Italy Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple features 'communication to protect consumers' in Italy

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2012)

Apple has apparently complied with a recent ruling by the Italian government that the company did not do enough, when selling its extended one-year warranties in stores, to let customers know that its products already came with a two-year warranty, as per consumer laws there. The company has ...

Italian court denies initial iPhone 4S ban

by Chris Rawson (Jan 5th, 2012)

Samsung has lost another battle in its ongoing patent war with Apple. Its request to have iPhone 4S sales banned in Italy has been denied by the Italian courts. This comes barely a month after France similarly denied Samsung's request for a sales injunction against the iPhone 4S. Samsung had ...

Apple fined in Italy for poor communication around warranty policy

by Dave Caolo (Dec 27th, 2011)

Apple has been fined 900 thousand Euros by the Italian Antitrust Authority [Google translation], citing unfair business practices against consumers. Specifically, the ruling cites two offenses against Apple, Apple Sales International and Apple Retail Italy. First, the judgement says that Apple's ...

Megaphone, a big honkin' amplifier for your iPhone

by Steven Sande (Dec 3rd, 2011)

There are a lot of powered amplifier docks for the iPhone and iPod touch, and sadly most of them are lacking in beauty and originality. Italian design firm en&is is bucking the trend with a unique unpowered amplifier that is a large, swooping ceramic horn. The Megaphone ranges from ...

For the third weekend in a row Apple opening three more stores

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 1st, 2011)

This weekend will mark the third time Apple has opened three stores in as many weeks. That's nine new stores in only three weeks -- quite an expansion and, you guessed it, almost a third of the 30 new Apple Stores the company plans to open this quarter. The new stores opening this weekend are ...

Apple Stores to open in Italy, Australia, Canada on Saturday

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 9th, 2011)

Two more Apple stores will be opening Saturday. The first, as reported by ifoAppleStore.com, is in Florence, Italy's I Gigli. It's the sixth Apple store for the country. Meanwhile, Cheltenham, Victoria in Australia gains an Apple Store in Westfield Southland. This is the 12th store in ...

Vintage Apple-1 up and running

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 11th, 2011)

An original Apple-1 sprung back to life during a presentation at the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy this week. Hand-built by a then young Steve Wozniak, the vintage computer was purchased by Mark Bogle for US$211,000 as part of a high-profile Christie's auction. Despite its age of 35 ...

Apple to open new stores in Italy

by Chris Ward (Mar 1st, 2011)

Apple is planning to open yet another new Apple Store in Italy, this time in Sicily, according to job adverts spotted on the company's website. Along with job ads for the new store in Bologna, Apple is looking for staff to work in an as-yet unannounced store in Sicily. Local newspapers are ...

Construction to begin on Apple Store in Bologna, Italy

by Mike Schramm (Dec 2nd, 2010)

Above is a street view shot of the site where Apple will be breaking ground on an all new Apple Store. It's right smack dab in the middle of Bologna, Italy, a place where I'd imagine you probably shouldn't believe anything you hear. According to the Italian La Repubblica, the store will take up ...

Italian Tourism official not too happy with iPhone travel app

by Mel Martin (Sep 28th, 2010)

iPhone travel app What Country describes Italy as "Pizza, Mafia, Pasta and Scooters." That isn't sitting too well with Italian Tourism Minister Michela Vittoria Brambilla, who says that the app's description of her country is offensive. She is threatening legal action against the developers, Apalon ...

iPhone 4 prices from around the world

by Mike Schramm (Aug 3rd, 2010)

Now that the iPhone 4 is available around most of the world, iFun designed this interesting little infographic that compares the various prices of the handset around the globe. Note that all of these prices are in Euros, and that they all reflect the out-of-contract price -- because the US iPhones ...

Found Footage: Honoring Apple from 1976 to the Italian introduction of the iPad

by David Winograd (May 28th, 2010)

In honor of the Italian release of the iPad, iPadItalia has created one of the best Apple-oriented videos I've ever seen. In 10 minutes (yes, it's quite long for this type of thing), the video lovingly covers Apple from its origin in 1976 right up to today when those in Italy, and many other ...

Flickr Find: Apple Store Carosello opening in Milan, Italy

by Steven Sande (Sep 5th, 2009)

Ahhhh, Milano! The name makes me think about the Milan Cathedral, La Scala, fashion models, and the aggressive drivers in that city. And now, when I think of Milan, I can also fondly think of the new Apple Store Carosello. TUAW reader Filippo sent us a link to his Flickr gallery of the opening ...

Rumor: Australian iPhones will be unlocked

by Dave Caolo (May 7th, 2008)

A little birdie flew into TUAW Headquarters (read: Scott's Philadelphia apartment) this morning. In fact, he flew all the way from Australia to tell us that Vodafone will not be the exclusive carrier in Australia. "What's that, little bird?" we asked. He said that Aussie carriers will have their own ...

Italy will have two iPhone carriers

by Dave Caolo (May 6th, 2008)

Earlier today we learned that Vodafone has been tagged to carry the iPhone in ten countries, including Italy. Shortly after that announcement Italian communications company Telecom Italia announced that they, too, will carry the iPhone. Neither company provided any more detail than that, so exactly ...