Best Buy is following Yahoo's lead in requiring users to show up to the office, thus eliminating the telecommuting option. Is this a sound business practice or a desperate move by the business? Read more...

Best Buy offers $100 discount on Windows 8 touch screen PCs

John Callaham — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:32:28 +0000

Best Buy will begin offering a $100 discount on all of the Windows 8 touchscreen PCs it sells for two weeks beginning Sunday in an effort to boost sales of those products. Read more...

128 GB Microsoft Surface Pro is fourth in tablet sales on Best Buy

John Callaham — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:39:18 +0000

Even though the 128 GB Microsoft Surface Pro tablet is in short supply at the moment, it still shows up in fourth place in online tablet sales on Best Buy's website. Read more...

Some Microsoft Stores may have Surface Pro 128 GB units Tuesday or Wednesday

John Callaham — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:15:51 +0000

A quick check of Microsoft Stores' retail locations indicated that the 128 GB version of the Surface Pro tablet is still unavailable but a new shipment may be coming in Tuesday or Wednesday. Read more...

Microsoft: More 128 GB Surface Pros in stores by Saturday

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:56:40 +0000

Panos Panay, the leader of the Surface tablet team, said during a Twitter chat that Microsoft will be shipping more units of the 128 GB version of the Surface Pro to select stores by Saturday. Read more...

Microsoft Surface Pro sales officially start in US and Canada

John Callaham — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 06:42:47 +0000

Microsoft is now officially selling the Surface Pro tablet in the US and Canada on the Microsoftstore.com site, while the NYC Best Buy Union Square store started selling the tablet as well. Read more...

Best Buy NYC at Union Square ignores blizzard; plans to sell Surface Pro at midnight

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:02:26 +0000

Despite a blizzard that will hit New York City today, the Best Buy store in the city's Union Square location still plans to sell Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet at midnight tonight as planned. Read more...

Microsoft Surface Pro now on display in some retail stores

John Callaham — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:04:35 +0000

The Windows 8 Pro version of Microsoft's Surface tablet has started to go on display in some US retail stores, with sales of the new device set to begin on February 9th. Read more...

Microsoft to hold low key Surface Pro launch event in NYC

John Callaham — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:05:43 +0000

Microsoft will hold a low key launch event for its upcoming Windows 8 Pro version of the Surface tablet on February 9th in New York City, the day before the tablet officially goes on sale. Read more...

Best Buy to start selling Surface online today; in some stores Sunday

John Callaham — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:41:19 +0000

Best Buy will begin to sell Microsoft's Surface tablet with Windows RT installed on its website beginning today and will sell the tablet in some of its retail stores Sunday. Read more...

Best Buy allows person to keep four iPads sent by mistake

John Callaham — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:06:27 +0000

In a tale of holiday cheer, Best Buy has allowed a person who bought one iPad from the retailer to keep four others sent to that person by mistake, perhaps to send to family, friends or a charity. Read more...

Best Buy: Supply issues have limited Windows 8 PC sales

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:23:03 +0000

An executive at Best Buy says that supply issues have limited the number of Windows 8 tablets and hybrid that the retailer can sell, but he also admitted to turning down other Windows 8 hybrids. Read more...

Windows 8 software and hardware Cyber Monday 2012 deals

John Callaham — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:39:10 +0000

There are quite a few Windows 8 related deals today for Cyber Monday 2012, and we have hit the Internet to find just a few of the software and hardware sales deals. Read more...

Shocker: Lots of people shopped online Thanksgiving Day

John Callaham — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:45:00 +0000

New data shows that Thanksgiving Day was a busy one for online retail stores, with one report claiming that traffic to retail websites increased by 71 percent compared to 2011. Read more...

Email to Nokia CEO about canceled Lumia 920 order gets results

John Callaham — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:10:03 +0000

A man who was frustrated about his Nokia Lumia 920 order getting canceled twice by Best Buy emailed Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and as a result he will get his phone, with "extras". Read more...

HTC's 8X could be $79 through Best Buy

Paul Ferson — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:32:44 +0000

It's not often you come across a brand new phone for good money, but HTC's 8X handsets could be as little as $79 through Best Buy and eBay (excluding the contract), which we'll admit is enticing. Read more...

There's a $29.99 Windows 8 upgrade for Black Friday 2012 ... sort of

John Callaham — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:57:00 +0000

Office Max's Black Friday 2012 ad reveals that it will sell the boxed upgrade copy of Windows 8 Pro for just $29.99 on that major shopping day, but there's a big catch. Read more...

"Allison Brown" will show you the power Windows 8 at retail outlets

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:42:40 +0100

Microsoft has created a fictional person, "Allison Brown", for hands-on demos of Windows 8 at retail stores, complete with made up emails, contacts and pictures. Read more...

Nokia Lumia 920 pre-orders sold out at Best Buy

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:43:01 +0100

Just a couple of days after going on sale, Nokia's Lumia 920 pre-order stock is sold out on Best Buy's website....although whispers claim that only a limited number of the handsets were available. Read more...