I went to an Apple Store on Halloween and they gave me... a bookmark

Several TUAW readers have tipped us to the fact that many Apple Stores were in the Halloween spirit last night, handing out treats for ghouls, goblins, and Mac nerds who wandered by.

However, it sounds like Apple was playing the anonymous homeowner to Charlie Brown, who always got a rock instead of candy in his bag. The Apple Stores were not giving out sugary treats to the tots with their parents in tow, but they did get bookmarks. Yay.

The bookmarks are pretty cool, though. Printed in a beautiful turquoise color, the iPod nano-sized bookmarks have magnets on the inside tips so you can fold them around a page and they'll stick. Apple design savvy strikes again!

Apple fans apparently "ate up" the bookmarks; the post on iPhone Savior mentioned that one store was out of them by 7:30 PM. I'm thinking that we should use Apple's use of a bookmark as a giveaway as a hint about the legendary iTablet / ebook reader...

What do you think Apple should have given out to the costumed crowds last night instead of bookmarks? Leave your comments below.

[via iPhone Savior]

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dean miller

thats kooo... i also wanna have it!
http://www.buyergen.com

November 04 2009 at 12:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Nick

Codes for one free song on iTunes would've been cool.

November 02 2009 at 2:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bkushner

well there aren't many cases I found that can protect glass and still make the phone easy to use. If you know one tip please. What I did do was buy some glass on the net for $40 and will replace myself if need be. This is my 3rd phone and never had a break before. I've heard reports that the 3GS is know to crack easy.

November 02 2009 at 12:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bkushner

I went to the Apple store on Halloween to have my Iphone glass replaced, they gave me a treat too, $199.99 for 10 minutes and a hunk of $10 glass. Love you Apple.

November 01 2009 at 11:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Cindy Lynn

Hope you picked up a nice protective case for your iPhone this time :)

November 01 2009 at 11:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Francesco Caporusso

Along these same lines, New York City's subway passes (Metrocards, to be accurate) work wonderfully as bookmarks. They are the size of credit cards, very thin and flexible, and free. I always ended up with one or two every month, anyway.

November 01 2009 at 6:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Fubar

ummm... They could have given apples to the ghost, goblins and ghouls.

November 01 2009 at 6:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Michael K

I would love one of those bookmarks. They are bound to be collector items in the near future.

November 01 2009 at 6:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

SHANE

Judging by the hand in the picture they should have given out manicures.

November 01 2009 at 6:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Sande, your fanboyism annoys me. "Apple design strikes again"? NO! This design is not new and in face is found on a number of existing bookmarks.

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