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Big box, online retailers slash iPad prices

by Steven Sande (Apr 4th, 2013)

Are you about to purchase an iPad? There's good news if you are -- Apple 2.0 is reporting that three large retailers have lowered prices on the iPad and iPad mini. Best Buy, Walmart and MacMall are all showing price cuts on the third-generation iPad and the iPad mini, possibly signaling that ...

Daily Update for March 20, 2013

by Steven Sande (Mar 20th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Walmart extends iPhone scan-and-checkout feature

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 20th, 2013)

Walmart is expanding its Scan & Go checkout feature to over 200 stores, up from the current 70, according to Reuters. Scan & Go allows Walmart shoppers to scan items in the store with the Walmart iPhone app and then pay for them at self-checkout terminals. The pilot program began in ...

Why Walmart's Straight Talk unlimited iPhone 5 plan may not be such a good deal

by Steven Sande (Jan 17th, 2013)

Earlier this month, Walmart announced that the iPhone 5 would be available on its Straight Talk Wireless service. While the promise of US$45 monthly unlimited data, text and voice service sounds wonderful, TechNewsDaily is reporting that the plan has restrictions. Once you've used 2 GB of ...

Daily Update for January 17, 2013

by Steven Sande (Jan 17th, 2013)

iPhone 5 comes to Walmart's prepaid Straight Talk plans Jan. 11

by Randy Nelson (Jan 8th, 2013)

Giga-retailer Walmart made waves this holiday season by offering the iPhone 5 for well below its suggested retail price. Now it's going to start offering Apple's top-of-the-line smartphone unlocked and on prepaid Straight Talk plans beginning January 11. The iPhone 5 will cost US$649 in a 16 GB ...

Best Buy not happy with Walmart's holiday iPhone 5 deal

by Steven Sande (Jan 4th, 2013)

The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Best Buy and several other retailers are quite unhappy with a Walmart advertising campaign that claims that the discount store chain has lower prices than the stores targeted in their ads. This came to a head over the holidays, when ...

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 ...

Black Friday sales net some good deals on iPads

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Nov 12th, 2012)

We're 10 days away from Thanksgiving in the US, but a number of stores already have released their Black Friday specials, many actually starting on Thanksgiving itself. If you're looking for an iPad as a gift to someone else or yourself, and you're willing to brave the Black Friday crowds, ...

iPhone-powered scan-and-go checkout system at Walmart being tested

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 3rd, 2012)

Walmart may be working on a self-pay checkout system that uses the Apple iPhone, says a report in Reuters. A survey on Survey Monkey suggests Walmart employees are testing the system at a store in Rogers, Ark. In this self-pay system, customers would scan items with their iPhones while they ...

Walmart cuts price of iPhone 4S (Update: Pricing error)

by Steven Sande (May 4th, 2012)

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 locations. Now it appears that Walmart is selling the ...

Research: Walmart sold 1.3 million iPads in March quarter

by Steven Sande (May 1st, 2012)

While in many minds the term Walmart has the connotation of low prices on "stuff" ranging from tires to baby clothing, some new research from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) shows that the discount retailer is an increasingly important part of Apple's overall distribution ...

Daily Update for April 16, 2012

by Steven Sande (Apr 16th, 2012)

Photos of Apple's store-within-a-store at Walmart

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 16th, 2012)

ifoAppleStore has pictures from a Lowell, Arkansas Walmart that shows an Apple store-within-a-store like those seen in Best Buy. The display at the Walmart location focuses on mobile devices like the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. With its large backlit-signs, wood tables and live demo units, ...

Where to buy an iPad on Friday

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 14th, 2012)

If you missed the launch day pre-orders and want to get an iPad on Friday, you should start planning your strategy now. Like any good consumer, you'll need to decide which store will have the most iPads and the smallest line so you can maximize your chances of getting the model that you ...