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Computing | by Samuel Axon | Mon Jul 6, 2009 4:22PM | 0 comments

Best Buy and Sprint have teamed up to offer the Compaq 1040DX netbook (a re-branded HP Mini 110) for only $0.99 with a two-year contract on Sprint's 3G wireless internet plan. You may have seen subsidized netbooks with internet plans on sale from wireless providers before, but at just under a buck this is obviously the cheapest yet. If you want to spend another $199, you can get it with Verizon or AT&T too, but then it's not such a great deal.

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Sprint, Best Buy, HP, Compaq
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Netbook, 3G
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HP Mini 110 XP, Compaq 1040DX

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