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Apple continues to expand the reach of its products to consumers.  Today, retail giant Target announced it will start to offer the iPhone November 7th in each of its 846 stores that maintain Target Mobile centers.  Target will offer up both the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS, and plans to deliver efficient on-the-spot activation.

"At Target we continue to offer our guest the best in electronics so we're happy to add iPhone to our Target Mobile offerings," noted Mark Schindele, Senior Vice President of Merchandising at Target.  "With expert support from Target Mobile specialists and in-store activation, our guests will be able to leave the store with a new, working iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 in-hand."

If you'll recall, Target started offering up the iPad last month, so the above really shouldn't come as much of a surprise.  By comparison, Wal-Mart has been selling the iPhone since December 2008, and started selling the iPad a few weeks after Target.

via MacRumors

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