The store is DOWN

In the course of Apple Events, there comes a time as FCC approvals draw near, and announcements hang in the balance, that the store goes down and a great hush goes through the land. It is a time of great reflection and contemplation as each of us stands with 'bated breath, anticipating the technology shortly to debut.

Who are we kidding?

Can'twaitcan'twait! Puppies! Rainbows! Unicorns! Tablets! Are you as excited as we are? Is the iPad going to be ready for pre-orders? Maybe this is *it*?

Let us know in the comments.

Update: As of about 5:40 PM ET, the store was back up! Thanks for all of the tips from readers.

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Aaron

when most stores go down people freak out and demand someones head. If Apple has succeeded at anything it is that it can take its highly rates e-store down during peak hours and people become excited =) I wish i could pull that off lol

February 01 2010 at 4:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Andreas Skielboe

Well, its back down again now..

February 01 2010 at 2:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Montana Leet

I love how the Apple Store is The Store.

February 01 2010 at 2:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jordan Cowan

And the Time Capsules sold in the Refurbished Store are now current generation.

February 01 2010 at 12:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jordan Cowan

The education store is inaccessible...

February 01 2010 at 12:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Stan

MacTablet.

January 31 2010 at 6:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Christopher Kalanderopoulos

Ummm... it's only 6:25PM EST right now. How could it have been back up as of 6:40PM?

Did Steve announce a REAL Time Machine that I'm unaware of?

January 31 2010 at 6:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Mr Lizard

Yes, he announced it at next years WWDC!

Everyone knows that....

:-)

January 31 2010 at 7:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris Utopian

@Jordan You are the most persistent troll I have ever seen, you seem to turn up in every article's comments section. You must really hate apple to go to so much effort.

Bravo.

January 31 2010 at 5:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

It was just internal maintenance. Was working the end of my shift when it happened.

January 31 2010 at 5:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gary

valentines day

January 31 2010 at 5:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply