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Target to carry iPhones from November 7
Nov 1st
Target confirmed rumors today and said it would start carrying the iPhone as of November 7. The deal will see both the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 reach the 846 stores that have a Target Mobile section. Prices weren’t mentioned but should cover the same range as for other retailers.
Most Target stores should have the iPhone by mid-2011, Target said. Supporting stores will have accessories and conspicuous ads.
The deal comes well after existing deals with Best Buy and Walmart and suggests Apple is following the same strategy it has taken with the iPad, where it expanded sales outlets once More >
HP Envy 17 3D ships November 5, priced at $1,600
Oct 27th
The HP Envy 17 3D notebook introduced at the start of September will begin shipping from HP on November 5. The base system starts at $ 1,600, and for that money, buyers get 3D active shutter glasses, a quad 1.6GHz Core i7 CPU, a dual-layer Blu-ray writer and 6GB of RAM. The GPU is a 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 with HDMI output.
The 17.3-inch screen has a 120Hz panel to generate 3D and outputs natively at 1080p. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are standard. A 500GB, 7,200RPM hard drive is stock, with up to a 2TB, 5,200RPM unit available. Buyers More >
LG Optimus T to reach T-Mobile for just $30 on November 3
Oct 26th
T-Mobile this afternoon committed to a ship date for the LG Optimus T unveiled earlier this month. The Android 2.2 phone will have an unusually low price and should cost just $ 30 on a contract when it ships on November 3, albeit after a $ 50 rebate. In T-Mobile garb, it should be similar in many ways to the Optimus S we tried at CTIA but should eventually add Wi-Fi calling.
Both the Optimus S and T are based on the original Optimus One from Europe and Korea and use 600MHz processors, a 3.2-inch 320×480 touchscreen and a 3.2-megapixel More >