New iPad Air on sale at its lowest price ever on Amazon

TL;DR: Several variants of the new 10.5-inch iPad Air have been marked down to their lowest prices ever on Amazon; you'll save as much as $52.

When it comes to tech essentials for college, consider the humble tablet: You can snap on a keyboard to take notes in one class, whip out a stylus to doodle in another, and pull up the digital version of a textbook once you settle into a study spot at the library. What's more, tablets don't take up too much space in your backpack — i.e., there will still be room in there for a post-class beer haul.

Apple's new 10.5-inch iPad Air is a Mashable's Choice Award winning-tablet option; it comes highly recommended by our resident tech expert for its extra-long battery life of up to 10 hours, large Retina display, razor-thin design, decent stereo speakers, and "blistering-fast performance" thanks to the A12 Bionic chip.  Read more...