Although unconfirmed by both Apple and Wal-Mart, BoyGeniusReport is saying that they have received a tip that Apple will make a 4GB model of the popular iPhone 3G available at the giant retailer for only $99 USD with 2-year contract.
Having the phone priced so low would make it readily available to most consumers, especially those that don’t care so much about having tons of music or movies on their phone and also want to be able to go out and say “I have an iPhone!”
Apple initially sold a 4GB model of the 1st generation iPhone but dropped it from its lineup when it introduced a 16GB model. The 4GB models’ price back then? $399 USD.
Should this prove to be true, Apple has a chance to really move the iPhone into a whole new level of sales.
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Amazon today has expanded their popular Amazon MP3 store to the UK, marking the first time the store had been available outside the US.
The store will be almost identical to its American counterpart and will sell DRM-free MP3 tracks and albums that can be played in any media player.
The launch of the site is missing many artists’ catalogs but Amazon says they will be adding music regularly.
Another interesting note is the pricing. Apple’s iTunes charges a fixed price of £0.79 per song but Amazon will charge between £0.59p and £0.80p “depending on the currency and popularity of the content.”
Full albums are steeply discounted and can sell for as low as £3 for major groups.
The large e-tailer expects to expand the store into other countries in the next year including Canada, France and Japan.
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The manufacturer Pioneer has confirmed that its upcoming 16-layer Blu-ray discs will play back on most current standalone Blu-ray players including the Sony PlayStation 3.
The discs boast an impressive 400GB capacity and are finally headed into production by 2010 after being introduced earlier this year by Pioneer.
Current Blu-ray discs consist of either single layer 25GB discs or 50GB dual-layer discs.
The company also added that it will begin manufacturing 40-layer 1TB discs in 2013.
