Apple has dropped the prices on its refurbished iPad 2 and iPad. Customers who are interested in buying a refurbished iPad 2 or iPad are now able to at discounted prices with the company dropping the prices of the devices $20 to $50, depending on the model. This means that the first-generation 32GB Wi-Fi iPad [...]
Apple is beginning to more aggressively target its consumer-centric tablets at children with the iPad at the children’s table at its retail stores. The space on the children’s area at Apple stores was previously occupied by the company’s iMac home desktop computer, which highlighted the versatility of the computer in handling educational software, games, and [...]
Last week, shipping times for Apple’s new iPad slipped to 2-3 weeks through the online Apple Store. The shipping delays came after Apple entirely sold out of pre-orders for the newly released slate. Well, just a day after announcing that the device was their strongest iPad launch yet, shipping times have improved to 1-2 weeks [...]
So, I took a trip to the Apple Store last night to talk about the yellowish tint I’ve been talking about on the new iPad’s Retina display. Yesterday afternoon, before I left work, I started to see posts that included pictures of light leaks around the bezel on some units. Of course I took a [...]
The iPad is in short supply online and in stores. If you want to get one without paying $100-$200 extra on Craigslist or eBay, you’ll want to track one down in a local store. If you don’t want to call your local store every 20 minutes, we have an easier way to find a new [...]
Earlier today, we told you that pre-order dates for the new iPad were slipping and sure enough, we have discovered that pre-orders for the new iPad are currently sold out through the Apple Store across the board and those that place an order right now will not get the device on release day. Instead, the [...]
At Apple’s New iPad announcement Tim Cook bragged that Apple now has 362 Apple Stores worldwide. People will be lining up outside of these stores in many countries when the new iPad launches on March 16th. The stores aren’t there just to create nerd lines on iOS device launch dates. Apple stores contribute a lot to the [...]
Update: Pre-orders are now going through, though slowly. It took several tries for GBM editors to order theirs. Hopefully by tonight the load on the servers will ease up. Excitement over today’s new iPad 3 announcement and launch has had an unsurprising, but still frustrating effect on many websites, including Apple’s online store. Even though [...]
Apple loves to tease us. Pre-orders for the new iPad begin today and will ship on March 16th. Apple’s online storefront usually goes down in the hours before an announcement so they can prepare for new devices and such. Then, after the announcement, the waiting begins… Just after the announcement new content went up at [...]
Last week, we heard that Apple might launch the new iPad, called the iPad 3 or iPad HD, on March 16th. The date makes some sense as the date falls nine days from the launch event. Last year, it took Apple the same nine days to launch the iPad 2. 9to5Mac has chimed in today [...]
You may have heard. Apple will be hosting an iPad event this Wednesday, set to take place at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, an event where the company is likely going to be announcing a device that will likely be called the iPad 3, iPad HD or iPad 2S. And [...]
While we’re fairly certain that Apple is going to be announcing its next-generation tablet – presumably called either the iPad 3 or the iPad HD, on March 7th, we’re still unsure about when the actual iPad 3 release date might be. We’ve heard some rumblings about a possible release during the week of March 11th [...]
If you’re in the U.S. and you’re looking to get an Apple product for a loved one this holiday season, you’ll be happy to know that the company is offering free shipping on all U.S. online orders placed through its online store or through its iOS application through December 22nd. In addition, Apple has also [...]
Apple has updated the Apple Store app for iOS, adding the ability to order items for in store pickup and allowing you to purchase items in store by checking out on your iPhone. Apple Store 2.0 is available as a download right now, bringing the new features to your iPhone, iPad an iPod Touch. Previously [...]
Apple is set to join retailers like Best Buy, and begin offering online ordering with in store pickup at the Apple stores. The program, known internally as Sherwood, will allow shoppers to place an order online and pickup the item at a local Apple store. Sources tell MacRumors that this would include the entire stock [...]
Apple has just started taking in store reservations for the iPhone 4S at official Apple Store locations. This is great news for those of you who didn’t preorder an iPhone 4S in time to get one on launch day, or for those who just learned about the iPhone 4S this weekend. (Read: iPhone 4S Review) Apple Stores are [...]
One of my favorite geeks, Steve Wozniak, got in line with the rest of the Apple loving fans in order to pick up an iPhone 4S. While I’m sure he could just call up someone at Apple and have it hand delivered to his home, but instead he likes to get in line and enjoy [...]
Apple will release the iPhone 4S Friday, along with a new version of their AppleCare extended warranty plan called AppleCare+ (which we outlined in our list of the Top 5 iPhone Warranty Options Compared). The purpose of the plan is to provide accidental damage support for iPhone buyers. It also seems to signal a shift in [...]
