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Galaxy Note 8 color deepsea blue finally comes to the US
From the moment I first saw the four colors of the Galaxy Note 8 lined up, the choice was obvious. “We want the blue one,” I told the video producer as we set up the shot for our hands-on video with the then-new device. Deepsea blue was the most compelling and lustrous of the four shades, which include maple gold …
Read More »5 early Best Buy Black Friday deals worth a look
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Enlarge Image You can get some of Best Buy’s Black Friday doorbuster deals right now — no door-busting …
Read More »As iPhone X launches, Google says Pixel 2 does more
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. He has better things to do with his hands than hold a phone. Google/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You can’t just sit there. If you have a phone to sell, especially a new one, you have to at least try and capture some attention. Even …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Well, cheeps, after what I consider a pretty solid run of deals these past few weeks, the well …
Read More »iPhone X’s new default ringtone is going to annoy
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Oh, the noises they’ll make. CNET I don’t know about you, but I’m all marimba’d out. The iPhone‘s default ringtone has been a part of “culture” for a long time. Irritating culture, that is. It seems, though, that iPhone X is going to …
Read More »Best Buy gives up, drops pricier iPhone X models
Best Buy has stopped selling the iPhone X at higher prices than Apple. When preorders began last week for the newest iPhone, Best Buy offered an “unactivated” version that cost $100 more than Apple’s pricing. The 64GB iPhone X model cost $1,099 from Best Buy versus $999 at Apple, while the 256GB model was $1,249 versus Apple’s $1,149 rate. The …
Read More »Microsoft presenter downloads Chrome after Edge fails
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. And so he decided to browse fast. screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET At what point does corporate loyalty break and honesty take over? I’m moved to finding the answer after viewing (a small portion of) a Microsoft presentation called “Datacenter Transformation. Migrating Apps, Workloads and Data …
Read More »I went to Best Buy to buy a Pixel 2 and it was strange
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image The home of sales objectivity? Best Buy When Google’s Pixel 2 and 2XL phones launched last week, I went to a Verizon store — Verizon has the exclusive deal on the new phones — and had an unsatisfying experience. The salesman seemed far …
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TCNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Enlarge Image It’s hard to tell from the photo, but the Pixma Pro-100 can crank out really big …
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