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Walmart offering iPhone 5 for $127, 4S for $47, iPad for $399

by Mike Wehner (Dec 15th, 2012)

If you're planning on picking up some Apple goodies for your loved ones this holiday season but haven't yet done so, Walmart may be your new best friend. As 9to5Mac reports, the retail chain is offering some pretty hefty in-store discounts on several brand new gadgets starting today. The full list ...

Apple discounts Macs, iPads and more on Black Friday

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 23rd, 2012)

Apple kicked off its Black Friday sale today with discounts on iPads, iPods, Macs and accessories. The retailer is offering the following deals: iPad with Retina display for US$468 (Save $41) iPad 2 for $368 (Save $31) iPod nano for $138 (Save $11) iPod touch fifth generation ...

Apple Store down to make way for Black Friday discounts

by Michael Rose (Nov 23rd, 2012)

The gray box awaits you, weary turkey eater. The Apple Store is down for its annual discount refresh, and the expectations (as usual) are for modest reductions on popular products. You can get a sense of what's in store by checking out the Aussie version of the holiday price cuts, which have ...

Apple introduces VIP discounts for iBooks publishers

by Erica Sadun (Apr 12th, 2012)

Some sharp eyes have once again discovered something new and cool in Apple-land. Apple appears to be offering rather hefty discounts to some (possibly all) iBooks publishers as part of a new iTunes VIP program. Information is still developing on this front. Made available through iTunes ...

App Store holiday sales on now: GTA 3, id software, Dungeon Raid, lots more

by Mike Schramm (Dec 22nd, 2011)

The App Store freeze goes down today, so this is the last chance for many developers to put their apps on sale. And of course, many have taken advantage of that chance. Before we even start listing sales today, many of the sales previously listed, including EA and Gameloft's whole-catalog ...

EA premieres a Daily Deals page for the holidays, and other ways to find cheap apps

by Mike Schramm (Dec 2nd, 2011)

So now that we're rolling into December, we're about to enter into the biggest season of the year for both app buying and app sales. Right before Christmas, Apple will "freeze" the App Store, which means listings won't get updated, and developers won't be able to change prices or release new ...

Daily Deals for December 9, 2010

by Michael Rose (Dec 9th, 2010)

Deals and more deals: here's today's installment of the Daily Deals, courtesy of our friends at dealnews.com. Highlights include a $10 discount on Logmein Ignition for iPad and savings on iPad refurbished units. Enjoy! iTunes Music Store: iPhone App Store Freebies: Ace Sniper, Rogue Runner, ...

Educational institutions: Get your discounted iPad 10-pack

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 20th, 2010)

MacRumors reports that Apple has begun offering iPad 10-packs to educational institutions at discounted rates. The discounts are relatively minor: $20 off of each iPad in a set of 10, or $40 off per iPad if they are ordered with AppleCare. The iPad 10-packs are shipped in a single box, which ...

Macworld 2010: Pre-show deals

by Mike Schramm (Feb 10th, 2010)

If you are joining us at Macworld this week, you know that deals abound on the show floor -- every company usually has some sort of show discount or sale going on. And sometimes, even if you're not here at the show, you can still take advantage of the sales back at home. Here's a few we've seen ...

Apple Black Friday deals hit the Australian store

by Michael Rose (Nov 26th, 2009)

Put aside, for the moment, the incongruity of non-US stores featuring discounts for the day after a US-only holiday... just roll with it, OK? Apple's online store for Australia -- where, of course, it's already Black Friday -- has got the one-day discount page posted and ready to go. The pricing ...

Apple giving huge discounts on Black Friday? No way!

by Steven Sande (Nov 17th, 2009)

The boy geniuses over at Boy Genius Report are getting a lot of hits out of a story they ran late yesterday. Apparently, one of their contacts tipped them to a "shot of Apple's yearly Black Friday deals" that is "reported to be something Apple will email out shortly." The email (seen at right, ...

Save a little on your existing AT&T iPhone plan

by Erica Sadun (Sep 24th, 2009)

Update: It appears that this post describes a sponsorship discount (business/school/etc). Those users get a percentage off of their monthly plan ($29.99 voice plan and iPhone data charge excluded). Those who do not see this as an option lack the corporate discount; those who do are seeing what the ...

Discounts, doorbusters, and more: TUAW sampler of holiday savings

by Michael Rose (Nov 28th, 2008)

Just because Apple aficionados have historically been willing to pay a modest premium for the world's best computers, music players and cellphones, that doesn't mean they don't enjoy the occasional bargain as much as their Windows-using, Zune-toting, Blackberry-typing brethren. In the spirit of ...

Apple Store Australia posts Apple holiday sale discounts

by Michael Rose (Nov 27th, 2008)

Thanks to the magic of the International Date Line, it's already Friday in Australia -- hence the early appearance of the Apple Store discounts for the first Friday of the holiday shopping season. The one-day gift discounts are nice but nothing to jump up and down about... the headliner is probably ...

Steep discounts on Microsoft Office 2008 for Friday

by Michael Rose (Nov 27th, 2008)

Say what you will about Microsoft Office 2008, but even with the advent of productivity suites in the cloud and from the open source world, there's still a lot to be said for having the industry standard package tucked away on your Mac in case you need it. If you don't own it yet, you might consider ...