Tech News - Walmart's trade in program for phones.

Well it's about time Walmart hopped on board the phone trade in scheme. Surprise surprise  it starts on the 21st September (1 day after the iPhone 5s/c) and it's top pay out is the iPhone 5.

Now it was no surprise that Walmart did this at this time and appealed to the Apple fanatics (as there is a lot of them) but I find the pricing to be average compared to the current market. The trade in rate starts at $50 and goes up to $300 (the iPhone 5) depending on the make and condition of the device. I have a sneaking suspicion that it was leaked from Apple to Walmart about the release date of the new iPhone due to the convenience of their close proximity. Also this scheme will give in store credit rather than actual spending cash. This guarantees a purchase for Walmart and probably an extortionate rip off on the resale of the traded in phone.  Will anyone out there be trading their iPhone 5 for a new one? And what's your opinion of the pricing?

Tech News - AMD AMD Details Embedded Product Roadmap

AMD has today become the first company to offer both ARM and x86 processor solutions for low-power high-performance designs. The new line up includes two of the best in class x86 APUs and CPUs, a first glance at a high end ARM SoC and a new line of discrete Raddeon graphics cards to launch in 2014. These new advancements provide the embedded industry's development community with a better chance to match a product with their exact need, cutting down on wasted money on unnecessary more expensive solutions. This appears to be AMD's attempt at grasping a clear product range for themselves to differ from Intel and gain a foothold to work from and expand the range of their business. The embedded and discrete market is that of growing needs, with the constant battle to be the smallest and most powerful device possible. This will surely work in AMD's favour in the long run as they continue to develop new solutions to existing problems.