July 7, 2009 Best Buy sells netbook for 99 cents*Posted: 10:20 AM ET
For less than the cost of a cup of coffee, Best Buy will sell you a 1.60GHz Atom-powered netbook from Compaq. The catch, and it's a big one, is that you must sign a two-year EV-DO data service agreement with Sprint. ![]() The practice of subsidizing mobile phones with service contracts is quite popular, but this is the first time I have seen a netbook sold in this fashion. According to Sprint's Web site, 3G mobile data plans start at $59.99/month. So over two years, that $1 netbook would actually set you back nearly $1,440. Tom's Hardware notes the Compaq 110c-1040DX netbook retails for $389.99 without any additional features, and admits the "$1,440 bill may sound a bit hefty," but contends "consumers looking for new hardware and mobile Internet service may find a great value here." How do you feel about the hardware-and-wireless-service bundles that dominate the cell phone market coming to portable computers? Personally, signing a two-year contract for a netbook sounds about as appealing as mayonnaise left in the sun...but maybe that's just my fear of commitment. Posted by: Wes Finley-Price -- CNN.com Webmaster |
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