Largest U.S. Apple Store Opens on Thursday (Boylston St, Boston)

[Consultant]

Triangulation, feature released with iPhone firmware 1.1.3 and later.

One has to be clueless to think an employee would get their hand on anything new to show to the press before it's officially released by Apple.

 

[elbirth]

Triangulation, feature released with iPhone firmware 1.1.3 and later.

One has to be clueless to think an employee would get their hand on anything new to show to the press before it's officially released by Apple.

settle down buddy, maybe you need to take a step back and check your sarcasm detection meter

 

[pj4533]

any word on what the promo shirts look like? Are they GreenMonster shirts?

 

[berkleeboy210]

any word on what the promo shirts look like? Are they GreenMonster shirts?

Yes, they are.

On the front it has the Opening Day 05-15-08 in the Green Monster Print.

and on the back at the top it says Apple Store, Boylston Street

 

[Sky Blue]

Some Pics I took:

 

[meagain]

Do we know yet if they had iPhones?

 

[Sky Blue]

Do we know yet if they had iPhones?

I'm pretty sure I saw some people buying iPhones ... might have been Touch.

 

[tomewatson]

I'm pretty sure I saw some people buying iPhones ... might have been Touch.

Yes there were people buying iPhones

 

[Consultant]

Nice pictures Sky Blue! Wish I can be there. I am no longer in the area. =(

Yes there were people buying iPhones

Lol, considering no store has iPhones, perhaps the whole US supply of iPhones were moved to Boston store.

 

[Sky Blue]

Some pics of the shirt, sorry for the crappy quality. front:

back:

 

[onlinemoniker]

that shirt is rather awesome. i will have to visit the store when i return in that direction again.

 

[pkoch1]

Yeah, there were iPhones under a big iPod Touch sign, and employees in that section were walking around with the little iPhone boxes. I saw at least ten.

 

[tomewatson]

Evidence of iPhones

Yeah, there were iPhones under a big iPod Touch sign, and employees in that section were walking around with the little iPhone boxes. I saw at least ten.

Yes they were selling iphones:

http://flickr.com/photos/tomewatson/2496975270/

My entire photoset:

http://flickr.com/photos/tomewatson/sets/72157605076700378/

Tom

 

[RainyDayInterns]

Apple Store Boston - Opening Day pics

Here are a few shots of "opening day" the Apple Store on Boylston Street. We were quite impressed with the energy of the staff and crowd. The central staircase is simply stunning. A great addition to Boston.

http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2008/Home/May/RDMHomeMay08W3.htm#OpeningDay

 

[aswitcher]

Some pics of the shirt, sorry for the crappy quality. front:

Just shirts. No other goodies bags for purchase or anything?

 

[johnmcboston]

Just shirts. No other goodies bags for purchase or anything?

ifo reported red sox ipod sleeves, plus a few actual red sox players in the store..

http://www.ifoapplestore.com/index.php

 

[bobbleheadbob]

Today is the Day

Just shirts was all I saw. The staircase is VERY cool. Very high energy level with all the employees and crowd. Great night and a lot of fun being there.

I work across the street; walked over after work and got in line around 5:15. I was around the corner, just past Newberry St. at that point. The line moved quickly after the store opened at 6pm and I was in the store around 6:30. I hung around for about an hour and then left to catch my train.

Here's a YouTube link to a short iMovie I made after I got home last night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg8GcLTp8es

 

[fotografica]

ifo reported red sox ipod sleeves, plus a few actual red sox players in the store..

http://www.ifoapplestore.com/index.php

Veritek and Coco Crisp were in the store as was Joey Kramer from Aerosmith..

 

[blisters]

Yet there is still no Detroit Apple Store. I don't know why, I know exactly the perfect place for it.

Because it would be looted & torched within hours of opening.

 

[MickdyMickdyMAC]

Here's a YouTube link to a short iMovie I made after I got home last night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg8GcLTp8es

Video reminds me of a Gateway Computer store opening I went to many years back, except the store wasn't as nice and there weren't that many happy shiny people and the products sorta sucked too.

 

[macnewbie13]

Im in the store right now on their iPhone and the store is AWESOME!!

 

[gkarris]

Some Pics I took...

Nice pics! Thank you.

What camera do you use?

 

[LifeStar]

Local news stations reported on the sales

So it was interesting how the local TV stations covered the opening. The ones who gave the best extensive coverage were the Channel 7(NBC) and Channel 25(Fox) stations. Channel 7 covered the hype and the sight to see a line stretching down 4 blocks on Fairfield.

I liked Channel 25's coverage too. They focused more on how non-nonsensical it seems to open a giant new flagship store in the midst of the current/impending recession. They asked a bunch of customers if they were gonna buy anything, and apparently many of them said no. They came to get a free T-shirt and to check the store out. There weren't any special sales, discounts, incentives to buy anything there.

However, they did mention how the Boston store had sold out of its iphones. While I was there, they also had to restock the shelves with airport expresses a few times. Some of the Sox players who came by, like Mike Lowell walked away with SEVERAL imacs, MB/MBPs, and software titles in their bags.

Either case, a big show it was in Boston yesterday.

 

[berkleeboy210]

Some videos I took, I haven't finished editing all of them yet.

I was a correspondent for www.ifoapplestore.com

http://www.youtube.com/user/AppleBoylstonOpening

Enjoy

 

[archi penko]

Nice pics! Thank you.

What camera do you use?

its not about the camera, its about the photographer