This week I took my MacBook Air into the closest Apple store for a number of issues, including overheating, a 2″ wide band of black and cyan on the right half of the display and just general non-Mac issues. I had been prepared to write a post about the huge win that Apple gets from [...]
Apple Stores will open 2 hours early on October 14th to accommodate the high iPhone 4S demand. If you missed out on the iPhone 4S preorders, this is your best bet to get an iPhone 4S in October. Apple has run out of the first batch of online iPhone 4S preorders, and now new orders [...]
Apple has started telling employees how to sell the iPhone 4S to potential buyers, and without a sleek new look Apple is counting on the new camera, Siri assistant and iOS 5 to move the new phone. Apple updated the iPhone 4S with new dual core A5 processor with up to 2x faster performance and [...]
The Apple Store on Chestnut Street in San Francisco, California just put up black boards blocking passers by from seeing what is happening. The store is closed until October 5th, a day after Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 5. 9to5Mac shares a tantalizing picture of the closed Apple Store with an AT&T truck out front [...]
The iPhone 5 release date is getting closer and closer, which means it is time for the brave Apple diehards to head out and wait in line. Launch day lines are the earliest indicator of iPhone 5 demand, well other than surveys which show there is already incredible pent up demand for the next iPhone. As last [...]
Another Apple store has opened in China, only this time, it’s the real deal and not a fake. Apple’s 5th store in China is also its largest and the massive store has opened just before the expected launch of the iPhone 5. While it took several months for the iPhone 4 to reach China after [...]
The iPhone 5 has an incredible amount of pent up demand, demand that may see some supply soon. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 5 on October 4th along with iCloud and iOS 5. At this event, Apple will finally tell us when the iPhone 5 release date is. Right now we think that [...]
A photo obtained by Engadget purportedly shows 4G LTE equipment installed in a major Apple store. The interesting part is that the equipment was apparently put there by, you guessed it, AT&T, the same carrier that just announced its plans to launch its first 4G LTE devices on August 21st. Unfortunately, AT&T’s 4G LTE network [...]
Since March the 11th, Apple has had trouble getting the iPad 2 off to customers. Demand in the United States for the highly rated tablet has been extremely high and at one point, it took Cupertino 4-5 weeks to ship out iPad 2′s to new customers. Well, that’s all in the past because as 9to5Mac [...]
Comedian Mark Malkoff wanted to test the limits of just how “nice” Apple Store employees can be. He may have to keep trying. The video, first dug up by Gothamist, shows Malkoff push the boundaries of what one can get away with in an Apple Store before getting kicked out. His list of over-the-top tactics [...]
New York City railway commuters had better get ready for some serious congestion on iPhone and iPad launch days. The Apple Store in Grand Central Station, which is expected to be approved later this week by the MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) has been detailed – and Photoshopped – by the Wall Street Journal. While yet [...]
It looks like the Smart Cover knockoffs that a company associated with Samsung aren’t the only thing Apple’s lawyers should be looking into. This bit of KIRF (pointed out by Bird Abroad) is so egregious, it makes a Chinese eBay store look like a model for originality and innovation. This revolutionary bit of clonery: fake Apple [...]
Apple briefly closed the virtual doors of its online Apple Store in order to reveal “The new, faster MacBook Air” still available at $999. The new MacBook Air models include faster processors, Thunderbolt OS X Lion and a backlit keyboard. Sadly, Apple dropped the lower end white unibody MacBook. Processor and Graphics The new MacBook Air [...]
The Apple Store is down this morning, which is a good sign that we will soon see OS X Lion available in the Mac App Store, a new MacBook Air, new white MacBook and even a Mac Mini upgrade. Apple normally closes the online store to prepare for the launch of new products and all [...]
There had been a rumor flying around stating that Apple would begin selling an unlocked version of the iPhone 4 at some point this week and sure enough, an unlocked version of the device has appeared on Apple’s website with a steep price tag of $649. For those of you in the United States, that [...]
Apple’s online web store is still up as Steve Jobs has begun his WWDC keynote this morning in San Francisco, California. It’s unclear if there will be new hardware, or if an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5 will debut today, but as Apple’s website is still up, it may mean that the Cupertino, California company [...]
According to inter gathered by BGR, Apple might be preparing to launch something big on Thursday, May 19th which will mark the 10th anniversary of Apple’s retail stores, the first of which opened on May 19th, 2001. Apparently, there is an overnight shift scheduled at Apple stores for 10-15 employees who will work through the [...]
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