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Following the $199 Kindle Fire announcement by Amazon, Best Buy has decided to reduce the price of HTC Flyer WiFi. This seven inch Gingerbread tablet is now available for just $299, down from $499 at BestBuy.com and at all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile standalone stores nationwide.
With a possible Honeycomb update in pipeline, Flyer is decent tablet to have at this price; it features 7 inch display, 1.5GHz Single core Qualcomm processor, 16GB internal memory and HTC Sense UI.
Full Press Release Below:
Best Buy® Offers $299 HTC Flyer Tablet Starting Oct. 1
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 30, 2011 – Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), a leading retailer of consumer technology products, today announced it is reducing the price of the HTC Flyer from $499.99 to $299.99 starting Saturday, Oct. 1. Customers can take advantage of this permanent lower price online at BestBuy.com and at all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile standalone stores nationwide.
The HTC Flyer is a fast, portable, light-weight tablet that integrates the immersive and highly intuitive HTC Sense(TM) experience and enables content including videos, music, games and more to be easily accessed and enjoyed. The 7-inch (measured diagonally) tablet operates on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and comes loaded with 16GB of memory.
Best Buy is advancing growth of the tablet category by combining the most tablets under one roof1 with a shopping experience that allows customers to easily try and compare devices. The retailer is committed to delivering superior value and convenience by presenting a full line of accessories with each device, along with exclusive advantages such as tablet selection and connections support from specially trained Best Buy Blue Shirts, financing options, Reward Zone points, and tablet trade-in and Buy Back programs. For more information about these programs and tablets at Best Buy, visit Best Buy - Computers, Video Games, TVs, Cameras, Appliances, Phones or www.bestbuy.com/tablets.
HTC Flyer WiFi now selling for $299 at Best Buy
