Pre-order Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Verizon iPhone now available for pre-order

by Chris Rawson (Feb 3rd, 2011)

Once the Apple Store came back up, the biggest change was that iPhone pre-orders are finally available through Apple. Oddly enough, pre-orders were available through Verizon's site about 15 minutes before the supposed "switch throw" time of 3 AM Eastern, and we know of at least one customer who had ...

iPhone Bumpers also selling well

by Dave Caolo (Jun 16th, 2010)

Here's a bit of a surprise. Checking on Apple's iPhone Bumpers, the iPhone 4 cases, we see that shipping is delayed for several colors. While black is listed as being available on June 24th, pink, white, orange and blue list July 2nd as their shipping dates. The green model won't ship until July ...

iPhone 4 sold out from AT&T, UK Apple Store

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 15th, 2010)

Update: The post has been edited to clarify that it's AT&T that's blown through its preorder allocation, not the entire universe of iPhone-selling outlets... but that's changing, see below. The white model never appeared, AT&T's backend systems folded like Superman on laundry day and ...

No more reservations available for iPad launch day

by Steven Sande (Mar 27th, 2010)

If you were planning on reserving an iPad for pickup at an Apple Store on April 3rd, you're out of luck. Reservations, both in-store and online, ended on Friday. According to TUAW reader Travis, who sent us the tip early Saturday, an Apple sales associate mentioned told him Apple had to shut down ...

Possibly as many as 50,000 iPads pre-ordered in first two hours

by Chris Rawson (Mar 12th, 2010)

The early adopters are out in force today. Based on analysis from Fortune's Apple 2.0 blog & the investors of the AAPL board on Investor Village, it seems that as many as 50,000 iPads were pre-ordered in its first two hours of availability this morning. That's pretty staggering demand, ...

How soon is now? Pre-order timing for iPad confirmed, 5:30 am PT

by Michael Rose (Mar 11th, 2010)

We've had more than a few inbound requests today, via email and Twitter, asking a slightly obsessive but completely understandable question: When can I pre-order my freakin' iPad? True to form, the simple answer of "March 12th" is not adequate for the real early adopters, and they ask again: Yes, ...

Analysis: U.S. pre-orders for Wi-Fi iPad likely to begin this week

by Steven Sande (Feb 21st, 2010)

If you're ready to buy that Wi-Fi iPad, then get your credit card out of your wallet and start practicing your fastest clicking and typing techniques. According to a rumor on iPad / iPhone site AppAdvice, a "reliable source" has told them that Apple will begin pre-sales of the Wi-Fi iPad as soon as ...

Pre-order page on the iTunes Music Store

by Scott McNulty (Aug 28th, 2006)

First Apple gave us one spot to get all those sweet, sweet free videos from the iTunes Music Store. Now, they have collected all the albums (do they still call them albums?) that are available for pre-order in one place. Apple has dubbed this page 'Tommorow's Hits Today,' which is kind of catchy. ...

MacZot and Disco ask you to trust them

by Dan Lurie (Aug 18th, 2006)

MacZot and the guys behind AppZapper are asking all you hard working readers to fork over your cash for a yet-to-be-announced application by the name of Disco. The idea is you get in early at a price way below what the app will eventually cost; and you get access to the private beta. Not much is ...