Freebies, discounts

GameStop iOS trade-in program a success

gamestop_ios_tradeins_thumb A few months ago, GameStop, the popular video game store, began offering customers the opportunity to sell their old or unused iOS products to the store. Personally I was a bit skeptical of the idea, just because GameStop mainly deals in gaming tech. However it seems I was proven wrong. According to GameStop president Tony Bartel, “The velocity of this trade... Read more »

Apple’s 12 Days of Christmas app goes live in Europe, Canada and the UK

12days Apple has officially launched it's annual 12 Days of Christmas giveaway. Customers who download the application will have access to free music, videos and even books from now until January 6. The first round of freebies is a copy of Coldplay's live EP from a recent iTunes Festival in London. Each download is only available for 24 hours, so if you think you'll... Read more »

Apple’s Black Friday discounts leaked?

apple-black-friday 9to5 Mac appears to have gotten its hands on a pamphlet detailing Apple's 2011 Black Friday discounts, courtesy of a "trusted tipster." According to the images, the sale is pretty similar to last year's offerings, but there are a few differences. If these pictures are legit, the discounts are as follows... As far as the Mac is concerned, Apple has taken $101 off... Read more »

Black Friday Apple event: Buyer’s Guide

Unknown Today, Apple put up a teaser-ad for this year's Black Friday. Just like previous years, we expect Apple to reduce prices on iDevices for the one-day only shopping frenzy. Last year, the steepest discount was $101 for the top-of-the-line Mac, with the lowest discounts going to the iPod nano, which had a staggering $21 price drop for the 16GB model. The iPad and... Read more »

Crosswa.lk revolutionizes app discovery

crosswalk One of the things that makes an iPhone an iPhone is the gigantic App Store with more apps than you could ever download. There is always an app for you whether you are looking to keep up with friends, relax, or get some work out of the office. The only problem is that there are so many apps in the App Store. I feel like there is an amazing application waiting to be... Read more »

Box.net offers 50 gigs of storage for free. Get ‘em while they’re hot!

iphone-50gbfree Every iCloud user gets a complementary 5 gigs of storage, courtesy of Apple. That's nice. If you want to store more than 5 gigs of pictures, documents, or whatever else, though, it'll cost you. That is, unless you bypass Apple all together and head over to Box.net! For the next 50 days, Box.net is giving iOS users 50 gigabytes of storage totally free with no... Read more »

Apps on sale, get ‘em while they’re hot!

apps_sale-642x366 In honor of Labor Day in the US, the guys over at AppAdvice put together a list of over 150 iOS apps on sale this weekend. The list includes tons of great applications like the official MLB.com app, various Sonic and Pac-Man games from a number of great companies like EA. The full list is definitely worth taking a look at. Some of these apps are at all time lows,... Read more »

iPhone 3GS for free – rumor

Screen shot 2011-06-30 at 11.32.25 AM The iPhone 3GS will be FREE when iPhone 5 comes out... what?! By now we've all grown pretty accustomed to the way Apple does things. For instance, when a new iPhone is announced, it's expected that last year's model will drop down to a much lower price and be sold as the introductory handset. Apple is definitely a creature of habit. Or, they used to be... The... Read more »

iPod Touch giveaway week 1 details [VID]

Jake Rosati ipod giveaway Jake explains the rules of the iPod Touch giveaway, and gives details on how to enter the first round! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-IHhTTEbWw - TiP giveaway post: http://tinyurl.com/3wef6rt - Follow me on Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/428lstm - Follow Cam on Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/3q3zsgw - Copy and paste this tweet to enter: "@TiP_Cam and... Read more »

Game titles on sale to aid Japan relief effort

Japan-tn1.jpg I'm sure you've heard the news reports and seen the headlines about the natural emergency that took place on the other side of the world: It was one week ago that a massive, 8.9 magnitude earthquake rocked northern Japan. The destruction (in the order of billions of dollars) is only overshadowed by the thousands of lives lost by the raging quake and ensuing... Read more »