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liliputing.com - 12/9/2008

AT&T and Radio Shack to offer $100 Acer Aspire One?

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Want to know how to make a cheap notebook even cheaper? Bundle it with a 3G broadband modem and get a wireless provider to subsidize the price you pay up front for the computer. European and Asian mobile carriers have been offering discounted netbooks like the Acer Aspire One and Asus Eee PC for ...

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engadget.com - 12/9/2008

Contract-laden 3G Acer Aspire One hitting US at just $99?

— engadget.com — These days most people wouldn't think of buying a new phone without getting a couple hundies off... in exchange for their wireless free will. But netbooks? Internationally such deals aren't altogether uncommon, but we haven't seen one here yet. That ... (more) Contract-laden 3G Acer Aspire One hitting US at just $99?

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gadgets.boingboing.net - 12/8/2008

The Radio Shack Catalog archive

— gadgets.boingboing.net — While it might be hard to imagine a modern day Radio Shack fanatic, it's considerably less difficult... to empathize with the person behind "Radio Shack Catalogs (dot com), an archive of catalogs that is trying to collect every single leaflet distributed ... (more) The Radio Shack Catalog archive

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radioshackcatalogs.com - 12/8/2008

Radio Shack Catalogs

— radioshackcatalogs.com — What is RadioShackCatalogs.com? This website is dedicated to America's technology store... RadioShack. For almost 65 years RadioShack... has produced a catalog to rival no other electronics and technology company. Through the years, this catalog expanded ... (more) Radio Shack Catalogs

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First 3G Netbook on 2 year cellular contract: $100 for the machine, $1,440 for the plan
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... plan. At first, I thought this was standard "recommended retail price" waffle until I remembered that the cellular industry has manufacturers charge artificially high prices for "unlocked" devices. Perhaps if netbooks are suborned to a contract-driven sales model, we will end up paying that much for them if we opt out. I prefer the idea of a cellular pocket hotspot, with its own battery, that I can use with any computer I happen to have with me. AT&T; and Radio Shack to offer $100 Acer Aspire One? [Lilliputing]

RadioShack's $100 NetBook Costs $1,500 Over Two Years
Wired: Gadget Lab — RadioShack is advertising a $100 netbook that, according to the fine print, will cost 15 times that amount over two years. That's because in order to purchase an 8.9-inch Acer Aspire One netbook for $100, you have to commit to a 2-year broadband plan with AT&T. The plan costs $60 a month, which comes out to paying $1,540 over two years. Engadget discovered the promotion in a RadioShack ad. Dell and HP are offering similar broadband deals with some of their netbooks as well for about the same rates. Kind of blurs the line between ...