Amazon Unloads Smartphones For $0.01… Literally (AMZN, VZ, T, S, AAPL, GOOG)

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Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is back with some dirt cheap offers in smartphones, and some of these may seem to be good to be true.  While this may include Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), and Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S), you will notice that there is not a single Apple Inc. (NYSE: AAPL) mention.  That is simple to explain: the iPhone is being targeted here and it looks like just about every one of these is an Android platform from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG).

The online mega-sales giant is offering these (and other) smartphones for as little as $0.01 for the phone (and yes, there are likely asterisks if you already have a phone and an existing plan):

  • HTC ThunderBolt 4G Android Phone (Verizon Wireless)
  • Motorola DROID X2 Android Phone (Verizon Wireless)
  • Samsung DROID CHARGE 4G Android Phone (Verizon Wireless)
  • Samsung Stratosphere 4G Android Phone (Verizon Wireless)
  • LG Revolution 4G Android Phone (Verizon Wireless)
  • Motorola DROID 3 Global Android Phone (Verizon Wireless)
  • Casio G’zOne Commando Android Phone (Verizon Wireless)
  • Pantech Breakout 4G Android Phone (Verizon Wireless)
  • Motorola Atrix 4G Android Phone (AT&T)
  • HTC Inspire 4G Android Phone (AT&T)
  • HTC Inspire 4G Android Phone, Red (AT&T)
  • Samsung Infuse 4G Android Phone (AT&T)
  • AT&T Impulse 4G Android Phone (AT&T)
  • HTC Status Android Phone, Mauve/White (AT&T)
  • Samsung Nexus S 4G Android Phone (Sprint)
  • LG Marquee Android Phone (Sprint)
  • Samsung Transform Android Phone (Sprint)
  • Motorola XPRT Android Phone (Sprint)
  • Samsung Replenish Android Phone, Blue (Sprint)
  • Sanyo Zio Android Phone (Sprint)
  • T-Mobile Comet Android Phone (T-Mobile)
  • Who says Christmas has to wait until December 25?

JON C. OGG

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

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