1. Walmart
   • Gizmodo
   • Engadget
2. Office Max
   • CrunchGear
   • Gizmodo
3. Costco
   • CrunchGear
4. Target
   • CrunchGear
   • Gizmodo
5. Best Buy
   • CrunchGear
   • Gizmodo
6. Circuit City
   • CrunchGear
   • Gizmodo
   • Engadget
7. Sam’s Club
   • CrunchGear
   • Gizmodo
8. Radio Shack
   • Gizmodo
9. Dell
   • Gizmodo
   • Engadget
10. Sears
    • CrunchGear
    • Engadget
    • Gizmodo

• BB Storm better than iPhone? – CrunchGear
• Make a Mac Pro Ultra Mini – CrunchGear
• Circuit City to close another 150 stores? – Gizmodo
• And finally to be festive, a 4.5 million LED Winter Light Show – Gizmodo

But again, the price… You can pre-order the Storm from Best Buy for $50 but as to the actual price, it should be anywhere from $199 to $299. Sounds great right? Well it should as RIM and Verizon need to keep up with Apple and AT&T’s competitive prices with the iPhone. But there are other speculations that the phone’s retail value is $549 and that the price would be a bit higher than $299 at worse.

To create a rumor of my own: The price will be $199 with a 2 year contract. They need to keep up with the competition and they need more users. But I don’t think that will be a problem. And as for discounts for people with Verizon’s “Every Two,” if AT&T didn’t do it, I wouldn’t expect Verizon to do the same. With a bad economy, they need to make every buck they can.

And in other news, Circuit City has just filed for Chapter 11 (bankruptcy). We’ll see what happens to the huge franchise. I think they should stay as Best Buy needs competition. And don’t forget, competition means lower prices!

UPDATE (11/11/08): Pricing has come out for the Storm and it is listed at $219 with a 2-year contract. Not a bad deal! Check out the picture below: Thanks to HowardForums via Engadget

Intel’s core i7 benchmarked: makes gamers wet – Engadget
Read all 249 pages of the BlackBerry Storm manual here – CrackBerry via Engadget
Speaking of BB Storm, how about a price under $100? – CrunchGear
New MacBook trackpads not clicking well – CrunchGear
iPhone costumes (lol) – CrunchGear
New MacBooks can support 6GB RAM, not just 4GB – CrunchGear
Circuit City to close 155 stores since their stock is under $0.50/share – Gizmodo
Western Digital cheap HD media streamer supports USB – Gizmodo

It has a touchscreen like the Storm, but has a full keyboard like the bold. For now, its just a rumor, but I’m really liking the rumor… too bad Verizon won’t have this phone… Its expected release? 3rd or 4th quarter 2009! Thanks to Gizmodo via BGR

Now, on to our recap!

• Big BlackBerry weekend with PowerPoint slides about the Storm including cut/paste functions! – BoyGeniusReport via Gizmodo
• More apps for BlackBerry Storm – Gizmodo
• Toshiba’s new battery charges to 90% in 10 minutes! – Engadget
• More ergonomic mice? How much more ergonomic can they get? – Engadget
• Mac Brick is just a manufacturing process… – CrunchGear
• … However, rumors are that new Nvidia MacBooks will be out October 14th – CrunchGear
• And finally, a huge reason for Apple’s huge stock decline, other than our failing economy – CrunchGear

• The purpose of Brainball game is to not use your brain! – CrunchGear
• The netbook ASUS N10 can play video games? Probably not that well… – Engadget
• The netbook MSI Wind can run Mac OSX – Slashdot
• BlackBerry Bold coming to BestBuy October 26th – Gizmodo
• Pictures of the BlackBerry Storm – CrunchGear
• Needle-free painless injections?! – Gizmodo
• AppleTV changes? Why not just get a TiVo? – Gizmodo
• Mac Pro cases are toxic? What isn’t now a days?! – Gizmodo
• T-Mobile’s G1 (Google Phone) is sold out of pre-orders! – Gizmodo
• 16GB DDR3 RAM sticks!!! That folks, is a LOT of RAM – Guru3D

Told you there was a lot to cover!

• New Blackberry Storm announced tomorrow for Verizon? – Engadget
• New Dell laptops small for an even smaller price – Engadget
• The new wireless Rock Band instruments get reviewed – Gizmodo
• Grand Theft Auto 4 for PC?  Here are the minimum specs you will need – Guru3D
• Using Google on your cell phone?  They know where you are! – CrunchGear
• And finally a funny skit from SNL about T-Mobile’s "Fav 5′s" – CrunchGear