Categories
iPad iPad mini News retail

LTE iPad mini, fourth-gen iPad now available in retail stores

You’ve been hankering for one of these since they came out. And now they’re on sale. Per CNET, Apple’s LTE-equipped iPad Mini and fourth-generation iPad are now available in carrier stores. Wireless carriers Sprint and AT&T announced today that they’re now carrying the devices. Verizon hasn’t announced its own availability, but the company is also […]

Categories
iPad iPad mini News retail

Thieves snag two pallets, $1.5 million in iPad minis from JFK airport

Because Pauly wanted a new iPad mini and to make a few bucks on the side… Per the New York Post, a pair of thieves stole $1.5 million worth of Apple iPad minis from a building at New York’s JFK airport that was also the site of a famous robbery in 1978. Details of the […]

Categories
iPad iPhone News Processors retail

20% Samsung price hike could affect Apple’s margins by 1-2%

The ne’er ending fight between Apple and Samsung continues. Following up on yesterday’s story about Samsung potentially raising the cost of building mobile processors for Apple, such a change would be expected to reduce the company’s overall margins by as much as 2 percentage points. Per AppleInsider, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray noted on Wednesday […]

Categories
News retail

Apple’s Forstall and Browett to leave company

Well, this might change the software on your iOS device for a few years to come. Per AppleInsider, Apple announced on Monday that Senior Vice President of iOS Software Scott Forstall will be leaving Cupertino in 2013, while SVP of Retail John Browett is also scheduled to depart at an undetermined time. It is unclear […]

Categories
iPad News retail

Apple sells out of all iPad mini models in 35 hours

It doesn’t matter that Amazon took the time to insult the iPad mini’s US$329 price tag, Apple still sold out of its launch inventory on all models of the new tablet. Per AppleInsider, while it’s unknown how many iPad mini pre-order units were available, Apple seems to have sold through its entire inventory. All iPad […]