Comments on: Huge line forms at 5th avenue Apple Store, everyone else scratches their heads in disbelief

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:03:58 +0000

T-Mobile will unlock your handset for FREE after 90 days of ownership. One more reason the Pink T rocks!

By: Dtest5477

Dtest5477 — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:37:14 +0000

still beating this dead horse i see, they give it to you when you need it. I have unlocked two phones with them mid-contract. thanks though.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:22:31 +0000

att dose give you he unlock cod AFTER your contract has expired

By: Its me!

Its me! — Sun, 25 May 2008 08:37:57 +0000

Apple PR stunt. Getting people ready to drop some big dough.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:01:02 +0000

yeah i considder myself a leader too

By: B

Fri, 23 May 2008 20:02:03 +0000

Sheep mentality is not a funny thing, its a very sad thing. Conformity and the loss of one’s self is actually one of the few things I can truly say that I hate in this world. Now, I don’t know what the hell these people are doing, but I praise the lord I’m not a follower.

By: johdaxx

johdaxx — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:17:56 +0000

So – does anyone have any real information what those dorks* think they’re doing out there? Maybe someone in NY can go down there, ask them what’s going on, and post back.

*In this sentence I use the term ‘dork’ not to imply inferiority or superiority of Apple’s or Microsoft’s or anyone else’s products, but to question whether there is any product available to man that warrants spending the better part of what is commonly believed to be three freakin weeks standing around waiting to buy it.

By: Dtest5477

Dtest5477 — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:13:29 +0000

Gal again your wrong, ATT will give you the unlock code as well, Tmo is not the only carrier in the country that does it. You really should get out of your wanna be hacker hole sometimes and catch up with whats going on around you. oh and get a keyboard that actually works..

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:59:16 +0000

actulya you can cal tmo customer service an unlock you phone for free if you traveling or have owned the device for 90 days
att well you have tait till your contract is up LAME

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:42:12 +0000

dtest5477 – thank you!

galvatron – go back to school and then go out and understand the rest of the tech world around you

By: Dtest5477

Dtest5477 — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:59:59 +0000

ritesh – thanks i did not catch my own mistake after reading galvatron’s.

Evilhomer – i agree but its the way things are here, i hate being locked in but I would hate spending twice the money on a device. especially since all the carriers price’s are pretty close.

By: Evilhomer

Evilhomer — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:34:43 +0000

Krubuntu Said:

Well, Vista is a turd in the punchbowl and OSX is better in many ways, but I just can’t trust a companyb that sells a wireless device and then tells users what carrier they can use it on. That’s neither consumer friendly or innovative.

Other than buying unlocked GSM, just about all the carriers have phones they are locked into. What phones do Verizon or Sprint sell that will work on “other” carriers? Even TMO and AT&T’s phones won’t activate on each other’s network unless you can pay to have it unlocked. And so far, the iPhone is on several different carriers worldwide. Every carrier has it’s “exclusives” my friend.

By: ritesh

ritesh — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:47:49 +0000

WTF is Retoric?
The word is RHETORIC.

By: Dtest5477

Dtest5477 — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:02:15 +0000

Gal you are a moron, not everyone wants to be like you.
That hack on OSX was a safari / webkit hole and it was fixed that next week.

Not everyone wants to be a wanna be hacker like you, im glad you like building your pos box and using ubuntu. not everyone wants that though. all you have is the anti-apple retoric.

ps and good job on your use of the word “retoric”, im surprised you could use that word correctly.

