iMore » lines http://www.imore.com More of everything iPhone and iPad Sun, 27 May 2012 07:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 iPad 2 lines already forming at Texas Apple Store http://www.imore.com/2011/03/07/ipad-2-lines-forming-texas-apple-store/ http://www.imore.com/2011/03/07/ipad-2-lines-forming-texas-apple-store/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:17:22 +0000 Andrew Wray http://www.tipb.com/?p=57476 iPad 2 release on March 11th have already started forming outside of an Apple]]>

We still have a full 4 days to go, but it looks like lines for the iPad 2 release on March 11th have already started forming outside of an Apple Store in Texas.

Maccast listener David sent me this snapshot of a tent apparently already outside a temporary Apple Store location in Texas.

The tent is said to belong to Justin Wagoner, who was also first in line at a Texas Apple retail store when they released the iPhone 4 last summer. The Apple Store in question is actually a temporary setup for the Knox Street location in Texas which is currently undergoing renovations.

With Apple not allowing online orders of the iPad 2 until the day they actually release it we should be seeing significant lines formed at retail stores throughout the US from those eager to get it on day one. I wasn't expecting lines to start forming this soon so it looks like we can expect a pretty busy launch for the iPad 2 this Friday.

Will you be camping out for the iPad 2? Let us know in the comments!

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]]> http://www.imore.com/2011/03/07/ipad-2-lines-forming-texas-apple-store/feed/ 79 Actors Paid To Line Up for iPhone 3G in Poland !? http://www.imore.com/2008/08/22/actors-paid-to-line-up-for-iphone-3g-in-poland/ http://www.imore.com/2008/08/22/actors-paid-to-line-up-for-iphone-3g-in-poland/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:00:06 +0000 Casey Chan http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=3906 This one should get the iPhone-haters, WinMob Supporters, RIM Followers, and Treo Elderly (?) to come out of the woodworks. According to one of those reputable, old-timer print publications, Orange]]> This one should get the iPhone-haters, WinMob Supporters, RIM Followers, and Treo Elderly (?) to come out of the woodworks. According to one of those reputable, old-timer print publications, Orange Poland has reportedly paid actors to line up for Poland's release of our favorite toy, the iPhone 3G.
"We have these fake queues at front of 20 stores around the country to drum up interest in the iPhone," a spokesman said
Supposedly it's part of a marketing campaign to drive up interest in the iPhone 3G. I'm assuming the logic goes if people see that people want it, they'll want it themselves...riiight. The competing carrier (Era aka T-Mobile Poland) which also distributes the iPhone 3G reportedly has no lines so I'm not sure if creating lines will create demand. In fact, we at TiPb are fairly certain that many of us hate lines.

What do you think? Would you buy a product because it looks like it's going to be popular? What do you think the 'actors' are going to do when Orange Poland asks for personal information? Is this the most ridiculous act of advertising ever?

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