Wednesday Apple Rumors — Big Discounts on MacBook Airs for Black Friday

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daily apple rumors AAPLHere are your Apple rumors and AAPL stock news items for Wednesday:

Apple Releases Black Friday Deals: Following up on Tuesday’s teaser that the company would be offering Black Friday deals via its online store, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced Wednesday just what those deals would be. A report at 9 to 5 Mac received details from a “trusted tipster.” On Black Friday, Apple will offer its base-level MacBook Air laptop for $898, a discount of $100. However, discounts on the company’s most desired products, like the iPad tablet, are less impressive, with markdowns of just $21 to $41.

TV Makers Rush to Figure Out Apple HDTV: According to Jeffries analyst Peter Misek, news that Apple is entering the TV manufacturing business has the rest of the television industry in a panic. A Wednesday report at All Things Digital quoted Misek discussing the still-rumored device’s impact: “TV manufacturers have begun a scrambling search to identify what iTV will be and do. They hope to avoid the fate other industries and manufacturers who were caught flat-footed by Apple.” Misek also said Sharp is reconfiguring its factory in Sakai specifically to build screens for Apple’s new TV. The line will be ready for production by February, and the TV could be out by mid-2012.

Apple Allows Subscription Payments for Games on iPad: Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Apple made a subtle but significant change to how people can pay for video games on the App Store. Big Fish Games, one of the leading mobile and social game studios, is now able to offer its iPad games for a subscription fee of $6.99 per month rather than through individual sales of game apps. Up until now, Apple’s subscription payments were restricted to apps like digital magazines and newspapers.

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