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- say592, on 04/13/2008, -3/+169It just goes to show that they arent all that good when they are left the way Apple Intended them.
Now, excuse me while I go buy one, so I can sue Radioshack for false advertising. - Nathan86, on 04/13/2008, -2/+73And I thought i have made mistakes at work
- AdamTReineke, on 04/13/2008, -8/+62Dear Marketing:
You are paid to take photos of the iPhone, not make my favorite toy actually do something useful. If I cared, that would be my job.
Thanks,
Steve Jobs - inactive, on 04/13/2008, -1/+46"and we're equally sure that buyers will be pleased to learn they don't really get an IM application with their purchase."
this is the part that apple will love the most. - Spuy767, on 04/13/2008, -1/+41I get the feeling that this was less of a mistake and more of a graphic designer who thought this would be cute.
- inactive, on 04/13/2008, -6/+39did this designer just use an image of his personal ipod or what? isn't it blatantly against apple's terms to use anything other than their authorized press images?
- atgmac, on 04/13/2008, -9/+39Yes, it's completely illegal to take photos of your own personal items.
- inactive, on 04/13/2008, -3/+23for commercial use? once they've been hacked? guess again..
- truk, on 04/13/2008, -2/+18What exactly does Circuit City have to do with this?
- TBobes, on 04/13/2008, -0/+14But it wasn't in Bets Buy's flyer.... You know, the thing your suing them for...
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -2/+15you can do whatever you want to things you own, but if you're designing a brochure to sell a company's trademarked product you have to use images the company approves. this is common sense, why to people keep replying with stupid comments?
- Hootiehoo, on 04/13/2008, -0/+10WELCOME TO DIGG I'm sure they just read yours and did a re post
- elhof, on 04/14/2008, -0/+10Below the clock app...
- ArkAngel06, on 04/13/2008, -0/+9They probably read the Engadget title like I did:
"Weekend circulars show jailbroken iPod touch with Installer on board"
For some reason 'circulars' jumps out as Circuit City to me...Or maybe thats because I read the description on digg first..... :/ - DaffyDuck, on 04/13/2008, -0/+9Right now it's more like 75%. There aren't really any killer gotta-have-it apps available yet on installer. Some decent stuff but nothing amazing yet.
- bdsams, on 04/13/2008, -3/+11well atleast there finally advertising how it should be...if you buy one and dont jailbreak it your only getting 10% of the products capabilities
- rwblackbird, on 04/14/2008, -0/+7Only so you can use 3rd party applications, really.
- itzmattu, on 04/14/2008, -0/+6I'm suing you for making a generalization about the entire American population!
- BossKey, on 04/14/2008, -0/+6It's like when there's an ad for a generic Windows PC of some kind, and the designer has livened up the screen by inserting a screen shot of Mac OS X. Seen those lots of times.
- DaffyDuck, on 04/13/2008, -0/+5There are no official apps available yet and they won't be available on 1.1.4 firmware.
- awuwish, on 04/13/2008, -0/+5It does have a promotion: buy an ipod, get a $10 gift card.
- starkruzr, on 04/14/2008, -4/+8You can't advertise a product as something it isn't (i.e., a touch jailbroken OOB). That's all.
- Knikes, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4fail
- starkruzr, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4reported for spam.
- Knikes, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3fail
- TheWorm, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3Nevermind, i guess installler got a new icon. Jailbroken ftw!
- Carsonauto, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3see MobileChat?
- Knikes, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3fail
- Screengem0531, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3Why does everyone in America look for opportunities to sue people? Its ridiculous.
- 80hd, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3installer?
- BryanJK, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3also, webapps only work on 1.1.3+, which has the iPhone style dock Also, I
- Reziarfg, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3While not illegal, it's still not what they're purchasing and not how it should be advertised.
- all_about_the_D, on 04/13/2008, -1/+4i was about to say weren't those the extra apps that apple released after macworld? but i don't remember there being an im feature. just useless stuff like weather?
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3This is an ipod touch.
- ehsteve23, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2i guess you have no clue about jailbreaking an iPod touch, becuase if you did you'd know that that one clearly is.
- webtroll, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2I love how in the bigger picture the ad reads "iPod Authorized Reseller" next to the product shot ;-)
- kevbryant, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3if designers for such large companies are stupid enough to use googled images in their printed layouts, then maybe I need to change companies.
- harrisonx, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2No.
New iPod touches come with the iPhone apps [Mail/Stocks/Weather/Maps] already installed. You don't need to pay for them.
What's of issue here is the Installer.app icon [the blue one that looks like a CD with an arrow underneath] and the IM application icon [the red one with the speech bubble with IM written inside] both of which are only available when the device has been Jailbroken.
Nothing to do with Apple selling more apps whatsoever. - Nato592, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3Someone probably just created a shortcut button to the homescreen for the IM thing.
- inactive, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2I highly doubt it. Don't over react to this ***** - some idiot made a simple mistake, Apple will not give a *****.
- truk, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2I guess that makes sense. I did notice a few people bad mouthing Circuit City in the comments on Engadget too. After skimming it all it kind of all mixes together
- Bebe272, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I actually do some work with Circuit City, and they did not run the same image as Radio Shack featured in their circulars. The image in Circuit City's ads was approved by Apple.
- ehsteve23, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1and the dock
- starkruzr, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2Even then, without jailbreak a lot of functionality will still be missing.
- Nathan86, on 04/13/2008, -1/+2It would definitely make me more apt to buy a zune from them if they would come out and say it.
- orangetiki, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1If you unlock an iPod touch, is it considered a mistake?
- Dafreakzo, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1You are actually right.
- ehsteve23, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1No, Knikes is right. fail.
- TheWorm, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1There's a web chat application for iPod and iPhone
- subliminalurge, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Thanks for pointing that out. I went ahead and buried yours as a dupe.
You're welcome. -
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