Apple has just expanded their already formidable lead when it comes to international, online content from the iTunes Store. In total, 56 new countries now have access to iTunes music, including several in Eastern Europe and a plethora in Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. […] Read the original post…
Month: December 2012
Apple Products’ Vaunted Reputation for Quality: 10 Major Issues
NEWS ANALYSIS: Apple’s product line is nearly universally beloved. But Apple products have plenty of design and quality issues that cannot—and should not—be overlooked. Read the original post by Tris Hussey
iPhone 5 Headed for South Korea, 50 More Countries
The iPhone will arrive in South Korea, Samsung’s home turf, Dec. 7. Brazil, Russia, Taiwan and dozens more countries will see it Dec. 14. Read the original post by Tris Hussey
Sony Professional Folding Headphones for $80 + free shipping
Adorama offers the Sony Professional Folding Headphones, model no. MDR-7506, for an in-cart price of $79.99 with free shipping. That’s tied with our August mention and the lowest total price we could find now by $15. Features include a foldable design, 40mm drivers, 10-20kHz frequency response, and more. Read the original post by dealmac –…
iTunes Music Store Launches in 56 New Countries, Movies Arrive in Four
Earlier today, we noted that the iTunes Music Store had gone live in Russia and Turkey, but now that changes have propagated throughout iTunes and we’ve had time to collect reports, it now appears that Apple is selling music through the iTunes Store in 56 new countries. The additions nearly […] Read the original post…
Centon 128GB DataStick Waterproof USB Flash Drive for $60 + free shipping
Walmart offers the Centon 128GB DataStick Sport USB 2.0 Flash Drive, model no. RCDSW128GB-001, for $59.98 with free shipping ($0.47/GB). That’s tied with our mention from ten days ago as the best shipped price we’ve seen for any 128GB USB flash drive. (It’s a current low by $4.) This flash […] Read the original post…
New iMacs Are Assembled In The U.S.? [Rumor]
The modders and tinkers at iFixit has just claimed its latest victim – the 21.5-inch iMac, praised by many consumers for its super-thin design. Read the original post by Ubergizmo
China Unicom Takes 100,000 iPhone 5 Reservations in the First Day
We know the iPhone 5 is going to be available in China on December 14th, but until now we could only imagine the pent up demand for the newest iPhone. Well, now we have an idea of the scale of demand: Over 100,000 pre-orders were taken by China Telecom on […] Read the original post…
Seagate 1TB Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $80 + free shipping
As one of its daily deals, newegg offers the Seagate 1TB FreeAgent GoFlex Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive in Silver, model no. STAA1000104, for $79.99 with free shipping ($0.08/GB). That’s tied with our October mention and the lowest total price we could find now by $5. The enclosed 2.5″ […] Read the original post…
Evening Round Up: Apple Hiring Former TI Engineers and Ashton Kutcher in jOBS
This evening we have our first official look at Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in jOBS (yes, lower case “j”, upper case “O”, “B” and “S”) which will premiere at Sundance in January, plus rumor is that Apple is scooping up laid off TI engineers in Israel for it’s Haifa research facility, […] Read the original post…
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Camera Lens for $299 + free shipping
B&H Photo-Video offers the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Autofocus Camera Lens, model no. 2515A003, for $399. Add it to your cart and it falls to $299. With free shipping, that’s $37 under our October mention and the lowest total price we’ve seen for this lens new. (It’s also a […] Read the original post…
Curious number of new iMacs born in the USA
For some time now there have been Apple products that bore “Assembled in USA” labelling, specifically built-to-order custom-configured Macs. But standard configurations of MacBooks and iMacs universally came over from China. As noted by Fortune, some of Apple’s new super-slim 21.5-inch iMacs are coming with “Assembled in USA” labels, in standard configurations available […] Read the original post…
Apple shifting more manufacturing to the US, starting with new iMacs
For some time now there have been Apple products that bore “Assembled in USA” labelling, specifically built-to-order custom-configured Macs. But standard configurations of MacBooks and iMacs universally came over from China. As noted by Fortune, some of Apple’s new super-slim 21.5-inch iMacs are coming with “Assembled in USA” labels, in standard configurations available […] Read the original post…
Samsung 256GB SATA 6Gbps Internal SSD for $179 + free shipping
B&H offers the Samsung 256GB 830 Series Serial ATA 6Gb/s 2.5″ Internal SSD, model no. MZ-7PC256B/WW, for $179 with free shipping ($0.70/GB). That’s the lowest total price we could find now by $20, although we saw it briefly for $14 less a week ago. It features read speeds of up […] Read the original post…
Remains of the Day: Around the world
The iPhone 5 and the iTunes Store go, uh, internationaler; Apple’s not abandoning Logic any more than your average Vulcan; and Brian Williams challenges Tim Cook to an on-air arm wrestling match. (Okay, I made the last one up.) The remainders for Monday, December 3, 2012 are black and white, […] Read the original post…