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RadioShack offers up $30 for your old Mobile Phone in April
RadioShack is currently running a campaign which will allow customers to trade in their old but working mobile devices for anywhere from $30 to $300 in immediate store credit to activate a new phone through their special Trade& Save promotion. Recent surveys suggest that more than 90 million adults above the age of 18 in the U.S have outdated technology that is left unused and unwanted in their houses.
On top of that, a reported one-third of mobile phone users are said to own unused phones and from that figure itself, more than half are said to own two or more. So if you are looking to purchase a mobile phone within the month and happen to be sitting in a fortress made of laptops and old Nokia or Motorola handsets, put them all in a sack (gently because they need to be working), throw it over your shoulder and head on down to the nearest RadioShack.
When is a phone not a phone? I suppose that seemingly paradoxical question is easily answered with the presence of the NoPhone. The NoPhone happens to be a successfully funded Kickstarter project, where it intends to be a smartphone substitute for folks who are unable to live without a smartphone.
It sports a similar form factor to the average smartphone out there today, but what it lacks would be that of a display, and everything else that makes a smartphone, well, a smartphone. In other words, this is but a slab of plastic, but it has its uses – such as letting thieves relieve you of your NoPhone as they think that this could be a newfangled device, where it is actually priced at at $12 a pop. The NoPhone has seen more than 2,000 units sold in time for the holidays, where orders placed by December 7th is tipped to arrive by December 25th.
We have awesome but expensive news for you on the Samsung Galaxy S3 front. If you’re looking for an unlocked version of the phone, you can apparently now purchase either the Pebble Blue or Marble White version of the phone from either Amazon or Expansys for $799 and $700 respectively. Prior to this article, we’ve seen a leaked image of the phone being sold on Amazon, but now apparently its official here in the States.
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Star Micronics has come up with another option to provide mobile users with a portable method of printing services. The funky-colored portable printer with the model number SM-T300 can be used outdoors for mobile purposes with most smartphones or tablets. While you might be having thoughts that it could allow you to print photos on the go, we unfortunately have to bring you back to earth by telling you what it is actually for. The company’s statement reads, “Basically, this product is for printing receipts and delivery slips. The battery lasts up to 11 hours, so you can use this printer for a long time.
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