Posts tagged Apple
Australian pricing for iPad 2?
March 19, 2011
It’s been happy to tell everybody about its latest toy since it went on sale in the US a week ago but Apple has yet to reveal the one feature that everyone is waiting to see.
The price.
The cheapest original iPad was the 16GB WiFi model for $629. It’s been selling for $398 at Big-W stores and the same version in iPad 2 form is selling for only $499 in the US.
So what prices can we expect to see in Australia come March 25?
Given the Australian dollar is More >
iPad owners are an optimistic lot
March 8, 2011
You can’t help but think that iPad owners are an optimistic lot. No sooner had news of the iPad 2 hit than iPad 1 owners started flocking to eBay to sell their no-longer-loved first-gen Apple tablets.
That’s fine – but what’s with the prices people expect?
The cheapest price we saw of the 200 or so on eBay at last count was $390. Given Big W is selling the 16GB Wi-Fi version for $398 brand-new, you’d be tempted to borrow that well-known line from The Castle: “Tell ‘em they’re dreamin’”.
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Big W drops Gen-1 iPad 16GB Wi-Fi to $398
March 7, 2011
It’s another two weeks before the iPad 2 arrives so it’s time for Apple and retailers to get rid of Gen-1 iPads.
So far, Big-W has the best price at $398 for the base 16GB Wi-Fi model.
At this stage, Apple hasn’t announced pricing for the new models. However, the company will be under pressure to deliver better prices than before.
When the original iPad arrived, the Aussie dollar was trading at 87cents US. Today, it’s around $1.02US. That should be lower prices. However, there are no guarantees Apple will More >
Thunderbird – yet another peripheral device port?
February 25, 2011
There’s another peripheral port on the way.
Thanks to Apple and Intel, expect to hear plenty more about Thunderbolt. And by the looks of it, it could spell trouble for USB3.0.
I’ve got a write-up about Thunderbird over at Techlogg.com.
