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Five Apps for NYC tourists

by David Winograd (RSS feed) on Aug 4th, 2009


I was in NYC for a week and feeling a bit bored, so I took a look at a passel (anyone still use that word?) of NYC tourist traps apps, that I picked up last week for the heck of it.

NYC Subway 24-Hour KICKMap - $1.99. Rating: Horrible.
This is a generic subway map that's "24 hours" because you can tap the day/night button to switch the background from white to black. Wow! Hold your finger on a station for 3 seconds to bring up the address of the subway stop and often a disconnected phone number. Tap 'Alerts' and the app tosses you to the Manhattan Transit Authority site in Safari.

HopStop - Free. Rating: Wonderful.
Tell it where you want to go and it'll get you there via public transportation, just like the website hopstop.com, but with GPS built-in.

UpNext 3D NYC - $2.99. Rating: Meh.
Useful for finding businesses, not so useful for saving personal information. I don't want the world to know where I reside in NYC and marking it will show it to the world. Social networking eats its young -- don't trust it! Plus, how can you choose hotdogs/hamburgers near Broadway and 72nd street and not bring up Grey's Papaya first? Nice maps though.

New York City Highlights - Free Rating: Horrible.
This is supposed to be a walking tour of points of interest in NYC. Running it in Times Square played less than five minutes of generic and out-of-date drivel. At least a podcast has a pause button. Did you know that Virgin Records closed? They didn't.

SitOrSquat - Free. Rating: Are you kidding?
Help me out here, the app is, hmmmm, can I say poop? The GPS map screen can't even locate me, but searching seems to work. McDonalds is squat only. Did I need an app to tell me that? This was funded by Charmin as an afterthought. Note to Government: Don't bail out Procter and Gamble. They have more then enough cash if they paid for this.

Tags: 5 apps, 5Apps, app review, AppReview, appstore, five apps, FiveApps, iphone, ipod touch, IpodTouch, new york city, NewYorkCity, nyc

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Retail, Apple Financial

New York's flagship Apple Store doing great business

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Jun 3rd, 2009

New York City's flagship Apple Store, located on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, is doing tremendous business. According to The New York Post, that store raked in $440 million in one year. Of course, the location doesn't hurt. It's right by Central Park and the huge, glass cube is a real tourist draw.

The Post also notes that the SoHo store pulled in $100 million, but didn't provide any stats on the West 14th Street store. In the meantime, construction has begun on what's rumored to be a fourth NYC store, expected to open at the corner of 67th and Broadway on Manhattan's Upper West Side later this year. If that store and a rumored Brooklyn store are opened, NYC would boast six stores total (including the Staten Island store).

Apple intends to open 25 new stores for fiscal year 2009, half of them outside the United States.

[via AppleInsider]

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, new york city, NewYorkCity, retail

Filed under: Retail

Two more Apple Stores confirmed for New York City

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Apr 18th, 2008

Cheer up, New Yorkers! Sure, the Red Sox beat your Yankees last night and you're now in 3rd place in the AL East, but there's good news, too!

ifoAppleStore is reporting that two new Apple Stores have been confirmed for The Big Apple. First, the borough of Brooklyn will host a store, either in the downtown area or in Williamsburg -- in other words, your guess is as good as ours.

The location of the 2nd store is more certain. Earlier this week, it was all but confirmed that a store will be built at 23 Wall Street. And don't worry, the construction workers have promised not to bury a Big Papi jersey in the foundation.

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, new york, new york city, NewYork, NewYorkCity, retail

Filed under: Retail, Cult of Mac, Other Events, Apple

Apple Store panoramic

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 22nd, 2006



This will probably be my last post about Apple's new Fifth Avenue store, but I'm not making any promises. The Cult of Mac points us to this very cool Quicktime panormic image of the store on opening night. It is very cool.

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, big glass cube, BigGlassCube, fifth avenue, FifthAvenue, new york city, NewYorkCity, panoramic, quicktime

Filed under: Retail, Cult of Mac, Apple

Line to get into the new Apple store .45 miles long

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 21st, 2006



That's right, at the height of the opening madness this blogger, using only Gmaps Pedometer, estimated the line to be .45 miles long. Waiting in a line that long for the privilege of getting into a store, and perhaps getting a free t-shirt? I suppose there are worse things to do with an afternoon (though if the line were that long a Suburban Station I'm not sure I would have waited).

So, fess up, how long would you wait in line to get into an Apple Store?

[via Gothamist]

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, gmaps, gothamist, new york city, NewYorkCity, nyc

Filed under: Retail, Other Events, Apple

Time lapse photos of NYC Apple Store opening

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 19th, 2006



Apple has just updated the Fifth Avenue store's page to show a series of time lapse photographs for each hour of its first 24 hours of being open.

