Best Buy on Friday said its Grand Rapids, Mich. store mistakenly posted release date information about the HTC Thunderbolt and the Motorola Xoom on its Facebook page.
"The info from the Grand Rapids store was posted in error, as the details included are not yet finalized," Best Buy said in a statement. "We will share updated and accurate information when we have it."
The post has since been deleted.
On Thursday evening, the Michigan store added a message to its Facebook page (click below for larger image) that said the retailer will start selling the HTC Thunderbolt from Verizon on February 14 and the Motorola Xoom tablet starting February 24.
"Here are the release dates for new phones & devices that are coming soon to Best Buy," the store said in a post that also said it would have the Verizon iPhone 4 on February 10 and the Samsung Presto hotspot on February 17.
The Facebook page did not unveil pricing for the Thunderbolt or the Xoom.
Both devices made their debut at this year's CES. The HTC Thunderbolt is one of 10 Verizon 4G devices the provider unveiled at the show, while the Motorola Xoom is an Android Honeycomb-based tablet that PCMag named the best tablet of CES.
The Xoom boats a dual-core 1-GHz processor, 1080p HD video playback, and 3G upgradable to 4G. It will run on Android 3.0 Honeycomb and use Adobe Flash Player. The Xoom will also have a five-megapixel rear-facing camera and a two-megapixel front-facing camera. A recent Motorola Xoom teaser video took a shot at Apple, by saying that "2011 Looks a lot like 1984. One Authority. One design. One way to work. It's time for more choices."
The HTC Thunderbolt, meanwhile, will be exclusive to Verizon, and includes a 4.3-inch WVGA display, an 8-megapixel camera, HD video recording, and wireless DLNA capability. It runs a 1-GHz Snapdragon processor and includes HTC Sense 2.0.
When asked, Verizon said that Best Buy determines its own product release dates. A Motorola spokeswoman said the company has not announced pricing and availability for the Xoom.
For more, see PCMag's hands on with the HTC Thunderbolt and the Motorola Xoom and the Xoom slideshow below.
Update: On February 7, Best Buy announced that it is now accepting pre-orders for the HTC Thunderbolt in its stores, though pricing and shipping date information was not released.
Sascha Segan contributed to this report.
Editor's Note: This story was updated at 12:15pm with comment from Best Buy.