Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Grand Central Terminal Apple Store previewed for media, opens Friday

Apple previewed its latest retail development for the press today. The Grand Central Terminal store in New York City, opening Friday, will be among the largest Apple stores in the world; it overlooks the Main Concourse from the East and North East balconies of Grand Central Terminal.

Gallery: Apple Store Grand Central preview

Check out the gallery of inside shots above, courtesy of NPD's Ross Rubin. He reports that the store includes an "express checkout" area ("like an Apple Store inside the Apple Store") and dual Genius Bars.

Business Insider posted some nice shots of what the store looks like on the inside and Fortune has a video walkthrough, embedded below.

As an extra bonus to commuters, Apple is providing free Wi-Fi throughout the terminal. Also, the store will be the first to offer 15-minute Express Workshops of "tips and tricks in a streamlined format to serve customers on a tight schedule," according to a press release issued by Apple this morning.

The Grand Central Terminal store opens to the public this Friday, December 9, at 10 AM. Over three hundred Apple employees will be on hand to help the expected rush of holiday shoppers. Normal business hours will be from 7 AM to 9 PM, Monday through Friday; Saturday 10 AM to 7 PM, and Sunday 11 AM to 6 PM. Our own Mike Rose will be scoping out the opening; if you see him on Friday, say hello (he'll be the guy in the TUAW t-shirt).

Grand Central Terminal Apple Store previewed for media, opens Friday originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple WeblogGrand Central Terminal Apple Store previewed for media, opens Friday originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/12/07/grand-central-terminal-apple-store-previewed-for-media/

iPad games reviews iPhone apps reviews iPad apps reviews new iphone games iPhone games reviews

Grand Theft Auto III iOS Price & Release Date Announced

Rockstar Games announced today that Grand Theft Auto III: 10th Anniversary Edition will be available on the iOS App Store and Android Marketplace next Thursday, December 15th, for $4.99. In typical Rockstar fashion, many details of GTA III's mobile port remain under wraps, including whether any ...

Source: http://feeds.ign.com/~r/ignfeeds/wireless/~3/4HxLGRT1RBo/1214089p1.html

iPhone games reviews iPad games reviews iPhone apps reviews iPad apps reviews new iphone games

Logic Pro and Main Stage land on the Mac App Store

It's taken a little while, but Apple's flagship music production software and music performance software have arrived on the Mac App Store, joining Apple's other Mac App Store offerings like iWork, iLife and Final Cut Pro.

Logic Pro 9 and MainStage are now available for download from the Mac App Store at US$199.99 and $29.99 respectively. Apple has discontinued the boxed retail versions of Logic Studio and Logic Express (and apparently Sountrack Pro 3, which came bundled with Logic Studio).

Similar to Apple's Final Cut Pro transition to the Mac App Store, this is a dramatic price cut for Logic Pro 9, which was previously bundled with MainStage, Soundtrack Pro 3, WaveBurner 1.6 and Compressor 3.5 as the boxed Logic Studio for $499.

Logic Pro 9 is available from the Mac App Store now as a 413 MB download. An additional 19 GB of optional content is available via in-app download.

[Via MacRumors]

Logic Pro and Main Stage land on the Mac App Store originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple WeblogLogic Pro and Main Stage land on the Mac App Store originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/12/09/logic-pro-and-main-stage-land-on-the-mac-app-store/

iPad apps reviews new iphone games iPhone games reviews iPad games reviews iPhone apps reviews

A grand opening for the Apple Store at Grand Central Terminal

Early this morning, while thousands of NYC commuters trudged by, mostly unaware and uninterested, a modest band (about 100 at 8 am) of diehard Apple fans congregated in a long underground corridor waiting for the opening of the Grand Central Terminal store. The grandeur and architectural majesty of the station's main concourse and the massive staircase leading up to the new retail outlet were invisible from the utilitarian and bare Northeast Passage, where security personnel and store employees kept the line waiters out of the main flow of pedestrian traffic.

Gallery: Grand Central Terminal Apple Store opening

Grand Central serves as the terminus for the Metro-North commuter railroad and a hub for several subway lines, but despite its role at the heart of the "city that never sleeps" it actually does close for a time every night; from 2 AM to 5 AM, the building is inaccessible to the public. That meant that the 12 or so folks who were actually waiting to get into the store at 10 AM Friday had to step out to the sidewalk for three hours. That's some dedication right there.

Here's a video visit with Jacob, who held the first spot in line.

His wait, and the wait of hundreds of others who eventually joined the line before and after the opening (including a mom & two sons from New Jersey who made a day trip of it; Harrison, the 13-year-old, is an iOS and Mac developer), found ample reward with cheers and high-fives from the red-shirted Apple staff lining the staircase and the store floor. See below for video clips of the opening moments; the main GCT concourse was full of people watching the spectacle.

The store itself covers a huge swath of the terminal's balcony, with most of that real estate dedicated to systems & iOS device sales, workshops, Genius Bar support and other high-touch activities. Accessories and software occupy only one small hideaway, two flights above the main sales floor.

Weekday hours will be 7 AM to 9 PM, and you can safely bet that the commuter rush hours will be packed solid -- but midday and early afternoons should be pleasant enough in the store, with plenty of room to spread out. The store may also take some of the shopper load off of the 5th Avenue store, which is just over a mile away.

Unfortunately the store launches with some controversy already in place, as the New York Post reports. At least two inquiries are pending regarding Apple's deal with the Metropolitan Transit Authority, concerning the lack of revenue sharing for the store (a contingency of other rental deals in GCT).

Here's Philip Elmer-Dewitt's linewalk video -- you can see me at about the 39-second mark, waving.

Thanks to Rich Rose for the countdown video.

A grand opening for the Apple Store at Grand Central Terminal originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

TUAW - The Unofficial Apple WeblogA grand opening for the Apple Store at Grand Central Terminal originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Source: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/12/09/a-grand-opening-for-the-apple-store-at-grand-central-terminal/

iPhone apps reviews iPad apps reviews new iphone games iPhone games reviews iPad games reviews

Apple seeds iOS 5.1 beta 2 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV to developers

Apple has just made iOS 5.1 beta 2 available to developers to test out on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV. No word yet on what changes, if any are included, but a beta 2 means we’re still waiting on a GM, and then waiting some more on...

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/EpJd-3_vyZY/story01.htm

iPad apps reviews new iphone games iPhone games reviews iPad games reviews iPhone apps reviews