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A Dozen Daily Deals, Day 2

by Jason Clarke (RSS feed) on Nov 26th, 2009

As Victor mentioned yesterday, for the next few days we'll be featuring daily deals from our friends at DealNews.com. Lots of good stuff today, so why not get started browsing for Christmas gifts on stuffing day? Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Walmart: [Black Friday] Walmart Thanksgiving Day Sale live now
Best Buy: [Black Friday] Best Buy Thanksgiving Weekend Sale: Netbooks from $180, more
MacMall: [Black Friday] MacMall 72 Hour Apple Black Friday Sale: Up to 25% off Apple systems after rebate
RadioShack: [Black Friday] Radio Shack Shack Friday Sale live now
Sam's Club: [Black Friday] Sam's Club Black Friday Sale live now
JR: [Black Friday] JR.com posts Black Friday Sale
6ave: [Black Friday] 6th Avenue Electronics Thanksgiving Day Sale live now
DicksSportingGoods: [Black Friday] Dick's Sporting Goods Black Friday Doorbuster deals now live
iTunes Music Store: [iPhone / iPod Apps] Gameloft iPhone / iPod touch Apps: Real Tennis 2009, Blades of Fury, more for 99 cents each
Lowe's: [Black Friday] Lowe's Super Friday Sneak Peek Sale live now
GoGamer: [Black Friday] GoGamer Black Friday Madness: Deals from 1 cent + $3 s&h
iTunes Music Store: [iPhone / iPod Apps] CoPilot Live North America for iPhone downloads for $20

Tags: black-friday, dealnews, deals, electronics, hgg, iphone, ipod, mac, sale

Filed under: Retail, Apple, Deals

Apple announces one-day shopping event on November 27th

by Joachim Bean (RSS feed) on Nov 23rd, 2009

As usual for this time of year, Apple has announced a special one-day sale on November 27th, which is Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving). The page on Apple's online store reads:

"Come back to the Apple Online Store the day after Thanksgiving for a special one-day-only holiday shopping event. You'll find dozens of great iPod, iPhone, and Mac gift ideas - all with free shipping.

Mark your calendar now. And until then, start your research by browsing the Apple Online Store to find iPod, iPhone, and Mac gifts for everyone on your list."

There's no details on what's exactly going to be on sale, and this doesn't look like the questionable leaked email we saw last week stating Apple's Black Friday discounts. Apple has in the past not posted the actual sale prices until early Friday. We'll let you know when we find out what's on sale and what those discounts are.

What are your purchase plans? Let us know by leaving a comment!
[via Mashable]

Tags: Apple Store, AppleStore, Black Friday, BlackFriday, hgg, retail, sale, thanksgiving

Filed under: Software, Odds and ends, Developer, Deals, iPhone

For sale on eBay: One iPhone development business, batteries not included

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Nov 7th, 2009

Want an iPhone app business without all the boring hassle of actually programming and releasing iPhone apps? Boy, does Brice Milliorn have a deal for you! He's auctioning off his iPhone app business, which he says has 87 different apps for sale, over on eBay.

Milliorn says he started out developing apps on his own, but the business is just too big for him to keep up so he's selling all of the apps and their rights, all of the source code, and technical support for two months to transition everything over to the new owner. He doesn't specifically say that he'll transfer the developer account on Apple's App Store to your name (he says he'll send over a DVD with the source code and transfer "the whole kit and caboodle" to you), but we presume that's what will happen -- of course if you go for it, you're doing this at your own risk.

What will a burgeoning App Store business, complete with apps like iSexyRef and Swine Flu cost you? Just a cool $100 grand. That's the starting bid in the eBay auction, which has just over a week left and no bids as of this writing. There are certainly less expensive ways to get started selling apps on the store. It only costs $100 to register in Apple's Developer Program for a year, and then you just need to find a developer you can pay -- or even do it yourself with a helper service).

If you'd rather start off with a bunch of marginal to silly 99-cent apps and happen to have an extra $100,000 lying around to spend (maybe for a nice holiday gift?), here's your opportunity.

Tags: account, app-store, apps, auction, developer, ebay, humor, iphone, iphone-apps, isexyref, jbmjbm, marginal, sale, silly, source-code, sports, swine-flu

Filed under: Cool tools, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

TextExpander touch on sale to celebrate WriteRoom for iPhone integration

by TJ Luoma (RSS feed) on Sep 28th, 2009

When TextExpander touch for the iPhone was announced, one of the exciting aspects was the SDK to allow other developers to integrate TextExpander's technology into their iPhone apps.

The new version of WriteRoom for iPhone now includes TextExpander support. With this announcement, SmileOnMyMac has announced that they will be selling TextExpander touch for $1.99 until September 30 at 12 noon Pacific Time, a 60% discount off the regular price of $4.99.

WriteRoom for iPhone 2.1 includes other updates as well, as noted on the development blog:

TextExpander support.
Optional startup password.
Settings are now accessed within app.
New option to lock screen orientation.
Sync service is out of beta and is open sourced.

