Best Buy Gettin’ Amp’d This Summer

The cell phone for the MTV kiddies will be coming to a Best Buy near you this summer. Amp’d Mobile, the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) geared to the youth market, will now be hawking its gear along side those men in black, the Geek Squad. Trying to move its Verizon driven EV-DO phones that feature content from MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central, that includes video clips,ringtones, ringbacks, screensavers, wallpapers and other content, you’ll be seeing more of the sleek looking phones with the Amp’d logo on them.

“We are thrilled to introduce customers to our products at Best Buy, the benchmark retailer in consumer electronics,” said Geoff Fishman, Senior Vice President, Sales and Distribution for Amp’d Mobile. “Amp’d Mobile aligns perfectly with Best Buy’s overall strategy of combining entertainment and technology products in a customer-centric retail experience.”

If you want to be hip or just want to impress your kid, maybe you’ll be finding yourself headed down to Best Buy soon. Maybe.

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