Canadian wireless carrier Rogers announced it will sell a Compaq netbook for $300 with a two-year service plan. The announcement comes just days after Sprint Nextel debuted almost the exact same machine for 99 cents with a two-year contract. The actions yet again highlight the nascent but potentially explosive market for scaled-down laptops. Rogers said the HP Mini 110 netbook will be available ex...

Sprint has teamed up with mega-retailer Best Buy to sell a Compaq Mini 110c-1040DX Netbook for a buck, with a two-year service contract, reports C/Net. Best Buy will also sell the same Netbook for Verizon Wireless and AT&T for $199.99 with a two-year contract. Without any service contract, the Netbook costs $389.99, according to Best Buy’s

Oh say can you see that netbook prices are dropping down next to nothing.  Best Buy is now offering embedded a Mobile Broadband netbook "in store only"  for 99 cents with a Sprint contract, $199 for AT&T/Verizon or without a contract for $389.99.  A free netbook, definitely qualifies for deal of the week with such a deep discount at the beginning of the contract. Please note tha...

Section: Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Smartphones Starting October 11, the HTC Hero on Sprint will be available in all Best Buy stores for purchase.  Normally, it sells for $179.99 plus a $100 rebate, however, Best Buy Mobile will be selling the phone for just $179.99 on a two year contract, taking care of the $100 rebate themselves.  A nice thing about purchasing cell...

Image © Verizon WirelessThe major contract-based cell phone carriers are AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. In the U.S., the standard penalty for breaking a cell phone service contract has been in the range of $150 to $200. While signing a contract will typically lower the cost of the cell phone you buy, the design of the cancellation fee is to keep you with the carrier and dem...

In the nascent but burgeoning netbook game, Sprint Nextel appears to have upped the ante by offering what is essentially a free netbook--bundled with a two-year service contract, naturally. The offer is the latest salvo by a Tier 1 operator struggling to test the market for mini laptops with steep subsidies. The deal, teased on Best Buy's website, is only available at participating Best Buy r...

AT&T is more aggressively pushing its subsidized netbook offerings for small businesses, and regional carrier Cellular South is hinting it will jump into the netbook game. AT&T and its computer retail partner CDW, which targets business and government markets, are offering Acer and HP netbooks models for $199 to small businesses. The offer requires a two-year contract for AT&am...

Sprint’s BlackBerry Tour is now available on Best Buy Mobile’s web site for $199.99 making this the lowest post-contract price for the recently released device. Best Buy Mobile does not hassle customers with rebates and offers the lowest price possible upfront for new customers or contract extensions. As an example, Sprint Retail Stores, Sprint.com, & Telesales

The LG LX290 is a new basic cell phone for Sprint, which offers "compact and sleek productivity" at a laughable price of $29.99 on contract after rebates. Yes, for that amount you'll get AGPS support, as well as other features, such as: 1.3Mpix camera; instant messaging capability; AGPS; Sprint Navigation; 320 x 240 display; 2.5mm audio jack The phone is available now....

Just as we'd heard earlier this morning, today's the day that Palm and Sprint come clean with their undercover plans for the former's second-ever webOS device. The Pixi, which we toyed with back on our first Engadget Show, is slated to hit Sprint stores, Best Buy, RadioShack and select Walmart locations on November 15th for $99.99, but that's after a $50 instant rebate and a $1...