Playmobil(TM) Apple Store Playset - $50-180
- Amazing PLAYMOBIL™ set introduces children to the magic of Apple technology
- Interactive play teaches important social interaction skills
- Includes everything pictured: entire store with figures and over 60 accessories
- Store comes fully staffed with PLAYMOBIL™ Apple Store associates
- Ground floor of Apple store features product demo tables, software shelves and kids corner
- Top floor includes Genius Bar and Keynote Theater with mini Steve Jobs figure
- Use your own real iPhone 4 as the screen behind Steve Jobs in the Keynote Theater (downloadable simulated keynote presentation available on the PLAYMOBIL™ website)
- Purchase the optional Line Pack and stage your own Apple Device launch party!
- Entire store measures 72 cm long x 36 cm deep x 40 cm high
- Officially licensed Apple product
I know it’s a joke, but let’s try to get this bad boy into production!
To Our Team in Japan,
We have all been following the unfolding disaster in Japan. Our hearts go out to you and your families, as well as all of your countrymen who have been touched by this tragedy.
If you need time or resources to visit or care for your families, please see HR and we will help you. If you are aware of any supplies that are needed, please also tell HR and we will do what we can to arrange delivery.
Again, our hearts go out to you during this unimaginable crisis.
Please stay safe.
Source: macotakara.jp
42 Days
Dear Apple,
As both a customer and a loyal supporter/well-wisher of your company, this makes me very, very sad. It’s 2011. You’ve been building iPhones and iPads for a long time now. There is absolutely no reason you should be sold out of iPad 2 nation-wide after two days. I don’t care how overwhelming the demand is. There should never be a 40+ day shipping timeline for released products. You need to fix this immediately. I’m not a shareholder, but if I were I would be furious. Millions (billions?) of dollars are on the table. Demand is good, but demand without sales is very bad.
Love,
Garrett
…as if every single person on the project isn’t busting their ass to ship as many as they can. Meanwhile people complain when their iPad’s screen adhesive isn’t finished drying yet, or that it doesn’t include a hi-res cameras but complain over rising prices.
If any other company were pushing out products like Apple does, on the scale that Apple does, with the quality that Apple does…with higher efficiency, then complain all you want. But there’s not. Unless you have a feasible solution or idea, let Apple take care of the problem. They’re much more aware of the situation than anyone else.
What’s with people feeling entitled to everything these days?
Source: maniacalrage
Nokia uses Apple’s iMovie standard loop to announce Microsoft partnership
When Steven Elop announced the Nokia/Microsoft partnership last week he did so using Apple’s iMovie. And he didn’t just use the software but also the included, royalty free, sound loop included with the software.
Can’t blame them—Apple makes great products.
Source: thenextweb.com
A List of Iconic Companies Whose Market Cap is Less than Apple’s Cash
Source: asymco.com
2105:
iAd Producer - Apple DeveloperIt’s like the reverse of the AppStore—preempt the market with a tool that strongly encourages Apple’s preferred practices rather than reject stuff to achieve those standards. With their own advertising platform, Apple can’t afford to stunt growth with mediocre experiences.
Via @hellbox over chat at work, where he also pointed me to Anil Dash’s tweet on the subject:
“Strategy tax bites Google in the ass again: Apple can make a GUI tool for iAds, but Google can’t because they can’t piss off agencies.”
(via serenastyle)
Source: developer.apple.com
BlackBerry PlayBook and iPad Comparison: Web Fidelity
Though RIM’s tablet hasn’t shipped yet, there’s a fair bit of hope surrounding it. With native support for Flash, impressive HTML5 rendering and overall faster page loads, the Playbook should be a great competitor for Apple’s device.
Is the killer feature just upgraded specs? This type of boost in performance is to be expected with an additional processing core and quadruple the amount of memory. This demo would’ve been much more impressive had it been done soon after the iPad was released (some 8 months ago).
Anyhow, the real keywords here are: “hasn’t shipped”.
Source: thenextweb.com
Apple.com at 9:59am Eastern time
I was just as puzzled when I reloaded the page at that time. It was just the announcement page while the images were being pulled:
Source: ranajune
