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In the wee small hours of the Hey! The Apple Store is down
With Nik covering the early-morning East Coast shift from his perch on the way, way East coast, I rarely get to do this anymore... but since I already stayed up way past my bedtime, I'll share with you all that the Apple Store is down. It's almost certainly routine maintenance. Really. Almost 100% certain. Could be new laptops. No. Too close to Leopard. But maybe something.OK, sure, not much to get excited about... but it's 1 am here in NYC, and I should have been in bed two hours ago, so why not let you all know?
Update 8 am ET: As noted below, the store has gotten a new look overnight.
Thanks David & Chase, you sleep-thieving rats.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
matthew said 1:25AM on 9-26-2007
All I want to know is where the hell the iPhone update is already....
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Kevin said 1:29AM on 9-26-2007
New Iphone? Leopard sneak release? I've got a good feeling about this one.
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Adam Dodson said 1:31AM on 9-26-2007
Does this have anything to do with the fact that NBC shows are on iTunes right now? I see "Chuck" is on there now and it wasn't previously. Hmmmm....
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rod said 1:38AM on 9-26-2007
journeyman is up there as well...
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Rafael said 1:39AM on 9-26-2007
My predictions at 1:35 AM ET:
A Leopard launch date... wait! no.. they are updating the store, not the site.
Some new little gadget... maybe
The iPod touch will be released early for those who didn't know that it already hit some stores.
Movie rentals in Apple TV?
Maybe its just routine maintenance... or maybe it is something new so people start complaining about it (it seems that everybody is complaining about Apple's products lately).
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Rafael said 1:43AM on 9-26-2007
Refreshing the page... the sticky and the flags still there... Hey! Apple doesn't ship to Puerto Rico!!!:( I am going to sue Apple like others are doing because we are a US territory and we deserve the same privileges that people at Österreich have.
1:43 AM ET. The store is still down.
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David said 1:48AM on 9-26-2007
I ordered an iPod Touch last Friday and got it yesterday (Monday). It's pretty sweet.
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waltham said 1:49AM on 9-26-2007
hey it is getting near Leopard time!!!! :). That or a new cases for my ipod classic. ha
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Dan said 2:12AM on 9-26-2007
OOoo, everytime this happens it like Christmas!
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Rafael said 2:18AM on 9-26-2007
2:17 AM. I am supposed to wake up at 6 AM to go to work. It's been more than an hour since the store is down so it may be something good waiting for our credit cards.
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cougette said 2:19AM on 9-26-2007
I like the way Erica does it better: OMG! Ponies!
Maybe they're taking iPod touches out of the store so that no one will hack them. :P
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Big John said 2:37AM on 9-26-2007
It's the middle of the night in the US, folks. I highly doubt anything groundbreaking will be released. Those of you with real lives to attend to in the morning, go to bed and let us professionals deal with it.
By professionals, I mean college students.
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Gregory Andrew said 2:42AM on 9-26-2007
Okay....I noticed the store go down since before it was posted here...so I've been impatiently waiting since then. Not to mention....I have a 9AM Accounting Class.
Geez apple....I give you everything....can you at least give me a phone on a network that isn't worth crap?!? Or at least unlock it?
Ughh.
At the very least....give me something else for me to spend my money on tonight so this wasn't a complete waste.
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Joseph said 2:59AM on 9-26-2007
just routine maintenance folks! sweet dreams.
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mars said 3:00AM on 9-26-2007
i need to get a life
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Rafael said 3:07AM on 9-26-2007
We know its routine maintenance... but give us a chance to dream! (should I say that now that we are not sleeping when we are supposed to?) Anyway... its fun to see the little yellow sticky note. It kind of feels like an adventure.
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Kevin said 3:17AM on 9-26-2007
That, and iTunes is RIDICULOUSLY slow right now...
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Chuck Yablonski said 3:29AM on 9-26-2007
G5 laptops!
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Adam said 3:30AM on 9-26-2007
It IS Apple Expo Paris right now... Perhaps that gives it a LITTLE more potential. I mean, even the French deserve a gadget now and then, right?
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ray said 3:33AM on 9-26-2007
quad core aluminum macbooks.....i wish
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