You can now buy an iPad from the Apple Store for $279 and an iPad 2 for $319
From 9to5Toys.com: Apple today lowered the prices of its refurbed iPads across the board. The Original iPad 16GB Wifi is now down to just $279. Meanwhile, iPad 2s are down to starting a base price of just $319, a price drop of $30 over previous $349 clip. Higher capacity iPads are dropped as low as $50...
NPD: iOS plummets to 29 percent of total US smartphone sales in Q1
Apple’s iOS United States smartphone market share slide 12 percent in the year’s first quarter, which helped Google’s Android to capture nearly two-thirds of the market. According to CNET, market research firm NPD Group placed Android’s U.S. market share at 61 percent, which is a dramatic gain from the holiday quarter’s 49 percent. Meanwhile, Apple’s iOS slid...
Walmart cuts price of iPhone 4S (Update: Pricing error)
Update: 9to5Mac got confirmation from Walmart that this was a pricing error, not a sale.
Walmart is not only the third-largest reseller of iPads, but the discount retailer also sells a lot of iPhones for Apple at its approximately 9,000 location...
Walmart Drops AT&T iPhone 4 And iPhone 4S Prices By $54 And $74
We’ve gotten word that Walmart has dropped its prices on the AT&T iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S in its retail stores. Without any notice, the price of the 8GB iPhone 4 on AT&T has dropped from $88 to $34....iOS Hacker Pod2g Gets iOS 5.1 Untethered Jailbreak Running On His iPhone 4
Good news for hopeful iOS 5.1 jailbreakers, infamous iOS hacker and Chronic Dev Team member ‘pod2g’ just tweeted that he has his iPhone 4 running an untethered jailbreak on iOS 5.1. For those who...PoP Video turns your iPhone into a $99 pico projector
Not quite ready for the awesome Epson Megaplex iOS projector? Available for preorder right now, the PoP Video project from Micron Technology is a $99 pico projector with built-in 30-pin dock connector for your iPhone or iPod. The device works with iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, and third-generation and fourth-generation iPod touch, while providing two hours of playback at...
Foxconn workers in Brazil threaten strike over working conditions
Following audits and a major overhaul of workers’ rights at Foxconn factories in China, a report from newspaper Jornal de Jundiai (via Evertiq) claims 2,500 workers at a Foxconn plant in Jundiaí, Brazil are threatening to strike if the company doesn’t meet their demands by May 3rd. The plant in Jundiai is currently responsible for...
How to unlock an iPhone 4S in 12 easy steps
Weiphone’s Hacker Loktar_Sun just unearthed how to unlock an iPhone—including the iPhone 4S. To complete Weiphone’s step-by-step unlock tutorial, the latest version of iTunes and a jailbroken iPhone is required. For those unaware, unlocking is the process of modifying an iPhone’s software so that it can operate through carriers other than its official carrier in a given...
Smuggling 200 iPhones Across The Border Inside Beer Bottles [Video]
Chinese ingenuity and resourcefulness is an amazing thing, and we see it in action every time we pick up an iPhone or iPad. We also sometimes see it when iPhones are smuggled into China. First, Chinese iPhone and iPad smugglers were using crossbows and...16GB iPhone 4S (New, no contract) for $619
Go4Computers has the 16GB iPhone 4S in black or white for $619 with free United States shipping— and tax in Florida only. They also ship internationally. That’s $30 off of Apple’s no contract price. Related articles Refurb iPhone 4S 16GB for $150 + free shipping, 32GB for $250, 64GB for $350 (9to5toys.com) 200,000 pre-orders later,...
iPhone will launch for five US regional carriers today
As noted by Cnet, the iPhone is launching on an additional five US regional carriers today. The carriers include Alaska Communications, Appalachian Wireless (Kentucky and Virgina), Cellcom (Wisconsin and Michigan), nTelos (Virginia), and GCI (Alas...
