Trexa Electric Car Platform Will Cost Upwards Of $15,999 [Cars]
No longer do you need to fantasize about buying a Tesla, now that Trexa has released pricing details of its “scalable lithium-drive platform,” (aka the base for building your own electric car).
$15,999 is a fair price to pay for the starting block of your new car, when other electric cars can set you back more than $100,000 (for a Tesla, anyway—Nissan’s Leaf costs around $30,000.) Still, who hasn’t dreamed of building their very own car? And as it’s electric, you’ll be saving the planet, and your wallet.
The starting price is for the base model, which has a top speed of 100mph, an acceleration of 0-60mph in 8 seconds, charge time of four hours and a 105 mile range. [Trexa]
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Amazon Wields $25 Gift Certificates To Pacify Frustrated Comic Book Fans
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Over the last few days, a strange situation has been brewing between Amazon and a sizable number of comic book fans. On March 7, Bleeding Cool broke the news of an apparent Amazon sale featuring high quality hardcover Marvel graphic novels at bargain-basement prices of $14.99, when their retail prices were more along the lines of $125. Alas, it turned out to be a pricing error. Amazon could have simply canceled the orders (which is common practice for online retailers), but instead, it tried to do right by its users and said it would honor some of the orders. Except it didn’t actually have enough books in stock to do what it promised, leading to another wave of frustration from the comics fans. Now Amazon is looking to smooth things over with some $25 dollar gift certificates.
The tale is a bit complicated. After word of the apparent sale began to spread, plenty of comics fans began to snatch up the books as quickly as they could, causing some of the graphic novels to climb toward the top of Amazon’s best seller lists. 
Autoquake Gets Another £6m Investment From Its Backers
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Autoquake, an online used car retailer in the UK, has raised another £6 million round of venture capital and venture debt financing from existing investors Accel Partners and Highland Capital Partners. The debt is being provided by Kreos Capital. This is after raising £4m from Accel and Highland only last year. That takes its total funding so far to £20 million. The money will be used to expand internationally.
Autoquake’s plan is to disrupt the car retail industry by selling quality used cars on behalf of large corporate fleets and leasing companies direct to consumers via virtual showrooms. High quality pictures of the actual cars on sale appear instead of the usual fuzzy pictures on the average second hand advert.
Samsung’s Barnes & Noble eReader Launch Ruined By the Existence of the Nook [EReaders]
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I respect what Barnes & Noble is doing with this multi-reader ebook strategy, and I’m glad Samsung’s finally been brought in from the cold, into the warm presence of a real ebook collection, but $300 for this thing? Really? UPDATED
A six-inch-screened device with a sliding keypad, the Samsung E6’s biggest draw is probably its stylus, which allows for full, paper-style annotation and notetaking. But the dual-display Nook, which itself is considered one of the pricier e-readers, costs less, and has 3G—a price and feature gap that’ll stare every potential E4 buyer right in the face, since the two readers will be sold side-by-side in Barnes & Noble stores. UPDATED: The price is actually $300; dropped from the original official price of $400. It’s not clear if the readers will be sold in stores, or if they’ll merely tap into B&N’s book store.
The Samsung E6 will arrive, awkwardly, in Spring. [MarketWatch]
Case-Mate’s Hug wireless iPhone charging solution shipping now for $100
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Remember that wireless induction charger that we saw poking around at the CES iLounge Pavilion earlier this year? Seems that Case-Mate has finally given that little doohickey a name, a price and a ship date. The aptly-titled Hug (which consists of the Hug Case and Hug Pad) slips onto one’s iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS and allows Apple’s darling to get recharged by simply laying on the aforementioned platter. Of course, the case itself is distractingly bulky, and this whole thing relies on the same eCoupled technology that we’ve been seeing for years now — though, the fact that this pad will charge any other case that utilizes the same standard is worth noting. Is the ability to never need your dock connecting cable for rejuvenation purposes really worth the $99.99 asking price? We’re guessing not, but those that disagree can get their own shipped out this very moment.
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iPad ad reveals book pricing and NYT button
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Filed under: Apple Corporate, iPad
The iPad television ad that appeared during Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony showed off more than the iPad’s functionality. It revealed some book pricing, too.
