Best Buy to Offer Exclusive Sprint PCS Phone; New Model from Samsung is America's First GPS Enabled Phone.Business Editors & Technology Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2001 Best Buy Co., Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ) the nation's leading retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances today announced that it will be the exclusive national retailer for the new Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. wireless phone from Samsung. The model N300 is America's first wireless phone with GPS technology, enabling users to reach destinations more quickly and easily with navigation features such as: traffic reports; driving directions; entertainment and services guide and E911 emergency locater services. Although location-based and emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' are not available until 2002, the Samsung N300 has the GPS technology required to support such network-based services when available. "Best Buy is committed to offering our customers the latest digital technology products that help to make their lives easier and more enjoyable," said David Sprosty, Best Buy's merchandise manager of wireless products. "With this exciting new phone from Sprint and Samsung, we can give consumers a new level of control for staying connected and an ability to access the helpful information they want, no matter where they are." Modern and stylish, the Samsung N300 has all of the state-of-the-art features expected in a PCS phone, including: -- Vibrate alert -- Multiple language support -- Dual-band/dual-mode -- Advanced Personal Information Manager -- Wireless Web access The N300 retails for $149.99 and is available now at Best Buy stores nationwide. About Best Buy Co., Inc. Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is the nation's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Enterprise operates retail stores and commercial Web sites under the names: Best Buy (BestBuy.com), Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Hi-Fi, Media Play (MediaPlay.com), On Cue (OnCue.com), Sam Goody Sam Goody is a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and formerly in the United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by Musicland, which itself is owned by former rival Trans World Entertainment which also runs Suncoast Motion Picture Company and, until January 2006, (SamGoody.com) and Suncoast (Suncoast.com). The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,800 retail stores nationwide, in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. and in the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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