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Radio Shack Selling $99.99 Acer Netbook

Offer only good through Christmas Eve
By Maureen O'Gara
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December 17, 2008 12:15 PM EST
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On Sunday Radio Shack started dangling a $99.99 Atom-based netbook from Acer in front of the American consumer, becoming the first major US retailer to cut that deep.

To qualify for that price, customers have to sign a two-year AT&T DataConnect mobile broadband service agreement. Said agreements start at $60 a month. The offer is only good through Christmas Eve.

Besides its integrated 3G wireless functionality, the 2.44 lb XP Home-based black widget's also got full Wi-Fi capability as well as 1GB of memory, a 160GB hard drive, built-in Web cam and memory card readers and an 8.9-inch LCD screen.

Published December 17, 2008 – Reads 2,024
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Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.

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