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AT&T to extend hours on December 26

by Erica Sadun Dec 21st 2007 at 12:30PM

Anticipating a wave of happy new iPhone owners, AT&T will extend store hours across the US on Boxing Day[1]. The idea is this: After receiving their sparkly new iPhone under the tree, consumers will head over to the AT&T stores to buy unnecessary and overpriced accessories in a post-Christmas wave of spending.

TUAW recommends that you accessorize your new iPhone in moderation. The dollar store is a great resource to pick up inexpensive soft cases and socks.

[1] December 26.

Update: For the literal minded, this is the kind of sock I am talking about: It is marketed as an iPod sock but fits the iPhone as well. Cost: $1 at my local Dollar Tree. It's an excellent value works well in pockets and handbags where keys and other such items threaten the integrity of the iPhone's screen.



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noah

No scratchy socks for me, thanks, I've got my foofpod. :)

December 23 2007 at 6:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Heather

Hey, thanks for the Sock tip! And thanks Joe for the mntion of the Monoprice 3-pack! I just ordered that for a belated holiday gift! The fuchsia one's for my partner's new Canon SD-40, one for my cellphone and one for her cellphone. The socks will keep them from getting scratched up in our purses! (My 30gig iPod classic is already in a leather flipcase).
VERY helpful post, thanks! (I'm waiting for the next generation iPhone before buying one of them!)

December 22 2007 at 8:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rHoffa

is this not the exact sock apple offered a few years ago in a pack with their logo on it?

i mean i don't really care and/or understand but is this not copyright infringement or something like that?

December 22 2007 at 7:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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artifex

Can you copyright socks?
You could copyright designs on them, but that design seems too simple.

December 22 2007 at 8:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
artifex

ZeroCorpse:

It can all be explained by this:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19

December 22 2007 at 5:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Devil Z

Erica,
Your posts are not funny, productive, and least of all not informative. If you need extra money for the holidays, I suggest you work at McDonalds since the only words you have to say are "Do you want fries with that?"

Stop crapping TUAW with your posts, no one likes you. God damn it, just die.

December 21 2007 at 7:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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CZ

Wow. Are you always such a jerk, or just during the holiday season?

Erica's trying to spread some joy with her posts. You're taking a dump on someone with yours. Who here should stop posting? You're a mean piece of crap, and I really hope you don't behave like that when you don't have Internet anonymity making you brave enough to insult some woman you've never met.

If anybody's crapping up TUAW, it's jerks who say "no one likes you" and "God damn it, just die" to this person. I happen to like her, mostly now because an ass like you says you don't.

If anyone should just die, I think I'd vote for cruel assholes like you before I'd vote for Erica.

And to everyone else, pardon the expletives, but people should know that being such a jerk isn't acceptable in ANY part of our society, online or off.

December 22 2007 at 12:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michel

I like the ipod socks. nothing else to say.

December 21 2007 at 4:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Ellenich

unless you drop your iPhone, there's really no need for a case or screen protector... here's a photo of my iPhones screen after 6 months of use w/out a screen protector or case.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellenich/2107605306/

December 21 2007 at 3:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pangelav

Those socks are quite invaluable!
You Erica-haters need to find another hobby.

December 21 2007 at 3:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe Rusell

Good one Erica!

Thanks for reminding me, that 3-pack socks are also avail at Monoprice for shy of three-fity:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10831&cs_id=1083104&p_id=3583&seq=1&format=2

...as well as all kinds of other rockbottom priced goodness:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=iphone&x=0&y=0

headphone adapter: buck-fity
silicon case: three-fity

December 21 2007 at 3:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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artifex

Cool, I always assumed Monoprice just did cables.

Erica, that's a very hip looking sock. If they were bigger, I'd buy a pair for my sister to wear on her feet.

December 21 2007 at 5:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bob_c_b

Erica continues with some of the worst post on the web. From the useless comparsons of the iPhone/Touch/Kindle, the "iTunes Shakedown" comment when Apple added the ability to create ringtones in the latest Garage Band update, the useless Mac mini vs Ham entry and now this. Throw on the needless heaps of rants against Apple iPhone policies (come on, you knew what you were buying in to, stop crying) to way too many jailbreaking entries, this is getting tiresome.

Is this TUAW or Erica's anti-Apple pricing platform?

December 21 2007 at 1:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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