If you purchase WriteRoom for iPhone ($4.99 on the App Store), you'll get a $5 off coupon that can be used to purchase either WriteRoom ($24.95) or TaskPaper ($29.95) for Mac.

Tags: iphone, ipod touch, IpodTouch, sale, taskpaper, text, textexpander, textexpander touch, TextexpanderTouch, writeroom, writing

Filed under: Deals, App Store

Byline, others offering anniversary sale prices on Saturday

by Robert Palmer (RSS feed) on Jul 10th, 2009

Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! One day only! You may buy the whole app -- but you'll only need the edge.

Sorry about that. Nevertheless, Byline -- Phantom Fish's flagship Google Reader app and offline browser -- is on sale Saturday only for $1.99. (It goes back to its regular price, $4.99, on July 12.) Not only that, but the first 40 people to forward their sale-price receipt to birthday@phantomfish.com will receive a promo code that entitles them to a free second copy of Byline for a friend.

We've covered Byline before here at TUAW, and version 2.5 includes speed and caching improvements, a spiffy new dark interface, and matching new icon.

In celebration of the App Store's anniversary, Sophiestication Software is also offering 75 percent discounts to their two apps: Groceries (a shopping list app) and Tipulator (a tip calculator) at 99 cents apiece. Both apps are available in the App Store.

Edovia is also offering its six products (Rocket Taxi, Linguo, NumPad, Steps, Find Me!, and Currencies) for 99 cents apiece, down from $1.99. All these are also available in the App Store, as you might imagine.

Have you found more sweet deals today? Let us know by leaving a comment!

Tags: anniversary, app store, AppStore, byline, edovia, iphone, sale, sophiestication

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, Freeware, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

Kaloki Adventure and Peggle on sale, plus free music

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Jun 12th, 2009

If you didn't jump to pick up Kaloki Adventure [App Store link] after our first look last week, now's your chance: the game is on sale today (not tomorrow, apparently -- you've got under 24 hours) for just $1.99, a buck cheaper than the usual $2.99 price. The game offers some fun but casual real-time strategy business simulation, so if your dream has ever been to own a burgeoning spaceport, they don't come cheaper than that.

And as an added bonus, NinjaBee is also offering a catchy tune from the game's soundtrack on their website for the low, low price of completely free. It's the jumpy, swingin' background music to the main gameplay, composed by Eric Nunamaker, who's apparently been working on video game music for quite a while.

Oh, and finally, while we're talking about awesome iPhone games on sale, Peggle is only a buck. 'Nuff said.

Tags: app-store, cheap, download, eric-nunamaker, free, games, iphone, ipod-touch, kaloki-adventure, music, ninjabee, peggle, sale, soundtrack, tunes

Filed under: Internet Tools, Deals

Prices so low, they're practically insane: Panic 3-day sale is on

by Michael Rose (RSS feed) on May 27th, 2009

It's been hinted at for a few days, but Cabel Sasser and the rest of the crew at Panic Software may have accidentally slipped some mind-altering substances into their last batch of Coda Cookies; how else to explain a three-day, 50%-off sale on all of the company's well-designed and well-regarded apps?

The FTP/SFTP client with the often imitated icon, Transmit, is $14.50US; Web authoring jack-of-all-trades Coda is $49.50. Interface tweaker CandyBar 3 and newsreader Unison are also discounted at $14.50 and $12 respectively. The sale page notes that these licenses are also good for discounts on future paid upgrades to the product line, which are expected soon. Sale pricing is in force until 11:59pm PST on May 29.

Tags: coda, deals, discount, panic, sale, transmit

Filed under: Deals, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

BeeJive IM offers up sale, tells of Facebook chat feature

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Mar 2nd, 2009

BeeJive IM [iTunes link], the ultimate instant messenger application for your iPhone/iPod touch, will be on sale this week, beginning on Monday, March 2, 2009. The application will be available for $9.99US (down from $15.99US). While this application is a bit pricey, we agree that it's one of the best instant messenger applications on the iPhone. This sale is expected to last from March 2 through Sunday, March 8, 2009.

With news of sale also comes the news that a new feature will soon be added to BeeJive IM. The guys at BeeJive have let us know that in just a few more weeks, we'll see Facebook chat integration from right in the app. BeeJive IM is available from the iTunes App Store.

Tags: BeeJive, iPhone, sale

Filed under: Retail, Deals, iPhone

AT&T sells $99 refurb iPhones until end of December

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Dec 27th, 2008

Just last week we mention that AT&T would start selling the iPhone 3G through its website. AT&T took that idea a bit further, and is now offering an iPhone 3G at a really good deal.

Currently being offered is a refurbished 8GB iPhone 3G for only $99US (with a 2-year contract). You heard right, you can get an iPhone 3G for only $99. So the rumors about the $99 iPhone were semi-true, except this isn't Walmart, and it's only a limited deal. You can get $50 off all refurbed iPhones until December 31.

Here's how the prices break down for the refurbs:

Thanks for the tip, Binja!

