Kibbles & Bytes Blog

  • Party With Us in Burlington on St. Paddy's Day!

    Already sick of snow? Stop by our *South Burlington location* “*next Monday the 17th from 5:30pm – 7:30pm*”:https://www.facebook.com/events/1541869492704925/ for some fun, food, drinks and giveaways and to help us kick off our Bracket Contest.*

    We’ll raffle off door prizes from Smugg’s, Beats, Hammerhead, Chill Pill and more *every 15 minutes* and you’ll be entered to win all of our eight giveaways just by showing up! Of course, we’d love for you to get in the spirit by wearing your St. Patrick’s Day best or gear representing your favorite team.

    *Don’t forget: Free food, free drinks and free swag next Monday* — come on out before you hit the town for St. Patty’s Day and join the March Mayhem fun!

    *On Facebook?* “*RVSP here!*”:https://www.facebook.com/events/1541869492704925/

    __*Grand prize = *a $400 Small Dog gift card,* picked at the end of March Mayhem. Details below!__

  • Half-Ass Bracket Contest: Starts 3/17!

    With over $800 in prizes offered for our contest, you’ll want to make sure you get your bracket set!

    Our “**March Mayhem**”:http://www.smalldog.com/marchmayhem/ contest kicks off on March 17th, and you have **two chances to win.**

    # Enter in-store on any of our demo machines (in any store) and you’ll have a chance to win a **$400 Small Dog Gift Card!**
    # Enter online at “**Smalldog.com/marchmayhem**”:http://www.smalldog.com/marchmayhem/ and you’ll have a chance to win a pair of Beats Studio Wireless headphones in Red — a $379 value.

    If you join us in our S. Burlington store during our kickoff party, we’ll have additional giveaways throughout the night from Smugg’s, Beats, Hammerhead and Chill Pill, and more.

    Need more info? Even if you’re not a basketball fanatic or don’t care about NCAA or March Madness, entering is a piece of cake. Just go to “**Smalldog.com/marchmayhem**”:http://www.smalldog.com/marchmayhem/ at home or in-store, enter your final four selections for the NCAA final brackets, and then pick the winners of those last three games.

    Increase your chances and sign up both ways — we will be giving away one grand prize winner in our retail stores and one via our website. See page for more information.

    Good luck and hope to see you in-store!

  • Party With Us on St. Patty's Day!

    Live in the South Burlington area? Looking for a fun way to kick off your St. Patrick’s Day and want a jump start on our “**March Mayhem**”:http://www.smalldog.com/marchmayhem contest?

    Stop by our “**South Burlington**”:http://www.smalldog.com/burlington/ location on Monday the 17th from 5:30pm – 7:30pm for some fun, food, drinks and giveaways every 15 minutes!

    Wear your St. Patrick’s Day best or sport some gear representing your favorite team and automatically be entered into any one of our eight amazing giveaways…

    Don’t forget: **Free** food, **free** drinks and **free** swag — come on out and join the fun!

  • Ballin' Deals!

    You may have seen it in the paper or heard it on the radio, but just in case you __haven’t,__ we want to make sure everyone knows about the fun stuff we have going on in all retail stores during the month of March — **March Mayhem.**

    We mentioned it briefly in our March issue, but we’re so excited about some of the deals that we have added even more…so we figured they were worth a special edition of Best in Showroom!

    Now through March 31st, **save up to $100** on a 16GB iPad 2. We think that the iPad is such an amazing and versatile product we can’t help but put it on sale. Buy iPad 2 by itself for the promotional price of **$359.99** ($40 off)! Or, combine it with a Hammerhead Folio case and we will take another **$60 off** the total purchase price — making the iPad 2 with case **$339.99.**

    Stop by any of our retail stores to take advantage of special March Mayhem pricing!

  • A Candle-Powered iPhone?

    If you’ve been reading Kibbles and Bytes over the past few months, you might have noticed I’ve written more than once about power…

  • Thank you to everyone who has given us feedback regarding Kibbles & Bytes. We really care what our readers think, and we’ll continue to try to make this a great newsletter for your enjoyment and edification!

    Moreover, we understand that many of you aren’t near a retail store, and we genuinely appreciate your support. With the increasing competitiveness in the online market, it’s become harder to always offer the same deals that we can in our retail stores. Manufacturers institute regulations that make it difficult for us to compete price-wise. However, we are committed to leveling the playing field as much as we can; it’s always our goal to extend the same kind of deals and service to you — near or far.

