by Jay Garrett on March 12, 2010
If you like the idea of flashing an Apple iPad around Blighty before the rest of the fanboys and girls but would rather not have to fly stateside to make it so then here’s the answer my gadgety faithful.
Slip in your order to www.bundlebox.com from right now because pre-ordering is now on over the pond. No need to wait for that pesky UK release date!
BundleBox, if you’re not familiar with the name, was set up by former Google exec Andre Schmidt last year and lets UK consumers buy from any US website. It’s basically an online transatlantic shopping service that lets us in the UK register for a free USA postal address meaning that we can sign on to the pre-order service despite the current US residency restriction.
Just simply sign up to Bundlebox, select its ‘Buy for Me’ service and order and pay for your iPad.
Because the iPad counts as an “automatic data processing machine” under customs rules, it’s import duty free – which all adds up to the 16GB WiFi version costing £465.20, including all shipping costs and VAT.
Tempted? Or are you thinking about buying a different tablet?
Let me know
by Jay Garrett on February 22, 2010
This is what I’ve been expecting/hoping but now ‘industry experts’ are saying that the Apple iPhone 4G will look quite different from the iPhone 3GS.
Alriiiiiiiiiiiiiight!
Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes reckons that Apple “will try to change the game on everybody – it bothers them that everyone stole their form factor.”
I can totally see where he’s coming from and the fact that Apple has made a name for itself as being a ‘game changer’ the Appley one might be looking to make a leap rather than another minor tweak.
Let’s face it – Since its release in 2007 the iPhone’s exterior design hasn’t changed but still has become an icon.
In comparison, the iPod did change quite a lot in its first three years.
Would you prefer the iPhone to stay the shape that we’ve all come to know or love or, like me, hope for a change – kinda like the move from the original iMac to the lovely angular modern art pieces that the Apple desktops have become? Perhaps mirroring the MacBook in construction and feel?
C’mon Apple! The HTC Legend has actually beaten you to the aluminium unibody look!
Let me know below