Several of the books had prices clearly displayed (you’ll get a better look here), ranging from US$8 to $15. For example, Sen. Edward Kennedy’s “True Compass: A Memoir” is listed for $14.99, while “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World… One Child at a Time” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin is priced at $7.99.
By contrast, Appleinsider reports, those titles sell for $19.25 and $7.19 on the Kindle, respectively.
We reported on a leaked list of likely initial iBookstore titles and prices in late February, but this is the first official indication of pricing from Apple — for the record, all the prices above match up with the file we saw. It’s notable that the list appears to include New York Times bestsellers as a separate category, which aligns with the sharp-eyed observations of reader Alejandro; he noticed the distinctive Times logo in the iBooks app at the bottom of the screen (see image below) at the end of the ad.
Based on the leaked list, other titles we might expect to see at launch are “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks for $9.99, “U is for Undertow” by Sue Grafton for $12.99 and “The Wrecker” by Clive Cussler for $12.99.
The iBooks application represents Apple’s first foray into the ebook market, currently dominated by the Kindle and Nook. The competition is heating up before the iPad even hits stores, as HarperCollins and Macmillan have forced Amazon to re-visit their pricing policies. In January of this year, before the iPad’s introduction, Amazon adopted the 70/30 revenue split that the App Store uses. An epic battle is about to erupt which can only mean one thing: Better choices and products for us, the customers!
TUAWiPad ad reveals book pricing and NYT button originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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iBookstore Prices, Possible Hidden Camera and Other Goodies Noticed During iPad Commercial
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Although Apple’s new iPad ad didn’t show off any new features, several eagle-eyed viewers have managed to spot some interesting items. According to 9 to 5 Mac, iBookstore pricing seems to have fallen below Kindle’s pricing. A listed Ted Kennedy memoir, “True Compass”, retailed for $14.95 for the iPad version (the hardcover goes for $23 while the black and white Kindle version sells for $19.25.
iPad Ad Reveals eBook Prices, Document Storage, NYT Bestsellers Button And More
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iPad’s first commercial that was premiered last night at the Oscars has revealed some interesting details. The 30-second commercial has revealed the ebook price range that you can expect on Apple’s new iBooks Store, New York Times best seller button, where documents will be stored and a smudge, which could…
Macworld UK estimates iPad pricing, late April availability in the Blighty
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Our English-speaking friends across the pond have been anxiously awaiting pricing and availability dates for the iPad. Macworld UK’s Nick Spence notes that both the Wi-Fi and 3G models will be available in late April, meaning that developers in the UK who want to get their hands on an iPad earlier may have to consider flying to the US on April 3rd.
Spence reported that Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, and Switzerland will also see the iPad shipping in late April.
Based on the exchange rate for both the US Dollar and UK Pound Sterling, Macworld UK estimated the following prices for the iPad models:
- iPad Wi-Fi: £417 (16GB); £500 (32GB); £584 (64GB)
- Wi-Fi + 3G: £526 (16GB); £610 (32GB); £693 (64GB)
The estimated prices also add the 17.5% Value Added Tax, which is included in cost of goods in the UK.
TUAWMacworld UK estimates iPad pricing, late April availability in the Blighty originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Custom iPhone Stands Made Completely With Cutlery [iPhone Accessory]
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A custom car mount for your iPhone, a DIY stylus and DIY iPhone camera zooming lens. Think you’ve seen it all? Here is something that will beat them all in the cuteness factor – an iPhone stand made completely out of cutlery. ForkedUpArt, a North Salt Lake, Utah based silverware…
Upgrade Pricing Coming To The App Store?
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A strange dialog box that surfaced in a current version of iTunes may foretell that Apple is planning on allowing developers to offer upgrade pricing for iPhone applications. According to Ars Technica, developer Fraser Speirs was warned that the “discounted price is only available to customers who own a previous version” of an item when he tried updating all his apps via iTunes.
Historically, developers of standard desktop software have offered upgrade pricing to owners of previous versions in the event of a major release. With iPhone applications, minor updates have typically been free to all users and the App Store has lacked a mechanism to offer an upgrade price for a new version release.