Tag archive: RadioShack

By now, you’ve taken stock of the best that Black Friday has to offer. It’s a technologist’s favorite holiday, when brand-name, top-of-the-line electronics suffer seriously slashed prices in exchange for devoted consumerism. But is it worth it? Not only have brick-and-mortar retailers felt the push of Cyber Monday sales, but some companies like Amazon and eBay are beating in-store retailers to the punch by opening for business Thanksgiving… Read More

One of the best smartphones on the market — the Motorola Atrix 4G — is now available at AT&T, as well as Radioshack, Amazon and Walmart, reports Engadget. But the price of the device changes depending on where you buy it. Here's the deal: AT&T is offering the Atrix for $199.99 with the signing of a new two-year contract. Amazon and Radioshack, on the other hand, will sell you the same exact phone for only $149.99 (also with a new… Read More

If you're interested in acquiring an iPhone 4 — and so far have managed to resist buying one — then RadioShack's current sale should be just the thing to win you over. From now until December 11, RadioShack is offering the iPhone 4 for $50 cheaper than its standard price for new AT&T customers and for current customers who are eligible for an upgrade. That means $150 for the 16GB model and $250 for the 32GB model.… Read More

True to rumors that have been circulating for a week now due to leaked ads, RadioShack on Thursday began offering the popular Acer Aspire One netbook for only $100 – with strings attached. Much as cell phone carriers heavily subsidize phones for signing contracts, RadioShack requires customers to enter into a two-year data plan subscription to fetch the deeply discounted price on the netbook. The specially prepared Aspire One has a… Read More

Cingular Wireless and consumer electronics specialty retailer RadioShack today announced that over 5,000 of the latter's stores would immediately begin carrying a full line of Cingular phones and services. This is in addition to 500 or so RadioShack outlets already offering products from the cellular provider. This 10-year agreement, which was announced several months ago, brings Cingular's full line of post-paid products and… Read More

RadioShack announced today that it plans to drop cell phone wireless operator Verizon in favor of a 10-year deal with Cingular Wireless and an 11-year renewal with Sprint PCS. RadioShack is the largest indirect distributor of wireless services in the United States, operating more than 7,000 retail outlets and 600 wireless kiosks. The long-term agreement may have as much (or more) to do with money than technology. Cingular technically… Read More