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Best Buy ramping up to take Sprint Hero preorders

by Chris Ziegler posted Sep 4th 2009 @ 9:17PM

If you've got $50 and a hankering for CDMA-powered Android, look no further than Best Buy Mobile where presales of the HTC Hero for Sprint have now been confirmed for a September 13 kickoff. It's hard to gauge how tight supply of these bad boys is going to be out of the gate, so realistically, this could go either way -- money well-spent or extraordinarily poorly-squandered -- but in any event, at least you're getting the Grant back in a few weeks' time when you see that $50 deduction on your receipt. Don't go squandering it on an extended service plan, alright?

[Thanks, Mark]

Nokia N85 pops up at Amazon for $556 unlocked

by Paul Miller posted Nov 30th 2008 @ 8:05PM

No matter how accustomed we should be by now, it's always jarring to see one of the Nokia N-series phones drop at some outlandish unsubsidized price -- if you think the $556 tag on this N85 is hefty, keep in mind that Amazon is claiming that's already been steeply discounted from an atmospheric $1,200 "list price." While the phone is available to "buy" right this second at Amazon.com, there's a 3 to 5 week ship time quoted, so there's no telling if this'll be the first spot to nab the hotly-anticipated, N96-besting AMOLED handset in the States -- though it might be the first to take your hard earned cash for such a purpose.

[Via OLED-Info]