By: sgmuser

sgmuser — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:55:18 +0000

I am just wondering without anything significantly important! people queing up for a launch on the 9th june? is not this a bit too much? Grow up!!!

http://sharepress.wordpress.com/

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:06:56 +0000

why trust other people to do it what you can do it yourself? Scott it has been proven in a hacking contest you can hack a mac sporting osx leapord in 2 munutes flat tha same is true for the iphone both via Safari. In the same contest it took 24 hours for them to try to hack the vista maching an the ubuntu machine never fell both VISTA and Ubuntu are very stable Dell effen offers ubuntu ans an alternat instaling to vista on ther comps

also I have ve used macs beofore they crash all the time I swear the first thing you find on a crapintosh is the power button becaus your ging to be using it alot to reset the machine ALOT. man sytem hanging while your working in photoshop an other editing appz

also th newest version of quicktime cause apples OWN OSX LEAPORD to crash

oh t hacking contest was called pwn to own and was reported by slashdot, astalavista security news, fox news, zdnet, an pc magizine

I hvae published facts on my side oftis argument wit multiple scouces of reffrence an journalism

all you have is apple fanboy retoric

By: inc

inc — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:38:16 +0000

THESE POOR SOLES NEED TO READ BGR. LOL

By: Krubuntu

Krubuntu — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:29:35 +0000

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:33:05 +0000

oh people like me actually dont have to worry about my OS f-ing up my system and actually CARE about what they are computing on. People like me actually have legitimate questions about what my computer can do and have concern about what they are buying. Big-box stores dont give the enthusiasm for their products like Apple stores do.

oh, also, if i need to get my computer fixed i know i can trust that the repair gets done fast and i know it will be working again when i get it back.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:07:36 +0000

you kidding ubuntu roxors an it’s free an woroks on abut any intel or amd based box or laptop

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:27:24 +0000

I happen to work for one of those pesky, multi-national computer companies, you know… the ones that support that damned Windows Vista.

Want a tip? Here’s one: When consulting some of the employees I train at a local Best Buy, I came to find them getting an aisle for their own Apple Store. None of the employees liked the idea, mainly because people like YOU are the types of customers they’ll have to deal with.

Go jump in front of a bus. Maybe your fancy iPod will save you.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 23 May 2008 00:02:16 +0000

“actualy i use vista and ubuntu and fedora and that crackberry as smartphones go”

i feel sorry for you

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:35:46 +0000

actualy i use vista and ubuntu and fedora and that crackberry as smartphones go

By: Evilhomer

Evilhomer — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:48:27 +0000

On May 22, 2008 @ 6:46 pm, Codey H. Said:

Don’t forget the pepto-bismol pink ones too!

HA! You need a bottle of Pepto once you get home and realize you just wasted good money on one of those when (slapping forehead) “I coulda’ had an iPod!”

By: Evilhomer

Evilhomer — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:46:47 +0000

Oh, and BTW. That IS crowd control. Not “sheep” camping out. If they were, they’d had folding chairs, umbrellas, supplies… These people are just going in to replace their M$hit products…

By: Codey H.

Codey H. — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:46:42 +0000

Don’t forget the pepto-bismol pink ones too!

By: Evilhomer

Evilhomer — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:43:57 +0000

Hey MS fanboys. It’s not necessary to bad mouth Apple at every opportunity. Especially when it has nothing to do with the story. Wanna talk about overrated? Vista. What a turd in the punch bowl that is. You are so brainwashed most of you use it even though MS all but admitted it stinks.

All you fanboys go listen to your brown, chunky, dookie colored Zunes.

By: Mike Favretto

Mike Favretto — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:30:23 +0000

I work near that store, they were giving demonstrations on how to watch pr0n on your iphone! That’s why the line formed.

By: Dtest5477

Dtest5477 — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:50:01 +0000

I find it funny that the sheep in the comments are simply following the tone of the story rather than reading the comments from the people who are actually familiar with this store….

its normal for this store, sure it has to do with fore code and store capacity.

By: J.

J. — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:28:54 +0000

Used to work at GM building, there’s frequently a line outside during busy hours, as Apple does do crowd control. It’s a very popular location, since it’s located smack dab in the middle of the Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue shopping district, next to FAO Schwartz, Tiffany’s, Barney’s, Crate & Barrell, Bergdorff Goodman. It might be the best shopping location in the country, and the store is very inviting to the eye.