Following in the footsteps of Best Buy, Wal-Mart has started a Valentine’s Day promotion in which they give away $50 gift cards with the purchase of select phones.
The deal is only available at brick-and-mortar Wal-Marts, however.
Furthermore, the iPhone, on all carriers, is excluded as are most of the better phones available from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile.
Finally, you can only take advantage of the deal if you are signing up for a new two-year contract or have an eligible renewal.
The deal ends on Valentine’s Day, this Tuesday.
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Verizon will bring the Xperia Play smartphone to the U.S. next week, May 26th.
Sony’s “PlayStation Phone” is an Android device that has slide-out gaming controls.
The device has been available in Europe for two months now but the American launch kept getting delayed.
Sony’s smartphone will come pre-loaded with Madden NFL 11, Bruce Lee Dragon Warrior, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, The Sims 3, Star Battalion, Crash Bandicoot, and Tetris.
The smartphone will cost $200 with 2-year contract.
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Verizon has said today that Samsung’s first LTE device, the Droid Charge, will be available on April 28th.
The Droid Charge runs Android 2.2, has a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen, a 1GHz processor, an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3MP front-side camera.
Samsung has pre-loaded Flash and the Samsung Media Hub, offering up movies and TV shows for rental or purchase.
Verizon says LTE users should have down speeds of 5-12Mbps and upload speeds of 2-5Mbps.
The Droid Charge will also feature mobile hotspot, allowing up to 10 devices to connect to the LTE. For now, Verizon is offering that feature for free.
Starting next week, the Charge will cost $300 with two-year contract, and it comes with free $25 credit to Samsung Media Hub.
