That Mac trade-in deal is back at the Microsoft Store

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Turns out that there was a little jumping of the gun earlier this week when it came to a big deal off of a new Surface.If you have a MacBook of any kind dating back all the way to 2006 and are interested in switching ecosystems, consider heading to the Microsoft Store with our source link down below and you can get up to $650 toward a Surface Pro 4 or a Surface Book. Your Mac will be appraised via an online process and, if you get approved for an exchange, you’ll be instructed to ship ...

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Today’s Microsoft Store Mac trade-in offer for Surface never existed

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This trade-in offer either went too well or extremely, extremely wrong. Maybe it shouldn’t have been offered at all. Maybe it wasn’t?The Microsoft Store decided to give Macbook Air or Macbook Pro owners up to $650 for a trade-in toward any Surface device in stock and online starting today. The way it was supposed to go was that customers would go through an online appraisal ...

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Acer Liquid Jade Primo bundle discounted to $450, dock, keyboard and mouse included

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With only two days to go until Microsoft’s mysterious “Imagine what you’ll do” New York City Windows 10 event, the T-Mobile-bound, W10M-powered Alcatel Idol 4S has finally leaked in full, and the Acer Liquid Jade Primo scores you a massive discount all of a sudden through Redmond’s US e-store.Coincidence? ...

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Oculus Touch, Earphones on pre-orders from Amazon, Microsoft Store

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Wider availability of some key Oculus Rift peripherals has just been activated, namely in the form of the Microsoft Store and Amazon.Both the Oculus Rift Earphones and the Oculus Touch controllers have gone up for pre-orders. The audio kit, which is supposed to enhance Rift users’ experience, is priced at $49. The controllers are priced at the same $199 that Oculus is offering direct.Both products will begin to be fulfilled on December 6. What we’ve yet to see is the availability of extra ...

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HP Elite x3 at Microsoft Stores this week

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General US retail availability of the HP Elite x3, the high-octane, business-focused Windows 10 Mobile phone, begins tomorrow. And you can get one if you hitch a ride to one of the 100 or so Microsoft Stores nationwide.PC Magazine has confirmed the move with Microsoft Vice President of OEM Worldwide Marketing, Peter Han.

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Microsoft Lumia 550 discounted to $99

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This price cut on a Lumia phone is only temporary. At least, that’s what we’re told from the Microsoft Store.The Lumia 550, unlocked for GSM carriers and sporting a Snapdragon 210, is ready for your purchase at $99, $40 off from its original price. Oddly enough, the same discount was applied earlier this year.Microsoft may have 

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No Microsoft Band 3 certain as the Band 2 goes bye-bye

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Microsoft and its stores have no more Microsoft Band 2 devices to sell and it won’t have a Microsoft Band 3. It has stopped distributing its Band SDK and is said to have dissolved the software team that was going to implement Windows 10 on the band.ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Microsoft Online Store listings for the Microsoft Band 2 were last seen yesterday and are gone today. She’s also ...

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Entry-level Surface Pro 4 available for $750 ($150 off list) from Microsoft today only

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Microsoft has recently cranked the anti-Apple advertising rhetoric back up, although not in a particularly convincing fashion, likely looking to keep last year’s Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book convertible PCs in the limelight for a few months longer, as

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Microsoft stalls sales as HP Elite x3 camera problems get fixed

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The Elite x3’s initial rush to market has HP reeling the Windows 10 Mobile phone back just a bit. While the US is seeing some sales action going on, some

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Lumia 950 price tumbles again in UK, US

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The Lumia 950 started life at the Microsoft Store in the UK at £449.99. Even with Brexit killing the Pound Sterling’s buying power, discounts have been cascading upon the phone as its popular reception chilled from cool to freezing.After dropping to £289 last month, the SIM-free Lumia 950 is now some 45 percent off its original price at an even £249. The price looks to be a ...

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UK availability of HP Elite x3 rises to next day delivery

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The HP Elite x3 is beginning to let loose of its pre-orders period globally — though each country has to play it by ear — and it looks like the UK side of operations is ready to get away from the qualifying heat and shoot for the real thing.Both HP and Microsoft are offering the phone for its revised £706.80 price with delivery wait times as low as two days. ...

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Microsoft finally sets HP Elite x3 pre-orders in motion on North American shores

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While HP and Microsoft tried their best to make it clear off the bat that the Elite x3 isn’t meant to put Windows 10 Mobile on the consumer OS map, it’s hard for the masses to not get excited about a phablet so much better than the Lumia 950 XL, at least on paper.Unfortunately, the HP Elite x3 provides features and specs perfect for both business and everyday power users…

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Acer Liquid Jade Primo brings Windows 10 and Continuum to US Microsoft Store

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Three long months after it started selling on European shores, not to mention six excruciating months after its year-opening CES introduction, the Acer Liquid Jade Primo with Windows 10 Mobile pre-installed is finally up for grabs stateside at $650 unlocked.Too… much, too late? It certainly appears so, especially given the 5.5-incher’s Snapdragon 808 processor, 3GB RAM and Full HD screen resolution, all a tier or ...

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Buy Lumia 950 XL, get free Lumia 950 in US, Canada

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Is it still worth even thinking about buying the Lumia 950 or the Lumia 950 XL at this point? Or might you be interested in a Surface Phone? Whatever the case, Microsoft’s still re-offering

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Huawei MateBook pre-orders up for US with July 11 kick-off

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Want a different take on the Microsoft Surface 3? Huawei introduced one earlier this year with its MateBook. Since February, the products made its trek around the world. It’s only now crawled back around to the US for a launch here.Hardware-wise, Huawei’s crafted an 6.9mm thick aluminium chassis to hold in a 12-inch IPS LCD at 2160 x 1440 display with viewable angles through 160 degrees of rotation. Windows Hello takes advantange of dual array of microphpones and a side-mounted fingerprint reader. A ...

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