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Best Buy will chop the price of HTC's Flyer to $299 from $499 October 1, CrunchGear reported Friday. The move comes after many retailers chopped the price for RIM's PlayBook and Motorola's Xoom to just $299. And, of course, HP has outdone them all, slashing the price of its TouchPad to just $99 on its way ...

Asus' Eee Slider is no ordinary Honeycomb tablet. In fact, it's one of the only ones on the market with a slide-out keyboard built right into the frame.

If you're looking to unload your current iPhone or other smartphone, now's the time. Beating the potentially millions of folks who will be buying a new iPhone and selling their old one could put more money in your pocket.

The latest apparatus for every globe-trotter, travel applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch make your trip effortless.?? From camera optimization to automated travel itineraries, these??applications will guide you to have the most expedient journey possible. 1. Trip It Ah, Trip It Travel Organizer - you'll never have to dig through your printed, paper ...

The iPod classic, a venerable stalwart in the world of consumer technology, may be getting the axe along with its cousin, the iPod shuffle, according to a blog that focuses on Apple news.

After months of speculation, it's here: Amazon's tablet, the $199 Kindle Fire, was unveiled Wednesday. Smaller and cheaper than Apple's dominant iPad, the Kindle Fire has a 7-inch display and runs on a heavily customized version of Google's (GOOG, Fortune 500) Android operating system. The tablet offers Wi-Fi connectivity, but no 3G or other cellular connection. It also lacks a camera and microphone, two features found in most rival tablets.

Apple has confirmed that it is holding an iPhone event next Tuesday, sending invitations to members of the tech press. The invites read, “Let’s Talk iPhone.” The event will start at 10 a.m. Pacific time and will take place at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.

Amazon’s souped-up color version of its Kindle e-reader hopes to undercut the iPad in price and steal away a couple of million in unit sales by Christmas.

The Eee Pad Slider from ASUS is now available. As you may expect from its name, this tablet features a slide-out keyboard to help you be more productive on the go. The Eee Pad Slider is powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor and Android 3.2. The tablet also features a front-facing 1.2MP camera and rear-facing 5MP camera. Connectivity...

Apple is going to have one of its big product events to introduce the iPhone 5 on October 4, John Paczkowski at All Things D reports. New CEO Tim Cook will be in charge of the event, just like former CEO Steve Jobs used to run events. This will be an interesting test for Cook since he's never done the big product roll out before. Paczkowski says he will be aided by other Apple executives who will also make presentations on stage.