Apple Announces Starbucks Partnership

MacRumors · Sep 5, 2007, 02:05 PM

In addition to the iPod related releases today, Apple is pleased to announce a partnership with Starbucks.

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When you get near a Starbucks a fifth button will come up in the WiFi music store - you may have been in a Starbucks wondering what song is that playing? Now you can buy it with a tap of your finger.

The service will reportedly display the last 10 songs played in that Starbucks.

No mention yet what happens when you're in range of 4 Starbucks or more at the same time.

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Horseface · Sep 5, 2007, 02:07 PM

Hmmmm. Heh heh. People who buy their music at Starbucks...

mashinhead · Sep 5, 2007, 02:08 PM

that's great and all but it still leaves the very big problem of getting and internet connection at the starbucks to download the music. if there was free wifi this would make more sense. but i guess since he's making at&t a bunch of money he doesn't mind making t-moblie a bunch too. At this point they seem like they would have been a better choice. And it seems they too will reap the benefits of the apple halo, probably more than at$t will

4np · Sep 5, 2007, 02:09 PM

Starbuck's nice, apple is nice, but we've only got about 3 starbuck's in the netherlands and not near here

Clive At Five · Sep 5, 2007, 02:10 PM

WOOHOO!!! Just what I always wanted!!!

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Originally Posted by engadget

Is anyone else underwhelmed by this "feature"?

*raises hand*

And the best part is, although you can connect to the iTS for free, you still have to pay to surf the whole wide rest of the web at Starbucks.

Choose Caribou over Starsucks, people. Better coffee. Free Wi-Fi. Not bent on global domination.

-Clive

syklee26 · Sep 5, 2007, 02:10 PM

wifi access is free but i wonder if the site will be locked to just iTunes or not. if IPT user gets entirely free access to hotspot, this is a clincher for me.

macdaddy121 · Sep 5, 2007, 02:11 PM

I think Starbucks is providing free wifi to access the itunes store but not the internet....am I understanding this correctly?

Applespider · Sep 5, 2007, 02:11 PM

Free wifi while at Starbucks would have made people happier

And yet another US-only feature...

ibanana · Sep 5, 2007, 02:11 PM

ridiculous "feature"

frankly · Sep 5, 2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mashinhead

that's great and all but it still leaves the very big problem of getting and internet connection at the starbucks to download the music. if there was free wifi this would make more sense. but i guess since he's making at&t a bunch of money he doesn't mind making t-moblie a bunch too. At this point they seem like they would have been a better choice. And it seems they too will reap the benefits of the apple halo, probably more than at$t will

I was wondering the same thing. I thought for sure that the partnership he was going to announce was free Wi-Fi in all Starbucks stores. Now that would have been a get. There are soooooo many Starbucks coffee shops in the US and yet they are the only coffee shop I have ever been in that does NOT offer free Wi-Fi. What a bummer.

Frank

One Bad Duck · Sep 5, 2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Applespider

Free wifi while at Starbucks would have made people happier

And yet another US-only feature...

I thought starbucks' were global?

syklee26 · Sep 5, 2007, 02:13 PM

BREAKING NEWS: iPhone price cut.

Darkroom · 02:33 PM

they are my favourite coffee i must admit (i drink black coffee)... but it is seriously impossible for me to care less about their choice of music... i though they were going to announce that if you bought a song from the WiFi iTunes Store, you could go to the cash to show them and get a free coffee, or something...

i live in Montreal, and there's a StarBucks around the corner from me in the gay village... they've always offered free wifi thru Videotron... a friend of mine use to live across the street from them for a year and lived off of their wifi signal... maybe free wifi at starbucks doesn't happen in the states?

anyway... i'm soooo getting a StartbucksPod...

Horseface · Sep 5, 2007, 02:13 PM

Starbucks is horrible coffee. It tastes bitter/burnt and the stores smell like week-old hiking socks. The coffee equiv of McDonalds.

syklee26 · Sep 5, 2007, 02:15 PM

i like Dunkin Donuts coffee a lot more personally

Applespider · Sep 5, 2007, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by One Bad Duck

I thought starbucks' were global?

There's no mention of doing international stores... just most metro areas (with a US map) by 2009

I'm not holding my breath...

Horseface · Sep 5, 2007, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by syklee26

i like Dunkin Donuts coffee a lot more personally

Actually, it is MUCH better than McStarbucks. Strangely, enough.

frankly · Sep 5, 2007, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mashinhead

that's great and all but it still leaves the very big problem of getting and internet connection at the starbucks to download the music. if there was free wifi this would make more sense. but i guess since he's making at&t a bunch of money he doesn't mind making t-moblie a bunch too. At this point they seem like they would have been a better choice. And it seems they too will reap the benefits of the apple halo, probably more than at$t will

Quote:

Originally Posted by syklee26

wifi access is free but i wonder if the site will be locked to just iTunes or not. if IPT user gets entirely free access to hotspot, this is a clincher for me.

