Sweet deal: Wal-Mart offering iPhone 5 for $127, third-gen iPad for $399

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Both my colleague John Cook and I are in the market for a new smartphone, and Wal-Mart’s latest deals certainly just caught our eye. The retailer is now selling the iPhone5 for just $127 on contract and the 4S for $47 on contract. Wal-Mart is also selling the 16GB third-gen iPad with WiFi for $399, along with… Read More…

Apple: iPhone 4S sales surpass 4M units in first weekend

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Apple this morning is reporting iPhone 4S sales of more than 4 million units in its first three days of availability this weekend, more than twice the 1.7 million iPhone 4 units sold during that phone’s first three days in June 2010. The company calls it the biggest phone launch in history, suggesting that the… Read More…

Geek on the Street: Why are you in line for an iPhone 4S?

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It might not have the appeal of an iPhone 5, but tomorrow’s launch of Apple’s iPhone 4S has still managed to attract a line outside of the Apple Store at Seattle’s University Village shopping center this evening, complete with the traditional lawn chairs signaling their intention to stick it out overnight. OK, to be precise,… Read More…

iPhone 4S preorders set new Apple record, top 1M in first day

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The technology media might have been disappointed with the lack of an iPhone 5 unveiling last week, but it looks like everybody else is pretty much fine with Apple’s new iPhone 4S. More than 1 million of the new phones were preordered in the first 24 hours, eclipsing the previous record of 600,000 single-day pre-orders… Read More…

GeekWire Radio: iPhone 4S, Xbox TV, and remembering Steve Jobs

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On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we share our thoughts on the passing of Steve Jobs, hear what people had to say about the Apple co-founder at an impromptu memorial in Seattle, and listen back to a memorable clip of Jobs putting his relationship with Bill Gates into perspective. We also talk about… Read More…