In 2011, manufacturers shipped 487.7 million smartphones and only 414.6 million computers — that’s desktops, laptops and tablets. Combined. We’d heard prophecy of this day and now it may have arrived. More »
Who pays RRP these days? Lenovo has a three-day sale on its ThinkPad laptops that ends today, offering between 10 and 30 per cent off the recommended retail price, depending on how much the laptop costs. Considering Lenovo make some of the best Windows notebooks on the market, it’s a great chance to grab a good deal on a new machine. [Lenovo via OzBargain]
It’s not surprising given we’re less than three weeks from Christmas, but JB Hi-Fi is having a mega sale tonight only. Stores are closing at 5:30pm and reopening at 6:00pm just to accommodate the massive savings. There’s a huge list of savings on offer below the jump, but worth mentioning up front is the 4GB Xbox 360 Console for a paltry $169! More »
JB Hi-Fi’s having one of those sale things today, starting from 9am and ending 5pm today. The news was sent out via the company’s newsletter, but it’s also painted in bright yellow and white on their website’s front page and, no doubt, advertised in-store. More »
Apple has officially announced that they have sold one million iPhone 4S units in 24 hours, which beats down the previous 600,000-unit record set by the iPhone 4. Insane. Phil Schiller is “blown away”. More »
Shock News! OK, not really. It’s a bit of a tired cliché to decry that we’re paying too much for our gadgets at retail (even though many of us are buying online anyway), but it looks as though something might actually be happening about it. Albeit only maybe, and only slowly. More »
Online sales in Australia are nothing new, but figures released by Myer indicate that even the big brand stores are starting to get real traction. Could this the dawning of ubiquitous online aussie retail? More »
In case you spent the weekend under a rock, Steam’s yearly sale for the US Summer has kicked off! You have until 3am Tuesday morning to pick up Day 4 specials like 50% off Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (now $US20), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (now $US45), and ArmA II (now $US20). [Steam]
