Neowin News Feed for: Walmart

Microsoft goes shopping to prove value of Nokia Lumia 521

John Callaham — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:36:34 +0100

Microsoft team members go shopping to prove the value of the $149.99 Nokia Lumia 521 by comparing the phone to other devices they can get at the same price in the latest Windows Phone video Read more...

Windows Phone 8 smartphone Huawei W1 to be sold in the U.S.

John Callaham — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:00:39 +0100

Huawei has announced that its Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the Huawei W1, will finally go on sale officially in the U.S. later this month via Walmart's online store and in some of its retail stores. Read more...

Lumia 521 sells out again at HSN, Walmart

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:19:23 +0100

The newly launched Nokia Lumia 521 has now sold out twice over at HSN. It also became unavailable at Walmart only a few hours after launch where's it's selling for $129 unlocked. Read more...

Hard drives stolen from Vudu offices contained customer info

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:49:54 +0100

Streaming video service Vudu has sent an email to its customers admitting to a recent break in and theft at one of its offices. Items stolen included hard drives that contained private customer info. 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...

Walmart selling $49.99 Lumia 920 and free Lumia 820

John Callaham — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:12:51 +0000

Walmart is offering big price cuts for the just launched Nokia Lumia 920, which it it selling on its website for $49.99, as well as the Lumia 820 for free, both with a new two year contract. Read more...

iPad buyer in Wal-Mart receives a box of notepads

Paul Ferson — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:12:11 +0100

An iPad buyer was left disappointed in Texas after receiving an iPad box stuffed with notepads rather than Apple's tablet, leaving one very disappointed teenager on their birthday. Read more...

Walmart to no longer sell Amazon Kindle devices

John Callaham — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:28:50 +0100

Walmart will no longer sell any of Amazon's Kindle eReaders or tablets in its stores on on its website beyond what they already have in stock, including the newly announced Kindle Fire products. Read more...

Walmart (yes, Walmart) has its own search engine

John Callaham — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 19:34:06 +0100

Walmart announced this week that it has developed its own in-house online search engine, called Polaris, that will be used to power its Walmart.com retail website. Read more...

One thief acquires iPads worth $57,000

Paul Ferson — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:19:45 +0100

A thief operating in North Texas has managed to steal over one hundred iPad tablets, totalling up to a value of almost $60,000 without being caught. Read more...

Walmart to sell "The new iPad" at 12:01 am tonight

John Callaham — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:35:25 +0000

Some 24 hour Walmart stores will get a jump on the rest of the US by selling "The new iPad" from Apple at 12:01am tonight, nearly eight hours before other stores begin selling the tablet. Read more...

Walmart offers Lumia 710 for free on contract

John Callaham — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:14:09 +0000

Nokia's new Lumia 710 smartphone, which just launched a few days ago in the US via T-Mobile, is now being offered for free on Walmart's Let's Talk web site with a new two year contract. Read more...

Secret Kindle Fire price cuts hit Target and Walmart?

John Callaham — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:01:44 +0000

It's not supposed to be on sale but reports are that at least some Target and Walmart retail stores are selling the Kindle Fire for $123.38, well below its normal $199.99 price tag. Read more...

Black Friday sales ending; Cyber Monday sales starting

John Callaham — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:31:33 +0000

The Black Friday sales in retail stores are ending, but the online-only Cyber Monday sales have started ahead of time for a number of retailers, including Amazon and Best Buy. Read more...

Black Friday 2011: Walmart Xbox shoppers hit with pepper spray

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:50:00 +0000

Shoppers at a Walmart in the San Fernando Valley area of California were reportedly hit with pepper spray by someone in the crowd as they tried to get Xbox and Wii games and consoles. Read more...

Black Friday 2011: PC hardware and software deals

John Callaham — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:45:21 +0000

Today we try to find a number of good Black Friday 2011 sales that are centered on the PC hardware and software front, including some deals that are currently live Read more...

Pre-Black Friday deals on Xbox 360 consoles today

John Callaham — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:43:58 +0000

Two major retailers (Walmart and Best Buy) are offering some pre-Black Friday sales deals on Microsoft's Xbox 360 console with the Kinect controller included. These sales will end today. Read more...

Walmart Xbox 360 price drop an error but will be honored

John Callaham — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:53:47 +0100

An advertised $50 price drop at Walmart for a Xbox 360-Kinect bundle was in fact made in error but Walmart will honor the price cut anyway until next Monday. Read more...

Rumor: Xbox 360 4 GB with Kinect to get $50 price cut

John Callaham — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:58:50 +0100

An alleged newspaper flyer from Wal Mart claims that the 4G version of Microsoft's Xbox 360 console with the Kinect controller could be getting a price cut this weekend from $299 to $249. Read more...

Two stores get early jump on Nintendo 3DS price cut

John Callaham — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:00:23 +0100

Wal Mart and Target have started selling the Nintendo 3DS portable console for $170, well ahead of the official price cut date which is supposed to start on Friday. Read more...