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iPad 2: Where and when you can buy one

by Steven Sande (Mar 8th, 2011)

Photo courtesy of Engadget If you're in the market for an iPad 2, you'll have a wide range of locations in the United States where you can pick one up on Friday. You'll just need to wait until 5 PM local time to do so. At this time, we've received confirmation that the following locations ...

Best Buy, Sams Club and Wal-Mart to carry the iPad 2 at launch

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 3rd, 2011)

When the iPad 2 makes its retail debut on March 11th, customers will have a variety of retail outlets from which to purchase Apple's latest generation tablet device. In addition to online and brick and mortar Apple Stores, the iPad 2 will also be available from Best Buy and possibly Wal-Mart ...

Walmart to carry Verizon iPhone in 600 stores starting February 10

by David Quilty (Feb 9th, 2011)

Walmart has announced that beginning tomorrow, February 10, it will begin carrying the Verizon iPhone for sale in almost 600 of its retail stores. According to MacRumors, Walmart is the latest retailer to join Apple, Verizon and Best Buy in offering up the VZW iPhone 4 for sale, even if it is only ...

iPad now on sale at Sam's Club

by Mike Schramm (Nov 16th, 2010)

Not only can you buy a jar full of more pickles than a human could ever eat, you can also now pick up an iPad at your local Sam's Club. Apple's magical and revolutionary device has been spotted on shelves at Sam Walton's big box supply store, and pretty cheap, too -- you can get a 16GB Wi-Fi model ...

It's official: iPad now the all-time fastest-selling gadget

by Steven Sande (Oct 12th, 2010)

For those of us who are Apple fanatics, we've had a feeling that the iPad was popular. Whether it's seeing the devices pop out all over the plane on an airline flight, or having to give hundreds of demos of the iPad on a cruise ship, it's apparent that Apple's tablet is still a hot item. Now it's ...

iPad already showing up on Walmart shelves

by Michael Rose (Oct 10th, 2010)

The retail range of the iPad has expanded dramatically over the past few weeks, with Target now carrying them and Best Buy expanding sales to all stores (instead of the original footprint that only included stores with Apple specialists). Rumors of the Big Kahuna, however, have occupied the minds of ...

Is Walmart the next iPad retailer?

by Dave Caolo (Oct 4th, 2010)

Now that the iPad is officially available at Target (a discount department store here in the US), attention has turned to a suggestion that Walmart will carry the device before the year's end. Back in May, Walmart's senior VP of entertainment for US stores, Gary Severson, told Blooomberg that he ...

iTunes share of the US music market swells to 26.7%

by Mike Schramm (May 24th, 2010)

Apple's iTunes music service has strengthened its lead in the US music market, growing to a whopping 26.7% of all music sold in the States, up from 21% a few years ago and 12% in 2007. That's pretty phenomenal growth, buoyed almost certainly by the rising share of digital music versus brick and ...

Let's buy an iPad at Walmart

by Dave Caolo (May 13th, 2010)

In an interview with Gary Severson, Walmart's senior vice president of entertainment for US stores, Bloomberg learned that the retail giant intends to carry the iPad sometime in 2010. "We anticipate being able to have the iPad later this year," Severson said, without providing any specifics. ...

Apple, Inc. market cap now exceeds Walmart

by Chris Rawson (Apr 2nd, 2010)

Apple and Walmart have been playing stock market tag over the past few weeks to see which company's market capitalization would be higher. At the time of this writing, Apple's market capitalization of $213.98 billion exceeds Walmart's market cap of $211.14 billion -- a difference of $2.84 billion. ...

Even More Daily Deals, Day 3

by Chris Ullrich (Nov 28th, 2009)

Here they are once again: some more daily deals from our friends at DealNews.com for you to jump at and get as much of your holiday shopping done as quickly as possible. Hey, I feel your pain, I don't like to go out to crowded stores either, so these online deals are just the ticket to take care of ...

Businessweek puts Apple at top of Most Innovative list

by Mike Schramm (May 28th, 2009)

Businessweek has posted a list of what they call the top 50 most innovative companies in 2009, and guess who is sitting right at the top of the list. Sure enough, it's our favorite computer maker -- according to the survey, taken by "senior executives around the world," Apple is number one, and the ...

Microsoft investigating retail options, hires former Walmart exec

by Robert Palmer (Feb 13th, 2009)

Microsoft is giving retail stores another try, even after closing its only store at the Metreon in 2001. It plans a "small number" of stores, but did not mention locations or size. The company is hiring Walmart veteran David Porter -- an expert at negotiating deals between the movie industry and the ...

Walmart to test iPhone sales with employees starting today

by Robert Palmer (Dec 17th, 2008)

Engadget is featuring an image allegedly showing details of Walmart's "soft launch" for the iPhone, scheduled to go on sale at 9 a.m. on December 28. The note indicates that 488 Walmart stores were chosen for a "pilot" exercise, whereby each store will be given five iPhones to sell to Walmart ...

Target releases 'Gift Globe' iPhone app

by Cory Bohon (Dec 17th, 2008)

Target has decided to release released its own iPhone application a couple of weeks ago, possibly to encourage holiday shopping online. Stepping beyond the basic web application that Walmart released, the Target application [iTunes link] offers an interesting concept -- like an Urbanspoon for gift ...