    Thanks for reading this week’s issue of Kibbles & Bytes!
    Kali and Steph

  • New Product! Elgato Game Capture HD

    Elgato Game Capture HD enables you to record PlayStation or Xbox gameplay to a Mac or PC and share it with your friends and fans. With advanced hardware H.264 encoding, you can capture in stunning HD quality, while keeping the file size low.

    *Enjoy free shipping!*

  • New Product! Moshi iGlaze Armour for iPhone 5/5s

    Clad your new iPhone in lustrous elegance with Moshi’s iGlaze Armour hardshell case. Combining a diamond-cut aluminum backplate and a resilient polycarbonate frame, iGlaze Armour protects your iPhone from scratches and shocks while giving it a unique metallic finish.

    *Enjoy free shipping!*

  • New Product! Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 5/5s

    It’s the ideal case for the everyday 9-to-5er and for those whose day doesn’t always end when they leave the office. The Juice Pack Air is lighter and thinner than previous generations, but packed with more power to make sure your phone can keep up with your busy lifestyle.

    *Enjoy free shipping!*

  • S. Burlington In-Store Event: 3/17

    **Monday, March 17th from 5:30pm – 7:30pm** come kick off “**March Mayhem**”:http://www.smalldog.com/marchmayhem/march-mayhem with us in style!

    This special event will allow you to mingle with our Mac experts, enter to win our **$400 grand prize** in our bracket contest and sign up for special giveaways!

    We will be raffling off some special prizes in our store every 15 minutes, and if you **wear your favorite team’s jersey (whatever you’ve got!) or something green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we’ll automatically enter you in the nights giveaways.**

    Of course, we will have food and drinks to keep your bellies and soul happy while you mingle with other Mac enthusiasts.

    Mark your calendars — you may get lucky on the 17th!

    * **March Mayhem/Bracket Contest Kickoff!**
    * **March 17th, 5:30pm – 7:30pm**
    * **100 Dorset St**
    * **S. Burlington, VT**

  • March Mayhem Contest: Just About a Week Away!

    As we mentioned in “*last week’s Kibbles & Bytes*”:http://blog.smalldog.com/kibbles/kb869/ and Kali highlighted above, we’re hosting a “Half-Ass Bracket” contest for you to pick your final four and subsequent winners of those last three games. There will be great prizes involved and sweet deals that will save you some green.

    *Specials will be added all month, and the contest will kick off on Monday, 3/17 and run through Friday, 3/28.*

    Even if you don’t care about NCAA/March Madness you’ll want to enter — fill out your final four choices and the winners of the last three games of the playoffs, and you could win a pair of *Beats Studio Wireless headphones!* If you enter in-store, you have a chance to win a *$400 Small Dog gift card!* This contest is available both in our stores and on our website, so if you do both, you’ll have more chances to win!

    Check out our “*March Mayhem page,*”:http://www.smalldog.com/marchmayhem/march-mayhem we’ll be updating it throughout the month with special online deals and contest information.

    Good luck and happy bracketing!

  • Apple Announces CarPlay

    Earlier this week, Apple premiered a different way to use your iPhone in your car — introducing “*Apple CarPlay!*”:http://www.apple.com/ios/carplay/ CarPlay will give iPhone users an intuitive way to make calls, use Maps, listen to music and access their messages with just a word or a touch.

    The cars will come equipped with a built-in display (which I feel most cards these days have anyway) where certain features of your iPhone will display. Siri’s along for the ride so you can control what you want to do using your voice. You can also use your car’s controls or the touchscreen on the display. So far Apple apps such as Maps, Phone, Messages and Music are the four that you can utilize, but other third party apps have jumped on board and will be supported by CarPlay.

    CarPlay will be available in select cars in 2014. Such models from Ferrari, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo all will come equipped with CarPlay later on in 2014. However, there are a fair amount of other car makers who have committed to being CarPlay partners: BMW, Ford, Chevrolet, Toyota, Subaru and Nissan — to name a few.

    Hopefully CarPlay will encourage more people to stop looking at their phone while driving and provide a safer, hands-free option for the road. I’m honestly surprised it took this long for Apple to partner with major car manufacturers and introduce this as a new feature in card. I know I’d be psyched to have it!