Apple really is going all out for this store opening, though when you spend millions of dollars on a glass cube, you want to get your money's worth.

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, fifth avenue store, FifthAvenueStore, new york city, NewYorkCity, nyc

Filed under: Retail, Cult of Mac, Other Events, Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs at the new NYC Apple Store

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 19th, 2006



Ben Shapiro, an eagle eyed TUAW reader, spotted His Steveness at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store set to open today at 6pm. Pictured above we can see the real reason Steve wanted a gigantic glass cube, so he could stare lovingly at his own reflection.

Check out all of Ben's Steve pics in his Flickr stream.

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, fifth avenue, FifthAvenue, new york city, NewYorkCity

Filed under: Retail, Apple

Apple Store 5th Ave: Your reports

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on May 19th, 2006



Hooray, it's opening day! You cannot deny the lure of the cube, New Yorkers. Resistance is futile. While Apple Store Fifth Avenue in New York City doesn't officially open its doors until 6:00 PM, we'll be taking your reports all day. Use the comments of this post to share your experiences:
  • When did you get in line?
  • What's the atmosphere like?
  • Have you seen any celebrities (from the Mac community or otherwise)?
  • Will you be moblogging photos with your phone?
  • Is your credit card literally burning a hole in your pocket?
  • Does your boss think you're home sick?
Check back throughout the day for updates. Have fun, New Yorkers! Here's hoping you score a T-shirt.

Updates:

Steve writes: "I'm standing out in front of the Apple location right now. The extreme cold and rain has scared off most of the mac faithful. Right now there are only about 20 soaking wet fans waiting outside. We haven't seen any celebs yet, although ABC news dropped by and interviewed some of us..."

More updates from Steve:

"...Steve Jobs has just showed up. He and some of the other Apple bigwigs are currently looking over the outside of the premises. It's getting better by the minute."

TUAW reader Ben took some great photos of Steve Jobs at the 5th Avenue store! He writes:

"So I'm outside the new Apple store but [I'm] not near the crowd and Steve Jobs comes from behind me, I think a lot of people were surprised...here are some photos." Very cool! Thanks, Ben!

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, cube, fifth avenue, FifthAvenue, new york city, NewYorkCity, retail

Filed under: Retail, Cult of Mac, Other Events, Apple

Flickr Find: More Fifth Avenue Apple Store pictures

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 18th, 2006



I'll admit it, I am obsessed with the cube outside of the new Apple Store in New York. Neil Epstein (who was taking pictures for Gothamist) has posted a whole set of pictures from today's Apple Store event (press only, thank you very much). This store looks very cool, and that Genius Bar? Immense.

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, new york city, NewYorkCity

Filed under: Retail, Rumors, Apple

5th Avenue Apple store to be open 365 days a year?

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on May 16th, 2006



The Apple Store on Fifth Avenue has been rumored to be open 24 hours a day. ifoAppleStore now reports that not only will Apple's new flagship store be open 24 hours a day, but also 365 days a year (366 on leap year).

If this is true I imagine that some Mac geeks will be ringing in the New Year at the Apple Store.

Who is going to be attending the grand opening?  I am pondering taking the trip into NYC to see the mystical cube with my own two eyes.

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, cube, fifth avenue, FifthAvenue, new york city, NewYorkCity

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Retail

Manhattan Apple Store to open May 19

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on May 11th, 2006



You now it's going to be a big deal when Apple creates a webpage dedicated to counting down the minutes until a single retail location opens. Apple Store Fifth Avenue in NYC (yes, the one with the huge cube) will open on Friday, May 19. This store is located at 767 Fifth Avenue at 59th Street. Get there very early for a free T-shirt and an amazing experience.

We're eager to receive all of your reports, so let us know what the scene is like it you attend. It should be great.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, cube, fifth avenue, FifthAvenue, new york city, NewYorkCity, retail

Filed under: Apple Corporate, Retail, Rumors

Prediction: NYC Apple Store to open May 13th

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Apr 24th, 2006

Ok, we admit it. We're just as crazy about Steve's Manhattan cube as he is (maybe more). There's no doubt that when this location finally opens, it will be a very big event indeed. ifoAppleStore has made a prediction: The massive cube will open wide is gleaming doors on Saturday, May 13th. You may remember that ifoAppleStore released a chart earlier this year that identifies their guesses for all of the 2006 retail openings.

They've also produced a great overview of what is know about the 5th Avenue store thus far, which we appreciate, because it makes us look a little less obsessed.

Tags: apple store, AppleStore, cube, fifth avenue, FifthAvenue, new york city, NewYorkCity, retail

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