Archive for October, 2008

Happy 7th Birthday, iPod!

Filed under: iPod Family , Apple , iPhone , Apple History , iPod nano , iPod touch , iPod classic Gallery: iPods over the years It’s hard to believe that 7 years have passed since Steve took the stage and introduced our friend, the iPod . Over the past few years, the iPod has gone from new guy on the block to ” funnest ” guy on the block

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Best Buy selling iPods in a vending machine

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , Retail , Odds and ends , Apple , iPod touch , iPod classic I was in Anaheim, CA over the weekend (covering BlizzCon for our sister site WoW Insider) and while Macs were in short supply for most of the time, I did notice something Apple-related in LAX on my way out of the city yesterday. Best Buy recently started up a vending machine program which allows you to buy their electronics from staffless machines in various airports around the country, and lo and behold, right there next to the Nintendo DS games and spare USB hubs and mice, were Apple’s very own iPods

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