iPod vending machine
Apple Computer claims to have over 21,000 distribution points for its iPod digital music player and growing. Here's the 21,001st: a vending machine located at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport in Georgia.
With a swipe of your credit card, the Zoom Shop machine — also stocking batteries, digital cameras, and other photo accessories — will be willing to serve up an iPod mini or shuffle. And the best part: there's no checkout lines or pesky Apple sales staff pushing you to invest in an AppleCare extended warranty.
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A similar machine has also been spotted at San Francisco International Airport, with several others likely located at other major airports throughout the United States.
At one point Apple had hinted that its mini retail store concept may make a nice fit for airport terminals and busy international rail stations. But we had no idea they'd be able to shrink the stores into staff-less 6-foot wide space.
13 Comments
Hmmmm, pretty cool but...
If you are already at the airport, where
the heck are you going to get music to put on
the sucker? In addition, unless you have
a pretty decent layover, how are you going to
charge it?
Will probably still sell a bit, but not quite as
good of fit as the digital cameras...
I hope these machines don't drop the merchandise like regular vending machines drop sodas. Having a Dr. Pepper explode on you is bad enough.
Pardon me, but if I may issue a correction: It's Hartzfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. They're very particular about that now
If you are already at the airport, where
the heck are you going to get music to put on
the sucker?
Via your iTunes enabled Motorola phone...in 2007
Putting tunes on it? Thats not the point. This is the-last-chance-to-buy-the-kids-a-present-from-the-holiday.
If they have any whit they have placed it in the luggage arrival zone.