Apple Offering Free Next-Day Shipping Today and Tomorrow

by Cody on Dec 20, 2011

With Christmas now less than a week away, the deadline for shipments guaranteed to arrive before the holiday is drawing closer. That means that the folks hoping to avoid the last-minute retail crowds are running out of time.

However, those still looking to snag an iPad or other Apple product for that special someone are in luck. The company has just upgraded its free shipping promotion from 2-3 day business day delivery to guaranteed next-day shipping. Read More

 

Hot Deals: Free and Discounted Apps for Sunday, Dec 18

by Sebastien on Dec 18, 2011

You know what we love more than apps at iDB? Apps that are available for a discounted price or even for free in the App Store!

Today, we’ve got a selection of popular applications that are selling for significantly less. Some of them are totally free.

Our advice is to get them while the sales last, because they’re going to be back at their original price soon… Read More

 

Popular Racing Game Asphalt 6 Free for a Limited Time

by Cody on Dec 16, 2011

While we haven’t seen too many app sales yet this month, we have seen quite a few apps go free for short periods of time. There was Where’s My Water, High Caliber Hunting, and EA’s Flight Control to name a few.

Now we can add another one to the list. Gameloft has just made its popular iOS racing title, Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, free for a limited time. Read More

 

Radio Shack Offering $30 Off AT&T iPhone 4 and 4S

by Cody on Dec 11, 2011

Folks that missed out on all of the Black Friday festivities will be happy to hear that retailers aren’t quite done discounting Apple products yet. Yesterday, we told you about some major iPad deals going on over at Apple.com, and now we’ve come across some other specials.

It appears that Radio Shack, one of America’s largest electronics retailers, is discounting most of its AT&T-branded smartphones this month. The sale covers Android handsets by top manufacturers like HTC and Sony, and also includes the iPhone 4 and 4S… Read More

 

Flight Control and Flight Control HD Go Free For 24 Hours in the App Store

by Oliver Haslam on Dec 10, 2011

Flight Control was one of the original runaway successes of the iOS gaming era, and when Electronic Arts released an iPad version, its sales went crazy overnight. Releases on just about every other platform, including the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, followed.

If for some reason you are one of the few that doesn’t already own Flight Control and Flight Control HD, EA has put both games on sale as part of their EA Daily Deals promotion.

We haven’t even told you the best part yet! When we said the games were on sale, what we actually meant was you can now pick both Flight Control and Flight Control HD up for absolutely nothing. Free. Gratis. Etc… Read More

 

Tweetbot for iPhone On Sale For a Limited Time

by Alex Heath on Dec 9, 2011

Tweetbot, the popular Twitter client for the iPhone, is available for a limited time discount at only $0.99 (down from $2.99). In my original review of Tweetbot I gave it a glowing recommendation, and I still use the app every day on my personal iPhone.

For the first time ever, Tweetbot is on sale in the App Store. The price drop follows the release of the poorly-received Twitter for iPhone 4.0 update. Read More

 

Popular Verbs IM Client Goes Free in the App Store Today Only

by Zech TesfaYohannes on Dec 9, 2011

Verbs, one of the best IM clients in the App Store, has gone free for today only. This means that you can download Verbs for free within the next 24 hours instead of the usual $2.99.

You can also get an in-app purchase of Verbs Pro for $4.99, which allows you to stay online with iOS multitasking for up to 7 days. Not only that, but the app is universal, and has one of the best iPad interfaces to date. Read More

 

EA Launches Daily Deals Page for its iOS Games

by Cody on Dec 8, 2011

With Christmas just two weeks away, developers are undoubtedly going to start rolling out their app specials soon. It’s the holidays, and just as publishers hosted major app sales over Thanksgiving week, we expect to see tons of deals this month.

EA, or Electronic Arts rather, was at the forefront of the discounting in November, shaving up to 80% off of some of its most popular titles. And apparently it has even bigger plans in store for December, as the company has setup a dedicated Daily Deals site… Read More

 

AT&T Set to Smash Quarterly Sales Record This Holiday Thanks to iPhone 4S

by Oliver Haslam on Dec 7, 2011

US wireless provider AT&T is set to smash its own quarterly sales record after announcing that it has sold roughly 6 million smartphones in the first two months of the fourth quarter.

That mammoth result means that the carrier needs to sell just 100,000 smartphones during the last month of this quarter in order to match its current record, which was set during the third quarter of last year.

The reason for AT&T having such a great quarter? The iPhone 4S, of course… Read More

 

Amazon’s PriceCheck iPhone App Could Save You Some Serious Cash

by Cody on Dec 6, 2011

We’ve already told you about Amazon’s price-saving application in our holiday-helper roundup. The software allows you to use your iPhone’s camera to scan the barcode of a product and compare prices from hundreds of Amazon resellers.

But the online retailer also offers a standalone iPhone app that allows you to compare prices: PriceCheck. It gives you multiple ways to search prices to make sure you get the lowest one. And on December 10th it can save you even more money… Read More