Tags: 3G, 99, ATT, deal, iPhone, rumors, sale

Filed under: Software, Deals

Get VMWare Fusion 2.0 at a steal, after rebates, free upgrade

by Cory Bohon (RSS feed) on Dec 26th, 2008

If you have been waiting to get your hands on VMWare's Fusion, then now is the perfect time. Fusion is the software that allows you to run Windows, Linux, and now Mac OS X Server in a virtual machine right inside of Mac OS X! And you don't have to pay the regular $79.99US for it either.

MacMall is currently offering VMWare Fusion 1.0 for $14.99US after a $20US mail-in rebate. Fusion 1.0 can be upgraded to the newest version (2.0) via a free upgrade available from VMWare. You can grab this after-holiday sale item from the MacMall website.

Know of more holiday sale items online? Tell us about them in the comments!

Thanks to Karl for the tip!

Tags: deal, Fusion, holidays, sale, VMWare

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Odds and ends, Apple, iPhone, iPod touch

Fieldrunners and other great iPhone games for the holidays

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Dec 11th, 2008

Time Magazine has named Fieldrunners one of the top ten games of the year -- and the only game on the list for the iPhone. Very impressive. The App Store has only officially been out for half a year, and games have been in development for only a little longer than that, but already, we're getting some great games on the iPhone's touchscreen.

And speaking of great games, I've only recently come across Warfare Incorporated, but I know some of our commenters have been waiting for it. I'm no good at RTS games, but the game was award-winning on other handtop platforms, and is apparently doing very well on the iPhone also. If you're looking for real-time strategy on the small screen, there you go.

And finally, Tatomic, which is a game I've really enjoyed (kind of a cross between Lumines and Dr. Mario), sent us a note to say that their full version is on sale for the holidays, for only $2.99. There is still a free version, but even at the normal price of $4.99 Tatomic is a bargain if you at all like falling block games. At just three bucks, it's a steal. Terrific to see the iPhone holding its own with quality games this holiday.

Tags: fieldrunners, goty, iphone-game, magazine, rts, sale, tatomic, time, top-video-games, warfare-incorporated

Filed under: Software

Chronos Software's Black Friday Sale

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Nov 26th, 2008

You know you're looking for holiday bargains, and the Mac community is responding. We've heard rumblings from Apple about Black Friday specials, now Chronos Software is checking in with a one-week sale that began on Tuesday and will go through November 30th.

Buy any of the Chronos applications for Mac, enter the coupon code "black2008" during checkout, and you'll receive 50% off of your purchase. There are nine applications to choose from:

The sale is only good for online purchases, not for Chronos products purchased at retailers. Get an early start on your holiday shopping today!

Tags: black friday 2008, BlackFriday2008, holiday, sale, software

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Video, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touch

Freeverse has a 30% off sale, cuts prices of iPhone apps

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Oct 1st, 2008

Our good friends at Freeverse are having a 30% off sale, one of their biggest lately, this week on almost everything in their catalog, from the tower defense game Horde of Orcs to the award-winning Lineform. The sale lasts through October 7th, and to get the discount, just put "MONTYMAIL" in as a coupon code during checkout. If you've been thinking about picking up one of their apps or games, now's the time.

Unfortunately, none of the discounts work for any of their iPhone apps, but they did just drop the price on MotoChaser, one of the best accelerometer racing games available (and featured in the commercial above, on the "funnest" iPod ever), down to $4.99. It's too bad that there's no demo available, but I can tell you that as these accelerometer racers go, it's a good time.

Tags: breakingnews, demo, freeverse, games, gaming, horde-of-orcs, iphone, lineform, motochaser, sale, software

Filed under: Software, iPhone, App Store

First Look: JetSet 1.1 for iPhone

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Sep 27th, 2008

BriteMac has announced special pricing for their JetSet iPhone expense tracker to celebrate the release of the update to version 1.1. Through October 6th, you can purchase JetSet 1.1 for US$4.99, five dollars off of the regular App Store (click opens iTunes) price of US$9.99.

There are a number of other expense managers for iPhone, but I use JetSet for some specific features -- the ability to capture iPhone photos of receipts and attach them to expenses, being able to export expense information to Google spreadsheets or to Excel, and global expense views that "package" expenses that are for a particular project or trip.

JetSet also has 15 major expense categories, visible in the screenshot here, as well as well over 100 subcategories. This speeds up data entry since it's usually not necessary to type in category names.

If you're not using JetSet for expense tracking, what do you use? Leave us a comment.

Tags: app store, AppStore, expense tracking, ExpenseTracking, features, iphone, sale

Filed under: Accessories, Education, Deals

Back to School: RadTech backpacks and cases 20% off

by Robert Palmer (RSS feed) on Aug 18th, 2008

TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September. Read on for nifty supplies for any student.

Today only, RadTech is offering 20 percent off regularly-priced backpacks, cases, laptop bags and sleeves, including bags with photovoltaic cells to help charge your electronic devices. Solar panels on the bag can provide up to four watts of power for your iPod or phone.

Make sure to use the promo code SCHOOL88 when you check out to take advantage of the offer.

Tags: back-to-school, bag, case, radtech, sale, sleeve, solar

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