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Atari’s Retro Console Launches Pre-Orders, Quickly Crashes Indiegogo 

After several delays and a whole lot of confusion, Atari’s retro console/set-top box thing is available for pre-order. We finally have more details on what this thing can do and apparently more people are hyped up about it than we expected. On Wednesday afternoon, Indiegogo was struggling to keep up with the influx of traffic.…

Did you miss your chance to pre-order the OnePlus One smartphone yesterday due to server fail? You’ll get one more chance on November 17th at 10AM ET. Good luck! [OnePlus Blog]

Ready for Google’s new monster tablet, the Nexus 9? You can now pre-order one from Google, HTC, Amazon, or Best Buy.

Microsoft Is Taking Surface Pre-Orders in Official Stores

According to reports on WPCentral, Microsoft is allowing members of the public to wander into official stores and pre-order its new Surface tablet. One forum member on WPCentral reports having successfully pre-ordered a tablet from a Microsoft pop-up shop in Oregon. He was given this piece of paper(!), which claims to be a “Surface reservation…

iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Are Live

iPhone 4S pre-orders are live on Apple’s online store and from individual carriers like Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. Be patient when ordering as the Apple Store is up and down and both Sprint and AT&T are reportedly getting hammered. Just keep hitting F5 and you’ll eventually get through. It just might take a frustrating hour…

iPhone 4S Pre-Orders: Get Ready to Throw all Your Money at Apple on October 7

Apple will begin taking pre-orders for the brand new iPhone 4S on Friday, October 7 with the device launching a week later on October 14. If you’re afraid you’ll miss the pre-order boat, be sure to start checking Apple’s site at midnight Eastern time. That’s 9PM Pacific time if you’re new to time zones. Your…

Apple: 600,000 iPhone 4 Pre-Orders, Sorry For the Clusterfrak

Yesterday’s iPhone 4 preordering process was a complete debacle. Today, Apple announced that 600,000 pre-orders actually got logged, and issued an official apology for the system that collapsed: Statement by Apple on iPhone 4 Pre-Orders CUPERTINO, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Yesterday Apple and its carrier partners took pre-orders for more than 600,000 of Apple’s…

AT&T Suspends iPhone 4 Pre-Ordering After System Collapse

It’s official: AT&T can’t cope with iPhone 4 orders. Following the first day of the iPhonepocalypse—and after shutting down their online sales system following multiple security problems—they are giving up to avoid any further trouble. Of course, that’s not how AT&T’s official statement explains it: iPhone 4 pre-order sales yesterday were 10-times higher than the…

iPhone 4 Disaster: Orders Charged and Sent to the Wrong People

They denied it, but readers claim that AT&T is exposing credit cards and shipping information during iPhone 4 pre-orders. Wrong shipping information is even being used by AT&T and Apple’s websites to send units to the wrong people. [Updating live] The first iPhone 4 pre-order day was a total disaster, with collapsed AT&T and Apple…

AT&T iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Have Sold Out

According to Boy Genius Report, all of AT&T’s pre-order iPhones have been reserved as of 4:30pm EST. And if you placed an order any time after that, you might have a bit of a wait on your hands. Updated: People who got their orders in after 4:30 are expected to get their phones any time…

AT&T Now Taking iPhone 4 Orders In Pen and Paper

We told you this morning: AT&T is now taking orders with pen and paper. Is this the exclusive partner that Apple wants to sell their precious iPhone 4? I thought only hookers did this nowadays. Click to viewAT&T servers are so absolutely collapsed (read about why here) that even computers at the physical stores have…

iPhone 4 Order Security Breach Exposes Personal Information

Apple’s iPhone 4 pre-ordering has been a total disaster, but it gets much worse: An AT&T insider claims that this iPhonecalypse may be related to “a major fraud update that went wrong.” The bug is exposing AT&T users’ private information. So far there have been at least three accounted cases of mistaken identities sent by…

Apple iPhone 4 Pre-Ordering Is a Total Disaster

The iPhone 4’s first pre-ordering day has been a total disaster. AT&T’s online system has collapsed, there are account security breaches, Apple’s online upgrades are down, and stores are now using pen and paper to process sales. Major update: Exclusive: iPhone 4 order security breach exposes private information. The photo of the line above was…

Pre-Orders for the iPhone 4 Start Now

Apple’s website has just set the pre-order page live for the iPhone 4, however it appears the white iPhone is “currently unavailable for pre-order or in-store pickup.” Black it is, then. Shipping starts June 24th. UPDATE UPDATE: It looks like the Apple site is taking a hammering, so try your luck at AT&T’s website here,…

The iPad’s (Pre-) Opening Day Sales: 120,000

So, the iPad is finally available for pre-order, and it turns out the half of the Giz staff that bought one aren’t alone: CNN estimates Apple received about 120,000 iPad pre-orders on that first day alone. https://gizmodo.com/are-you-getting-an-ipad-on-the-first-day-5491827 That 120,000 number is mostly a guess, but is also probably right: Using sampling, they subtracted Apple’s typical…

Snow Leopard Now Available for Pre-Order

Amazon has OS X Snow Leopard available for pre-order in all forms: Upgrade ($30), Family Pack Upgrade ($50), Box Set ($170), Family Pack Box Set ($230) and Server ($500). No release dates yet, though Amazon does suggest September. A September launch would mean we’re less than two months away, so it’s fair to see pre-ordering…

How to Pre-Order Windows 7 Tonight (and How To Cut The Line)

If you want Windows 7 Home Premium for $50, or Pro for $100, you’ll have to pre-order it. Here’s a list of places where you can find it, starting at 12 midnight Eastern, 9pm Pacific tonight! Remember, this is a limited-time offer, and it only applies to Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional—not…

Did You Pre-Order The iPhone 3GS?

I’m kind of curious to know how many people prefer to pre-order vs just showing up at the store. As far as the 3GS is concerned, this choice could make all the difference. As you may already know, there will be two separate lines on June 19th: one at 7 am and one at 8…

Nintendo DSi Now Available for Pre Order at Amazon and GameStop

Nintendo DSi will be released on April 5th, but if you want to be proactive in your quest to score one, you can pre-order yours now from Amazon and GameStop. [Amazon/GameStop(black)/GameStop(blue) via Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-dsi-arriving-april-5th-for-170-5155617

Nokia E63 Available for Pre-Order for $500

Amazon is now listing Nokia’s BlackBerry-ish QWERTY E63 phone as available for pre-order. The unlocked 3G phone can be reserved for $500, though there’s no word on release date. The E63, based on the E71, already dropped in Europe, so we expected it’d be making its way to North American shores at some point. In…