Please tell me you did not already create an abbreviation for the iPod Touch. Are we that lazy that we can't type out two words??? Also, if you really felt the need to abbreviate it the correct abbreviation would have been iPT

frankly · Sep 5, 2007, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Clive At Five

Choose Caribou over Starsucks, people. Better coffee. Free Wi-Fi. Not bent on global domination.

And thus not available in my town

mashinhead · Sep 5, 2007, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by syklee26

BREAKING NEWS: iPhone price cut.

Man i'm pissed it hasn't even been out for 3months and this!? I want a $200 credit toward another apple product.

Peel · 07:36 PM

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No mention yet what happens when you're in range of 4 Starbucks or more at the same time.

LOL, There are 6 Starbucks within a block of my office in downtown Seattle. This could be mayhem here.

frankly · Sep 5, 2007, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Horseface

Starbucks is horrible coffee. It tastes bitter/burnt and the stores smell like week-old hiking socks. The coffee equiv of McDonalds.

You have a bad starbucks near you then. And BTW, McDonalds has decent coffee now. They changed a year or two ago

logandzwon · 03:04 PM

This is retarded too. A huge wast of apple resources. sb wont even be ready for a year.

When is the dumb thing going to support wifi syncing. Even the AppleTV does that.

Ja Di ksw · Sep 5, 2007, 02:24 PM

Why is everyone responding so negatively? I don't drink at Starbucks (I don't like coffee), and have no idea what their music is, but some people do drink there and like the music. For them this is one of those nice little features that make a product feel better. If you don't like Starbucks (like me), just don't use this. Obviously a lot of other people out there do like them.

It's also not like Starbucks is out to "rule the world" or anything

. They're a company, and like all companies, they try to maximize profits, and when doing well, they open up new stores. That's what companies do. You're going to hold it against them for succeeding?

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Originally Posted by frankly

Please tell me you did not already create an abbreviation for the iPod Touch. Are we that lazy that we can't type out two words??? Also, if you really felt the need to abbreviate it the correct abbreviation would have been iPT

This made me smile

.

thejadedmonkey · Sep 5, 2007, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Peel

[QUOTENo mention yet what happens when you're in range of 4 Starbucks or more at the same time.

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LOL, There are 6 Starbucks within a block of my office in downtown Seattle. This could be mayhem here.

It'll probably be the last 10 songs played from the starbuck's whose network you're trying to use (apologies for my bad grammer, I'm american

)

Sep 5, 2007, 02:11 PM	#7
macdaddy121 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Georgia	I think Starbucks is providing free wifi to access the itunes store but not the internet....am I understanding this correctly? __________________ Next purchases: Bose headphones (BOUGHT), Speakers (BOUGHT), and Display.....

Sep 5, 2007, 02:11 PM	#8
Applespider macrumors 603 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: looking through rose-tinted spectacles...	Free wifi while at Starbucks would have made people happier And yet another US-only feature... __________________ Oops.... the cat killed the rabbit

Sep 5, 2007, 02:13 PM	#13
Darkroom macrumors 68000 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Montréal, Canada	StartbucksPod they are my favourite coffee i must admit (i drink black coffee)... but it is seriously impossible for me to care less about their choice of music... i though they were going to announce that if you bought a song from the WiFi iTunes Store, you could go to the cash to show them and get a free coffee, or something... i live in Montreal, and there's a StarBucks around the corner from me in the gay village... they've always offered free wifi thru Videotron... a friend of mine use to live across the street from them for a year and lived off of their wifi signal... maybe free wifi at starbucks doesn't happen in the states? anyway... i'm soooo getting a StartbucksPod... __________________ iPhone OS Apps: Film Light, SizeMe. Last edited by Darkroom : Sep 5, 2007 at 02:33 PM.

Sep 5, 2007, 02:22 PM	#23
logandzwon macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2007	This is retarded too. A huge wast of apple resources. sb wont even be ready for a year. When is the dumb thing going to support wifi syncing. Even the AppleTV does that. Last edited by logandzwon : Sep 5, 2007 at 03:04 PM.

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Sep 5, 2007, 02:07 PM	#2
Horseface macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: , Location, Location	Hmmmm. Heh heh. People who buy their music at Starbucks...

Sep 5, 2007, 02:08 PM	#3
mashinhead macrumors 68000 Join Date: Oct 2003	that's great and all but it still leaves the very big problem of getting and internet connection at the starbucks to download the music. if there was free wifi this would make more sense. but i guess since he's making at&t a bunch of money he doesn't mind making t-moblie a bunch too. At this point they seem like they would have been a better choice. And it seems they too will reap the benefits of the apple halo, probably more than at$t will

Sep 5, 2007, 02:09 PM	#4
4np macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Netherlands	Starbuck's nice, apple is nice, but we've only got about 3 starbuck's in the netherlands and not near here

Sep 5, 2007, 02:10 PM	#6
syklee26 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2005	wifi access is free but i wonder if the site will be locked to just iTunes or not. if IPT user gets entirely free access to hotspot, this is a clincher for me.

Sep 5, 2007, 02:11 PM	#9
ibanana macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: London	ridiculous "feature"

Sep 5, 2007, 02:15 PM	#15
syklee26 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jul 2005	i like Dunkin Donuts coffee a lot more personally