We’ve got what you’re after this week. Oh yes, price cuts on apps across the board in all kinds of categories, but right out of the gate we’re letting you know that topping off the list is a limited time only Electronic Arts Sports sale-a-thon. Tons of this gamemaker powerhouse’s titles are seeing their prices shrink, so get ‘em while they’re cheap.
Get your mitts on NBA JAM for iPad, off down from .99. Or try your hand at Real Racing 2 for your iPhone down from .99 to just .99. A similar price drop brings Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 12 down to the same .99 price point. And you can grab Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit for your iPad; it’s the most expensive of the lot this week, but .99 is a steep drop from .99. Finally, Reckless Racing HD puts the pedal to the metal and burns rubber on , making this racer one single buck.
Physics games are big boffo bucks for the iOS platform and this one is free, so snap it up.
List apps are a dime a dozen and it’s hard to find just the right one. Check out ManageList without worry as it’s a freebie, down .
You know how you’re looking at something online and you want to look at something else but you don’t want a new tab? Dual Browser to the rescue, off to be this weekend’s freebie.
Get your jam on and do it on a budget. iPad synthesizer drops a whopping , down from .99 to .99. Get your jam on, tweakers!
Get your smack down on, worms! WWE arcade classic WrestleFest takes you back to a super sized Jake “The Snake” Roberts showdown. Awww yeah. off and just to pay for iPad and a single buck to pay for iPhone.
My green thumb is more yellow so a little help in the app department will have me getting my garden in order for free.
The King of Pop will get you dancing again as the undead of Thriller but there’s more and this .99 is dropping down to .99. Get it or Bubbles will be sad.
With your sunny summer vacation coming up, here’s a great app to help you share those great moments with all the suckers who didn’t get to to go Paris. Free for a limited time.
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Although it didn’t merit a press release from Apple, the new iPad continues winging its way around the globe on Friday, touching down in nine more countries where users won’t be able to enjoy 4G LTE.
The Next Web is reporting that Apple has released the new iPad in nine more countries on Friday, bringing its worldwide total to 57. It’s the fourth such wave of new iPad launches since the tablet debuted in March, continuing the company’s rapid rollout of new products.
The lucky countries are Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand — none of whom will be able to take advantage of those sweet 4G LTE data speeds, which are currently exclusive to the U.S. and Canada.
Curiously, China continues to be excluded from the new iPad launches, despite Apple getting an all-clear on the Wi-Fi only version. Electronic devices are “required to pass certification in order to access Chinese telecom networks,” and it appears the cellular version of the new iPad is still underway.
A potentially bigger problem in the Chinese market is Apple’s current trademark spat with Proview, who claims to still hold the trademark on the iPad name in that country. A negative outcome in court could have serious implications for Apple, including an outright import ban on the tablet unless they settle with Proview.
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Despite widespread use around the world, prepaid cell phones have never really caught on in the U.S., where two-year commitments stubbornly refuse to go away. But two companies whose fate depends on prepaid have watched their fortunes plummet during what is typically a strong quarter.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on some big losses at Leap Wireless and MetroPCS, two of the bigger players in the prepaid wireless market. Both companies noted “an abrupt slowdown in customer growth” during the last quarter, which has traditionally been their strongest.
“Consumers in the industry have faced some challenges this quarter,” explained Leap Chief Executive Doug Hutcheson during a conference call with analysts. “We expect to see continued headwinds and competition in the industry.”
Part of the problem comes from larger carriers such as Sprint and T-Mobile luring away low-income customers on government subsidies with free phones, particularly with attractive flat-rate, no-contract plans.
MetroPCS signed up a mere 131,654 new customers in Q1 2012, a sharp drop of 82 percent over the same quarter last year. Net income also fell 63 percent to million, while Leap’s fortunes dropped 2.2 percent to .4 million.
Both companies have noticed an uptick in existing customers switching from basic phones to smartphones, a trend that weighs heavily on corporate profits due to the higher upfront costs. While larger carriers prefer smartphone customers because they’re considered less likely to cancel service, those same customers can be “a particular challenge” for prepaid.
Despite the lure of handsets such as Apple’s iPhone — which is not eligible for prepaid service through most of the carriers handling it in the U.S. — the churn rates (customers leaving a carrier) for Leap and MetroPCS remained mostly consistent, with the latter jumping to 3.3 percent and the former holding strong at 3.1 percent.
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