Comments on: New On-Line Stores Debut, Free T-Shirts http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/11/11/new-on-line-stores-debut-free-t-shirts/ news and information about Apple Inc.'s retail stores Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Selección Digital» Faq-Mac.com » Apple abre su tienda número 250 http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/11/11/new-on-line-stores-debut-free-t-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-30353 Selección Digital» Faq-Mac.com » Apple abre su tienda número 250 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:13:45 +0000 http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/?p=3592#comment-30353 [...] promoción de una camiseta gratis coincidió con el lanzamiento, en el estilo de grandes aperturas [...] [...] promoción de una camiseta gratis coincidió con el lanzamiento, en el estilo de grandes aperturas [...]

]]> By: Apple Ink http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/11/11/new-on-line-stores-debut-free-t-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-30348 Apple Ink Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:21:43 +0000 http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/?p=3592#comment-30348 No India..... Oh.. and its mentions from Apples new Asian Site as a catalogue store have also been eradicated completely! www.apple.com/asia/store No India…..

Oh.. and its mentions from Apples new Asian Site as a catalogue store have also been eradicated completely!
http://www.apple.com/asia/store

]]> By: Mark Wilson http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/11/11/new-on-line-stores-debut-free-t-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-30347 Mark Wilson Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:43:34 +0000 http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/?p=3592#comment-30347 Indonesia has also been added. It looks like it is just the Asia page localized with Indonesian pricing. Even after subtracting Indonesian Value Added tax of 11%, prices on computers are 25% to 30% higher than US prices with iPods 45% higher. They are probably just shipping things in from Singapore. iPhones are not listed. Despite the fact that SingTel, the Singapore company handling the iPhone service owns 10% of the largest cell company in Indonesia there is still no Indonesian iPhone agreement. The website is in English. When I was in Indonesia I thought that I would look for Apple dealers in the phonebook. A “C” in Indonesian is pronounced with a “ch” sound. So computer is komputer. Flipping through the pages I could not find it. Would it be under something else such as electronics? I did not know so I moved on. Then I bumped into it under “C.” Why would an Indonesian phone book list something in English? Then it dawned on me. There is no personal computer in a third world country like Indonesia. There are business computers. The language of business is English. And anyone working on a computer would be working in English. So the Apple page in English works fine. However as a matter of respect, there should be a page in the local language. Hey Apple, my wife or my in-laws could translate for you. Indonesia has also been added.

It looks like it is just the Asia page localized with Indonesian pricing. Even after subtracting Indonesian Value Added tax of 11%, prices on computers are 25% to 30% higher than US prices with iPods 45% higher. They are probably just shipping things in from Singapore.

iPhones are not listed. Despite the fact that SingTel, the Singapore company handling the iPhone service owns 10% of the largest cell company in Indonesia there is still no Indonesian iPhone agreement.
The website is in English.

When I was in Indonesia I thought that I would look for Apple dealers in the phonebook. A “C” in Indonesian is pronounced with a “ch” sound. So computer is komputer. Flipping through the pages I could not find it. Would it be under something else such as electronics? I did not know so I moved on. Then I bumped into it under “C.” Why would an Indonesian phone book list something in English? Then it dawned on me. There is no personal computer in a third world country like Indonesia. There are business computers. The language of business is English. And anyone working on a computer would be working in English. So the Apple page in English works fine.

However as a matter of respect, there should be a page in the local language. Hey Apple, my wife or my in-laws could translate for you.

]]> By: Gary Allen http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/11/11/new-on-line-stores-debut-free-t-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-30346 Gary Allen Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:39:33 +0000 http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/?p=3592#comment-30346 A.M -- Thanks for the additional countries…I've added them to the story. However, Thailand and Vietnam haven't yet appeared on Apple's <a href="http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/intlstoreroutingpage.html?cid=AOSA10000022132" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">index</a> of international on-line stores. A.M — Thanks for the additional countries…I’ve added them to the story. However, Thailand and Vietnam haven’t yet appeared on Apple’s index of international on-line stores.

]]> By: A.M http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2008/11/11/new-on-line-stores-debut-free-t-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-30343 A.M Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:21:15 +0000 http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/?p=3592#comment-30343 Online stores were launched for Thailand & Vietnam as well. Online stores were launched for Thailand & Vietnam as well.

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