While obviously disappointed, it also reminded me that our next big sale could be a phone call away.
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This Nokia-made phone, which goes on sale Sunday, will be a key test of consumer demand for Windows Phone devices.
The phone goes on sale Thursday, June 24, giving Apple a four-day sales weekend.
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Some shoppers began queuing at midnight the day before the phone went on sale, the blog added.
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With twenty minutes to go before the phone went on sale, they crammed into a small roped-off pen next to the glass cube that leads customers into the Apple Store beneath the plaza.
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Last year some of the line-standers made pilgrimages to Apple stores in part out of a sense of tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died a week before the phone went on sale.
She laughed and replied, "No, I picked up a 1970s landline phone at a yard sale!"
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So ready, in fact, that in 2009 Asus produced a batch of its Windows Phone 7 device for sale.
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The FDA says it is looking into the sale of contact lenses over the phone and the Internet, and will hold the seller responsible for any problems.
The phone will go on sale December 21 in these countries: Barbados, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Egypt, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Senegal, St.
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That landmark device launched without support for third-party apps, as you might recall, and Steve Jobs famously told developers they could start creating applications months before the phone officially went on sale, because they were simply mobile websites.
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Point-of-Sale (POS) mobile payments where a smart phone becomes the authentication device to complete a transaction at checkout.
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MediaOne, together with Cable and Wireless, also put up for sale One2One, Britain's smallest mobile-phone company, which they jointly own.
The announced sale led to several "cordial, amicable" phone conversations between the state and the company about the deal no longer being workable.
Visa said Friday it created a program that will allow mobile-phone manufacturers, point-of-sale terminal makers and other companies to more quickly certify their products under the card company's security standards.
Social selling might be growing, but you still have to pick up the phone or meet in person to make a sale in many, if not most, industries.
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The simplest, cheapest way to add customers to your company's database is by asking every paying customer for their e-mail address--no matter if the sale was made face-to-face, by phone or online.
Sony is also doing better in its mobile-phone business with its Xperia Z, which went on sale earlier this year.
Joseph, from Sale in Greater Manchester, was jailed for a series of mobile phone robberies and had a history of psychiatric problems and self-harm, the jury at the Shrewsbury inquest heard.
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John Gibson, founder of the Undershaw Preservation Trust, said a friend of the trust had been given an asking price over the phone but campaigners had not been able to obtain any sale particulars about the property or find a website with the information.
But the company is working on technology such as near-field communication (NFC) technology and point of sale integration, which could make coupons completely digital and transferable from your phone to the cashier.
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Last month the Triumph, the first phone in China with the newest version of Windows, went on sale.
Phones go on sale this weekend, with 65 Microsoft stores carrying the full line of Windows Phone 8 smartphones available to U.S. consumers.
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But the winner of the auction was on the phone and only allowed his identity to be revealed shortly before the sale was sealed.
Customers use Euronet's software and payment system to buy airtime on the phone itself, at ATMs, or at point-of-sale locations in places like grocery stores.
When you go through the typical checkout line at a retailer, the phone in your pocket is smarter than anything you see at point of sale.
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We are looking for ways to expand mobile phone banking and to use local merchants to accept deposits through point-of-sale terminals.
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Motorola's Android smart phone could fill the void, but it isn't expected to go on sale until the end of next year.
She had been talking on the phone to Shahzad in arranging the purchase of the SUV, which was advertised for sale on Craigslist.
The sale leaves Motorola with a healthy stockpile of cash that it can invest in its core mobile phone business, where it faces fierce competition from Apple, Nokia and others.
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