My thinking exactly. Hopefully by the time I get up tomorrow we will know something.
Thunderbolt - Best Buy Availability/Pricing/Ordering Discussion
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My thinking exactly. Hopefully by the time I get up tomorrow we will know something.
If that's 3PM in the afternoon, I hope so too. If it's 7AM, I wouldn't count on it
Update on release; Best Buy, Bel Air, MD
Besides having the worst customer service possible, I finally talked to a human in the mobile department at BB. They said "It's not Best Buy's ordering department, it is HTC not releasing the phone until the end of the month, which means nobody will have them until early March. We can refund your $50 hold fee onto a BB gift card if you want." Duh. The deposit IS a BB gift card. You can't get a refund. What a sham. I have no idea what I will do now. Maybe I will wait for the Bionic to be released so I can compare the two. Very frustrating that we were misled by HTC (and I love my Incredible) and scammed by BB out of $50.
Besides having the worst customer service possible, I finally talked to a human in the mobile department at BB. They said "It's not Best Buy's ordering department, it is HTC not releasing the phone until the end of the month, which means nobody will have them until early March. We can refund your $50 hold fee onto a BB gift card if you want." Duh. The deposit IS a BB gift card. You can't get a refund. What a sham. I have no idea what I will do now. Maybe I will wait for the Bionic to be released so I can compare the two. Very frustrating that we were misled by HTC (and I love my Incredible) and scammed by BB out of $50.
Sounds like BB trying to cover their ass!
Some ppl have gotten their PO BB gift cards refunded in cash after this. always worth a shot to hit the store and try.
you can get a refund it took me all of about 3 minutes and I walked out with 50 bucks in cash.
Well, in my living area, both AT&T and Verizon are working 4-5 bars. So AT&T is not a problem for me.
In America, the VZW is good, however, out of America, VZW sucks....You just can bring a brick with VZW mark in many countries...so for me , carrier is not a big issue. ATT and VZW all get their advantages. The only concern for me is the spec of phone.
TB got LTE and good data plan (maybe..), but I am already sick of paying attention on its release date.
The Atrix got wayyyy better spec then TB (well..suck in data plan) and got a confirmed released date before 3/6...
Not to say...for the retail price as TB $749, I can get Atrix + Notebook dock...
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Don't know about verizon policy but outlook was a long fought process for me. I don't have exchange but I found vco organizer work best for me. I have heard great things about touchdown with outlook exchange.
Exchange sync worked fine OTA for me, both with Sense (what the TBolt will have) and stock Android. You can check email separately from gmail, your appointments show up on the calendar, reminders sync and alert on the phone, and contacts sync to your contacts list.
Wait a second, you can use a XBox or a PS3 as a DLNA receiver? Someone please explain this to me.
And any rumors on 1 yr pricing?
And any rumors on 1 yr pricing?
lol ya man i have my xbox and my roomates PS3 networked to play media off my PC, PS3 was just already there in menu after i connected my xbox, connecting the xbox uses media center, PS3 as i recall settuings were just windows media player but theres tons of info on this if you google on diff OS's as well, xbox seems to play video much smoother than my roomates ps3 i've noticed though
I like to use a program called ps3mediaserver. Does a great job of on the fly encoding of everything from non compliant avi to iso's and mkv's. I have an xbox and it works with that great without using to many resources on my computer. Xbox is kind of funny about what files it plays natively, so ps3mediaserver really helps out in these situations. Add to that ps3mediaserver is free.
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Since Tbolt is listed in the BB Ad for Feb 20, I would think they must have something.
What's the point of having the product in the ad but not in stock yet (or even have data of stock). LOL
What's the point of having the product in the ad but not in stock yet (or even have data of stock). LOL
couple things to note while the Atrix is no doubt a beast reviews i read on laptop dock and setup dock that whole webtop experience it provides is not worth the price of those accessories so you might want to hold off on the extra loot for those, Also from a screen shot from VZW shows a retail price of $615 for the TB and best buy is known for jacking up the retail price.
BB Corporate called me and told me they would refund my preorder and that it was delayed to the 24th by verizon. That was BestBuy corporate, from I assume customer service. I had emailed them about me going out of town soon and needing to cancel and possibly order one near where I am traveling. So from my understanding, you can cancel your preorder, and BestBuy corporate believes it will be the 24th. Obviously BB is the last one to know anything though
The Share What Best Buy Told You When You Inquired About the Thunderbolt Thread.
It seems that there a lot of people getting annoyed with other people who who are sharing information that they've heard about the Thunderbolt due to excitement..
In this thread, please share what information/misinformation that a Best Buy employee/supervisor tells you (most recently) about the release... To the people that don't like threads of this nature, feel free to igrore this thread.
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It seems that there a lot of people getting annoyed with other people who who are sharing information that they've heard about the Thunderbolt due to excitement..
In this thread, please share what information/misinformation that a Best Buy employee/supervisor tells you (most recently) about the release... To the people that don't like threads of this nature, feel free to igrore this thread.
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I called Best Buy today and asked them what they have been told about the release date of the Thunderbolt and they said that they "got an email" saying that it was the 24th and then got another email saying that it was pushed back again.
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The guy who took my preorder last week, showed me a screen on his computer when I went in to Best Buy (I bought an Abbey Road record for my newly acquired player) yesterday that said, "UPDATED: 2/24" regarding the TBolt, obviously.
And I can tell you my source's name was Michael. Which is more 'proof' than you've gotten from anyone else with 'sources'
And I can tell you my source's name was Michael. Which is more 'proof' than you've gotten from anyone else with 'sources'
When I went to get my pre order the other day, like 3 days ago actually. The BB guy was asking me what day it was supposed to come out. I told him the 24th, and he said he thought it was the 17th. But that was just his guess.
Went into my local VZ store today, and made like I was pissed that I had to buy a BB gift card for a device that does not even actually exist for sale yet. After the woman played stupid with me for 30 secs, I gave her some attitude right back. She said, "well although we still haven't received an exact release date, I can guarantee you will have your Thunderbolt before the end of this month."
I got my money on the 24th.
I got my money on the 24th.
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