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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Microsoft wants you to buy their products to start offering cash for iPhones
Earlier in the month, Microsoft -- which would love for you to pick up one of its new second-generation Surface 2 tablets -- began offering iPad owners a paltry US$200 or more for a trade-in in hopes that youd actually fall for the ploy, grab the cash and buy one of their beleaguered tablets. Now Forbes is reporting that Microsoft will be offering you a minimum of $200 for your iPhone 4s or iPhone 5 at some of the US and Canadian Microsoft Stores.
In this case, the trade-in promotion is part of the #timetoswitch campaign, and Microsoft is hoping that youll ditch your nice and relatively new iPhone for a Windows Phone instead of an iPhone 5s or 5c. Not that Microsoft seems desperate or anything, but they also have an online campaign that started a few weeks ago where theyll take any Apple, Android or BlackBerry device in return for a Visa gift card. I wonder how much theyll give me for that third-generation iPod classic thats sitting on the shelf...
Forbes Kelly Clay said it best: "Apples impressive sales figures of the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c in the past few days mean millions of consumers are not only freshly tied into new contracts but overtly prefer the iOS platform over Windows as they waited to purchase the new line of iPhones -- and avoided purchasing a Windows Phone when they had the chance."
Its beginning to look like Microsofts business strategy for the near future is to become the leading vendor of used smartphones and tablets.
Data source: via TUAW (By Steven Sande)
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Amazon Fire TV arrives in Europe pre orders start in the UK and Germany
Amazon made its Fire TV set-top box official back in April, which is also when it became available for purchase in the US. However, it hasn’t been available anywhere else. Until today.
The Fire TV is now up for pre-order in both the UK and Germany, marking the device’s entry into Europe.
It’s priced at £79 in the UK, with free delivery. It’s supposed to start shipping on October 23. If you’re an Amazon Prime member, you can buy the Fire TV for just £49.
Over in Germany, the regular price is €99, while if you are a Prime member that goes down to €49. Once again, delivery is free of charge. The set-top box will be released in Germany sooner than in the UK, with the estimated shipping date currently being September 25.
If you do subscribe to Amazon Prime, and want to get the Fire TV with the aforementioned discounts, you should act fast, as apparently the reductions will only be available for five more days.
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