After finally getting my Samsung Galaxy S6 from Best Buy, I found that the Auto Rotate did not work on the phone. I spent 2 full days trying to figure out if this was a glitch in the hardware, Android ...
Read More »Why I Pre-Ordered The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
You may have noticed that when the details of the S6 first came out March 1, I quickly announced that I was not going to be upgrading to it. After reading the full feature details, and playing with one at ...
Read More »Best Buy Not Ready For Prime Time For Samsung Galaxy S6
After proclaiming that I would’t be getting the new Samsung Galaxy S6 only 25 days ago, I’ve already changed my mind after finding out that Samsung claims the internal battery should last 23 hours. If true, that would almost eliminate the ...
Read More »Samsung Opens Micro Stores Inside Best Buy
As you can see below, my local Best Buy store in Los Angeles now has a micro Samsung store inside. Basically, it’s a rip-off, I mean, a copy of what Apple already has in most Best Buy stores. Apparently, Samsung ...
Read More »Free Napster from Best Buy
Perhaps I’m the last person on the Internet to realize that Napster was bought by Best Buy back in 2008. I thought they went out of business back then but apparently, it’s been slowly building their new business. Gone are ...
Read More »Best Buy at Vegas Airport
People are pretty used to a lot of vending machines, including the Redbox that rents out DVDs. A new one I saw at the Las Vegas airport was a Best Buy vending machine chock full of nice gadgets, including iPhones, ...
Read More »Sony PS3 “Move” Demo at Best Buy
At last year’s E3, Sony showed a demo of their motion control device, to compete with the Wii and Microsoft’s rumored motion control device (also shown at E3 last year). Well, a whole year has gone by and at this ...
Read More »Best Buy Inventory System Fail – Part 2
The last time I complained about Best Buy, their website inventory system told me they had the item for pickup, then it turned out they didn’t, then they did. So when I needed a new large screen LCD HDTV, this ...
Read More »Buying a 2.5mm to 3.5mm Adapter – Part 2
You may recall that I had a heck of a time getting an adapter for my LG EnV2 from Best Buy. Well, unfortunately for me, after only 24 hours of use, the adapter started to make scratching noises. It got ...
Read More »How to Hack Best Buy’s Inventory Bug
As you may know, I downgraded to the LG EnV2 because I hated the touchscreen on the Voyager. In any case, the headphone jack on the EnV2 (and probably all LG) is 2.5mm, and not the 3.5mm for normal headsets. ...
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