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"As many as 40 percent of consumers say they plan to snag an iPhone 5 once it's available. Now, I'm no statistician, but I do have the equivalent of at least an 8088 processor in my cranium, and it tells me that probably a few of those folks are current iPhone 4 owners."

Lock in your price of $250.00 USD today! That is, if you plan on selling your old iPhone before the new iPhone is announced tomorrow. After locking it in you have 21 days to send it in, which should be plenty of time. So, are you going to get the new iPhone if it is announced, and if so are you going to be selling your old iPhone via this service or another one? Personally, I think I'll keep mine, I like to have a backup just in case. What are your thoughts?

"I've been asked several times over the past few days about how to wipe an iPad/iPhone/iPod touch ready for resale. Instead of repeating myself over and over, I thought that a post was in order."

It actually is pretty easy as you can see from the graphic above. Go into general settings and erase, simple as that. As noted on the Apple website however, it can take several hours so make sure your iPad is plugged in.