interesting if true. shows Apple is certainly moving into Consumer Electronics a bit more strongly. and Target carrying it means it'll get a good deal more exposure, which is also a good thing for it.
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Target to Carry Apple TVs?
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I emailed this "factoid" to Appleinsider and several others - about 7 weeks ago. I guess they just got round to reading their mail.
When I was getting ready to order my own AppleTV [got it from PowerMax], I checked the Amazon site back at the beginning of March when they 1st listed pre-orders. When I clicked the links it switched me to the Target Store at Amazon.
Glad to see everyone's up-to-date.
btw - I posted it at Dvorak Uncensored, March 7th - http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=10208
When I was getting ready to order my own AppleTV [got it from PowerMax], I checked the Amazon site back at the beginning of March when they 1st listed pre-orders. When I clicked the links it switched me to the Target Store at Amazon.
Glad to see everyone's up-to-date.
btw - I posted it at Dvorak Uncensored, March 7th - http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=10208
Gag...sorry, I got some throw up in my mouth. Who gives a sh*t what you do or who you know. As a graduate of Southwest Texas State I think you are full of yourself.
It was a sarcastic comment directed towards some pr!ck who felt it necessary to flame me on here. Course it doesn't matter where I go to school, just making a point to shut someone up...
I ordered my apple tv the day after macworld, and have had it plugged into my 5.1 system eversince. I was very surprised by how great the sound was. Movies, TV shows and music sounds better than just my sound system running dvds. People seem obsessed about saying how much it sucks, but they have obviously never heard it on a good system. The video is also great, as good as dvd and broadcast. And I have a HD system.
Yeah, by a geek who has too much time on his hands lol
... Seems the maturity level on here is lacking a bit...Seriously, even the newer stuff (such as the most recent episode of South Park) looks pretty bad. It's downright stupid that they have an old 320x240 Conan clip on there. It also doesn't help that the remote has to (obviously) be tethered down, so you're forced to stand one foot away from the tv.
If I were to have a choice of a mass market retailers to put Apple products in, it would be Target.
Wal-Mart would be I guess the logical choice from an exposure perspective since almost everyone in America shops there at least once a year. Only problem is if memory serves is that Wally World and Apple don't get along that well. Wal-Mart is all about economies of scale and getting things down to the lowest common denominator. Apple is about quality and brand image. The two models don't fit well.
Target is kind of a hybrid. You still get the mass market and retail footprint of a large retailer but Target is focused a little more on higher quality items.
Wal-Mart would be I guess the logical choice from an exposure perspective since almost everyone in America shops there at least once a year. Only problem is if memory serves is that Wally World and Apple don't get along that well. Wal-Mart is all about economies of scale and getting things down to the lowest common denominator. Apple is about quality and brand image. The two models don't fit well.
Target is kind of a hybrid. You still get the mass market and retail footprint of a large retailer but Target is focused a little more on higher quality items.
sorry if posted before
http://blogs.business2.com/apple/2007/04/target_to_carry.html
target is a wrong choice, or appletv is a wrong choice? they dont fit each other.
http://blogs.business2.com/apple/2007/04/target_to_carry.html
target is a wrong choice, or appletv is a wrong choice? they dont fit each other.