Switzerland Apple Stores near completion
The Apple retail machine continues to move, this time across Switzerland, as three stores are nearly ready. ifoAppleStore reports that the store in Zurich’s Glattzentrum shopping mall should be in business any time now, and they’ve posted some tantalizing spy shots.
A second store is scheduled to open in Zurich on Bahnhofstrasse by year’s end. Job postings for these locations began to appear on Apple’s job board as early as last February.
Finally, a third store on Rue de Rive (Geneva) is scheduled to open later this month. [Read]
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Leicester (UK) Apple Store to open Thursday
After several years of planning and waiting, the Highcross shopping center in Leicester (UK) is finally ready to go and with it the Highcross Apple Store.
Apple Store Highcross will open on Thursday, September 4th at 10:00 AM. The store is located at the Upper Mall. You can get full travel directions here.
As usual, we’re asking any Apple@CooOne operatives who visit this weekend to send us stories and photos. Good luck, have fun and we’re hoping you score a T-shirt! [Read]
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Selling 8 million iPhones
It’s a numbers game. But not the numbers you’re thinking of.
The IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number is on all GSM and UMTS mobile phones, including the iPhone. The enterprising geeks at AFB and Investor Village have been collecting every iPhone IMEI they could get their hands on and adding them to a Google speadsheet.
After performing the voodoo that such a spreadsheet allows, researchers have figured out that Apple has manufactured at least 5,649,000 iPhone 3Gs. Add that to the 2.4 million 1st generation iPhones sold in 2008, and you arrive at 8 million iPhones.
That’s a lot of iPhones.
These are unofficial numbers, of course. But if these folks are correct, Apple will reach their goal of 10 million iPhones sold in 2008 with room to spare. [Read]
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MS and Vegas Apple Stores: Your reports
Apple opened two new Apple Stores last weekend — one in Ridgeland, Mississippi (that state’s first store) and another in sunny Las Vegas (Nevada’s fourth and the third in Vegas). As usual, we asked any Apple operatives who may have attended to share their reports and/or pictures. Reader Dave took some nice shots in Mississippi.
So, did you go, and more importantly, what did you get? Let us know in the comments. Here’s hoping you scored a T-shirt!
In related news, there’s an interesting map at ifoAppleStore that overlays Apple Store locations with population density in the US. Of course it makes sense to put stores where the most people are, and that’s just what Apple has done. [Read]
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Mississippi, Las Vegas Apple Stores set to open
Apple plans to open two new retail stores in the US this Saturday, August 30th. One in Ridgeland, Mississippi and another in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Apple Store Renaissance at Colony Park (Ridgeland) will open at 10:00 AM. The store is located at 1000 Highland Colony Parkway, next to Williams Sonoma and J Crew. You can find full travel directions here. This will be Mississippi’s first Apple Store.
Apple Store The Forum Shops will also open at 10:00 AM in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada. You’ll find it at The Forum Shops At Caesars, at 3500 Las Vegas Blvd., South. Full travel directions are here. This will be Nevada’s fourth store, and the third in Sin City.
If you visit either store over the weekend, please let us know! We’d love to see your pictures and stories.
[Via ifoAppleStore]
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