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Sometimes, we do wonder whether leaks of information by a vendor is done deliberately, or by accident, but the end game is more or less the same – attention is drawn to said leaked device(s). Well, Walmart has just leaked out pricing details on upcoming smartphones from T-Mobile, where we are looking at the Windows Phone 8X and the Nokia Lumia 810. Of course, one needs to bear in mind that carrier prices could very well vary from retailer to retailer, since it is up to the likes of Walmart to charge what they want – it is just the amount of profit margin that differs.

Recently, Sprint did reveal that they will be selling the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 for nearly $300 a pop, and it does seem that Walmart’s leak points toward a similar price point for T-Mobile’s Galaxy Note 2. In terms of Windows Phone-powered handsets, your wallet would appreciate the pricing details more as HTC’s Windows Phone 8X should cost $150 with a contract, while the Nokia Lumia 810 would hover around the $100 mark.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: T-Mobile and Walmart announce Family Mobile plan, Walmart and T-Mobile introduce data-centric prepaid plan,

Hmmm, judging by today’s news, can you say that Microsoft is not getting the kind of respect that they deserve? I am referring to the fact that Halo 4 has already been leaked over the weekend, and while there are repercussions for those who downloaded it and played the game, it has not stopped folks from doing so, either. Having said that, Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system which is scheduled for a rollout later this month has already been put up for sale at Walmart according to The Verge (who also provided the photo). As to whether this is an isolated incident or not remains to be seen, but what you see above is an image of Windows 8 Pro being put for sale for $70 a pop.

The official release date for Windows 8 is this coming October 26th, and word on the street has it that Walmart employees have informed their customers that Windows 8 Pro is already available for sale, it is just that Walmart did not do any promotional work just yet. Which part of the communications line do you think resulted in this particular snafu?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Major Windows 8 update released, Microsoft sponsoring free WiFi in San Francisco and New York as part of Windows 8 marketing campaign,

Walmart has been known to host some pretty sweet tech deals in the past, including a $114 iPhone 4S and a $100 iTunes gift card selling for $80. In order to get these deals to you even faster than most expedited shipping methods, the retail chain is testing out a same-day delivery service in a few US cities across the country.

They’re calling the service “Walmart To Go” and the testing phase will run from now through the holiday season. The service will be available in Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and the San Jose/San Francisco area. Shoppers will be able to go online to shop for various items, and then have them delivered to their doorstep on the very same day.

Shoppers will be charged a $10 fee per order, but the good news is that there’s no limit to the number of items you can have in your shopping cart, and there’s no minimum purchase requirement either. However, not everything that Walmart offers will be eligible for same-day delivery. Similar to what Amazon does with its “Free Super Saver Shipping”, Walmart only offers select items for the service.

To achieve same-day delivery, your items are shipped from the nearest Walmart store, as opposed to one of the company’s large warehouses. You also must order before 12pm in order to get your items on the same day. Walmart is currently working with UPS on this new service, and there’s no word if or when Walmart plans to permanently bring same-day delivery to the whole country.

[via TechCrunch]

Walmart testing same-day delivery in select US markets is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Welcome to Thursday evening folks – just one more day until the weekend is officially here. iOS 6 has been out for a little more than a day now, and while there are a lot of new features to get excited about, Apple’s new Maps app seems to be spoiling the party. Many are bummed that Apple Maps doesn’t feature public transportation routes like Google Maps, and a group of developers set out to solve that problem with a new hack. Meanwhile, Nokia took a few shots at Apple Maps today, and we found out that iOS 6 landed on 15% of all Apple devices within the first 24 hours of release.

Ever wonder how much Americans have spent on iPhone repairs? Wonder no longer, because SquareTrade says that we’ve $5.9 billion on repairs since 2007. Samsung once again reiterated its intentions of taking Apple to court over the iPhone 5, while HP announced a range of new ultra-light notebooks today. HP didn’t stop there though, as it also revealed a brand new ENVY desktop, which we have to say looks pretty sleek. Verizon talked about how good its Share Everything plans are during an investors conference today, and the ASUS Padfone 2 might be getting a reveal next month.

Prices for the freshly-revealed HTC 8X and 8S were announced today, and Chinese manufacturer Cube has a new tablet incoming that sports a display similar to Apple’s Retina display. Qualcomm was seen touting its Snapdragon S2 processor today for some reason, and SkullCandy revealed a trio of new gaming headsets. Speaking of gaming, we heard rumors that Half-Life 3 will have open world elements, and were amazed by a new multiplayer trailer for an upcoming game called Cube World. Amazon’s Kindle eReaders and tablets have been banished from the shelves of Walmart, and the all-new ZTE Anthem will soon be heading to MetroPCS complete with 4G LTE capabilities.

Android users were given The Bard’s Tale and Fort Courage today, while the US Senate claimed that Microsoft avoided paying $6.5 billion in taxes over the last three years. Facebook Messenger got an update on Android today, as did the regular Facebook app, and Sony told us why we didn’t see a price cut on existing PS3 models when the company revealed its brand new super-slim console. Microsoft can officially claim another victory over Motorola in Germany, and finally tonight, we have a hands-on with the excellent 10Terra Nexus 7 Bamboo case, which is looking to get funded on Kickstarter right this minute!

That does it for tonight’s Evening Wrap-Up. Enjoy the rest of your night, and join us back here tomorrow as we wrap-up Friday’s news and ring in the weekend!

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 20, 2012 is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Once again, the list of places where you can buy one of Amazon’s Kindles has gotten shorter. According to a new report from Reuters, low-cost retail titan Walmart has completely dropped Amazon’s full line of Kindle e-readers from its online and brick-and-mortar stores.

Don’t hold your breath for your local Wally World to stock new models like Kindle Fire HD or the Kindle Paperwhite either — it seems Walmart is making a clean break here.

It’s not the first time a major national retailer has opted to drop Amazon’s popular line of e-readers and tablets — Target made a similar decision back in May after “evaluating” its product assortment, though the company was quick to note in its clipped statement that it would still sell rival e-readers like Barnes & Noble’s Nook.

Unlike Target, which forecasted the Kindle’s exit from its inventory in advance, Walmart already seems to have done the deed. A quick search for “Kindle” on the Walmart site doesn’t yield much more than a slew of Android tablets, and a bit more digging reveals that the retailer may have been clearing out Kindle stock as early as last month.

The natural question to ask at this point is, well, why? If Walmart’s party line is to be believed, it’s simply because the company carries enough tablets and e-readers to make the Kindle unnecessary. The real reason may be more nuanced than that — the moves made by Walmart and Target seem more like the sign of a deepening schism between strictly online retailers and those with brick-and-mortar businesses to maintain.

Amazon has historically been pretty happy to drive wedges into that gap, too. Right at the peak of 2011′s holiday buying frenzy for instance, Amazon kicked off a new promotion for users of its mobile Price Check app — anyone who used it to price check a product in a brick-and-mortar retailer would receive a 5% discount off of that same product if purchased on Amazon. The fact that those discounts topped out at $5 (and Amazon never brought up how successful the promotion was) meant that its swaying power was questionable, but it clearly illustrated that Amazon was more than happy to reinforce the notion of physical retailers as showrooms while it laughed all the way to the bank.