Comments on: Tiny iPods Allow Streamlined Display Stands

By: Philip

Philip — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:29:20 +0000

These stands are custom-made for Apple by an acrylic company named Shasty out of New York. Unfortunately you can’t ask for the same stand based on Apple’s mold/design, but you can design one…for a (presumably) large fee.

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:40:22 +0000

Does anyone know where you can buy these stands, or anything else similar that will stand a shuffle upright for display?

By: Paul L

Paul L — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:49:08 +0000

I’m bit sad that all these slabs of acrylic are lying on the table tops now. This is a neat solution but the unit and the graphic treatment don’t do much for the product. :-(

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:43:05 +0000

Answer to BamBam’s question:

I have worked for Apple for about 2 years and in out particular store, we take visuals and cleanliness very seriously. Every computer screen gets cleaned nightly, iPods daily, and keyboards and mice at least once a week. When it comes to the headphones…I’d say maybe once a week during visuals night…but it’s not a priority. I personally would never put a communal/public headphone in my ear anyways!

By: Bart S.

Bart S. — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:36:53 +0000

Answer to Pete Sake’s question:

Each night all ipods are connected to a power overnight and are removed before the store opens the next morning.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:31:09 +0000

Answer to BamBam’s question

I worked 3 years (until January 2009) and can tell you that the head phones like the iPod headphones may only see a cleaning when they are replaced with new ones. If they do get cleaned it’s because of a mindful Specialist or Manager.

I can say in the 3 years I was there they rarely told anyone to clean the headphones.

By: Pete Sake

Pete Sake — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:31:35 +0000

If the white wire that leads down under the table is just for security, I wonder how they are charging the iPod?

By: BamBam

BamBam — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:42:27 +0000

I really wish they would find a different way to place the headphones. They way they are just thrown on the tables looks really unorganized to me.

Apple has did everything else come up with a new method.

By the way anyone work at Apple know how often the headphones, and everything else we come in direct contact with is cleaned?

By: Brian Kaempen

Brian Kaempen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:25:12 +0000

Acrylic is retro for Apple. They were using acrylic back in the days of the bean counters, and now bringing it back? I guess not many other materials they could use.

-Brian

By: Johnny Mozzarella

Johnny Mozzarella — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:55:24 +0000

I think they are getting a little too acrylic happy.
Clashes with the greener Apple meme.