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[clav]

Could be a price error.

Inventory Checker:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemp...contract_desc=2+YEARS+NEW&pageMode=searchmode

Online Link:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HTC+-+F...hite/2390524.p?id=1218332598563&skuId=2390524

Specs:

• Android 2.3 Gingerbread
• 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
• 7-inch capacitive multi-touch sensitive TFT screen with 1024 X 600 resolution
• 1 GB of RAM , 16 GB of internal storage and Micro SD memory card support
• 5 megapixel camera with auto focus on back side and front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera
• Audio Playback: aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9) For Recording; .amr, .aac
• Video Playback: 3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3), .xvid (MP4 ASP and MP3) For Recording; .3gp
• Battery Capacity 4000 mAh Standby time up to 8 to 14 hours Video Playback up to 4 hours
• Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP for wireless stereo headsets,Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, 3.5 mm stereo audio jack, micro USB 2.0
• Internal GPS antenna with navigation system
• GPS Sensors, Ambient light sensor, G-Sensor Digital compass, Accelerometer
• Dimensions (LxWxT): 195.4 x 122 x 13.2 mm
• Weight: Around 415 grams with battery

 

[Lexxon]

Very, very YMMV. People were able to order online up until 20 minutes ago or so, I got one in but expect it to get cancelled. Not sure if it's due to stock or the price, though.

They were supposed to lower the price to $299 today--my guess is they both lowered the price AND added the $200 savings by mistake.

 

[clav]

Yeah, I woke up in the middle of the night seeing this on SlickDeals.

I don't know if it's legit, but it's on the frontpage.

Is it really sold out? Seems like people ordered in batches as in more than 1.

 

[MIMIC]

Is this one better than the HP one? The impulse buyer in me wants one.

 

[clav]

Apparently people were able to place an order using the mobile version of the site.

WTF that sucks.

All right I'm going back to bed.

We'll see if anything is different when I wake up in some hours.

Very, very YMMV. People were able to order online up until 20 minutes ago or so, I got one in but expect it to get cancelled. Not sure if it's due to stock or the price, though.

They were supposed to lower the price to $299 today--my guess is they both lowered the price AND added the $200 savings by mistake.

Yeah I think you're right.

Should be interesting how this plays out.

I found this article: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/htc-flyer-price-being-reduced-to-299-on-october-1/

HTC is cutting the price of its 7 inch Android tablet the HTC Flyer to $299 in response to the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire.

If you have been shopping for a 7 inch tablet this has been a great week for you. First Amazon announces its Fire tablet, and then BlackBerry announced a massive price reduction on its 7 inch Playbook. Starting October 1 you will also be able to buy a 7 inch HTC Flyer tablet from Best Buy for $299, a $200 dollar discount.

We were pretty impressed with the HTC Flyer when we got a chance to play with one in March. When it was released it offered two things that no other tablet could, HTC’s Sense UI and a stylus. HTC modified the Android experience to incorporate a stylus so that people could take hand written notes or doodle on the 7-inch screen.

It seems very clear that both BlackBerry and HTC are reducing prices due directly to Amazon’s entry into the tablet market. Even though a $299 tablet is more appealing than a $499 tablet, Amazon still has both the other companies beat at just $199. We are guessing that this is just the start of the price cuts for both of these products, and we might end up having an HP situation on our hands with a massive fire sale on at least one of them.

Something to keep in mind if you are lured into Best Buy this weekend to pick up a discounted Flyer is that the stylus is not included in the $299 price tag. Of course you have to use HTC’s stylus, and that will set you back $79.99. Just to put that in perspective, the Amazon Kindle Fire is just over twice the price of the Flyer’s stylus.

Seems like this is what happened.

The Flyer was $499 and was supposed to be reduced $200 to $299.

Some idiot on Best Buy reduced it another $200 to make it the resulting price $99.99.