News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
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Apple has announced the opening of its first retail store in Australia which will be at 5:00pm on the 19th of June. Anyone with even the vaguest of interest in the subject had already gleaned that information from other sources of course, but now Apple has said it officially. It has also identified that spirally iPod pattern on the banner outside the store as a wave. The invitation says the store is "breaking" on the 19th of June, while invitations to the media preview on the 18th invites us to "catch the first wave". So there you go.
As is traditional Apple will be giving t-shirts to the first 2500 customers through the door, so you may wish to start queueing now. The store is located at the corner of King and George Streets in Sydney's CBD. It covers three levels and will include every Apple product in the range available for demonstration as well as traditional Apple Store elements such as the Genius Bar where customers can ask about technical issues.
Australian Macworld online will be bringing you images from the media preview on the 18th as soon as it finishes.
Strong demand for Macs driven by record laptop sales helped Apple turn a $US1.05 billion profit for its fiscal second quarter. The company sold 2.2 million Macs from January to March, helping drive sales of $US7.51 billion for the strongest March quarter in Apple’s history. Apple’s profit rose 36 percent from the second quarter of 2007, with revenue rising 43 percent. The company reported earnings per share of $US1.16 for the just-completed second quarter, a 33-percent rise over last year’s number.
Jim Dalrymple and Philips Michaels | Apr 25, 2008
Apple has lifted the lid on what would have to go down as its worst-kept secret of recent times: the Sydney Apple Store will be located at the corner of King and George Streets, in the former Westpac office tower. While everyone with an even vague interest in the activities of the Mac-maker has known this for months thanks to leaks and searches of City of Sydney planning approvals, the company has remained fairly quiet — at least on the record. There have also been job advertisements on Apple's recruitment web site, but these have not specified the address.
Matthew JC. Powell | May 26, 2008
The media got a special sneak peek at the Sydney Apple Store this morning, ahead of its opening tomorrow afternoon at 5pm. The 215th Apple Store worldwide, it's the first in Australia with at least two more planned. And, according to visiting Apple executive Ron Johnson, it's the second-largest Apple Store in the world (after London's Regent Street store). So, now that the wraps are off, what can you expect when you stroll through the doors and under the floating logo? Read on.
Matthew JC. Powell | Jun 18, 2008
As I type these words, I am waiting for Apple's Developer Connection web site to ease up sufficiently for me to download the long-awaited Software Developer Kit for the iPhone (and iPod touch, just by the by). In a way, I hate developer-oriented announcements — "here's a really cool thing we're working on, and it's available now, and hoi polloi can have it in about six months". Actually, it's the six months I hate.
