iPod vending machine

Spotted at Atlanta Airport - a vending machine selling iPods (minis and shuffles).

Atlanta Airport

May 2005

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The New Republik [deleted] says:

How does it work? You buy a 'pod and it falls down???
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

yi says:

does it take quarters?
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

mikel_maron says:

now wouldn't it be nice if you could buy music for your ipod at the airport?
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Cadigan says:

I have seen the future...and it's exact change only.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

asciident says:

You can buy music for your iPod at the airport... use the WiFi hotspots and your laptop! :)
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

asvensson says:

Bintang: No, it doesn't. Each product is "fetched from the shelf by a robot which delivers the product to the output delivery door", says Zoom Systems.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

toasterking [deleted] says:

Im lost on the purpose of the AA batteries though?
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

patrox says:

How do they handle the support in case of problem? you've got to fly back to the airport...? Midori.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

paranood says:

it makes credit card cloning really usefull i hope it doesn't check the magnetic stripe :P
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Palila says:

Every airport needs one. Perhaps they should start putting them in schools, too.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

bshort says:

So you buy an iPod. Don't you still have to get music onto it somehow?
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

ObakeTenshi says:

Huh. I'm gonna have to poke this when we go to Dragon*Con this year. O_o weird...
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

So what happens if the iPod doesn't fall properly? Candy vending machines have a bad reputation of eating your money. I hope they at least fixed that problem with these.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

rootlinux says:

Anyone knows a hack for this machine.. like Hacking Coke Machines
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

kfury says:

Not to mention that iPods don't typically come with a full charge out of the box.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

psycht says:

These are popular in Japan & Korea. Supprised they are here in Atlanta.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Terry Bain says:

I'll take three.

Terry / You Are a Dog / the book / the blog
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Emptythought says:

rootlinux: they run windows embeded, so im sure there's an exploit somewhere....

$250 is kinda more than a 65 cent soda though.. im not sure they would just say "o, it happens"
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

nuttree says:

Maybe like with candy machines, if you shake the machine, an extra IPod will fall and you'll get 2 for the price of one.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

romulusnr says:

maybe these are battery-powered ipods?
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Emptythought says:

all ipods are battery powered.. or did you mean disposeable/replaceable batteries...

because they only make ipods with built-in non user replaceable batteries now, and as far as i know thats how it always has been

nuttree: if i see one of this, im gonna try that for sure
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

SouthPawMan says:

Don't they have crack machines in Atlanta also?
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

graememc says:

Seems like a good candidate for smash and grab...
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

extraspecial says:

This makes me proud to live in Atlanta.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Tighten up! says:

GREAT!!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

evil latte says:

I just bought an iPod mini, where in the heck was one of these so I wouldn't have to deal with snooty Apple Store employees. Brilliant!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

malyousif says:

thanks for sharing this picture with us, and hope that you don't mind too much for me blogging about it a couple of days ago.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

emptyhighway says:

So, does that mean if it steals your dollar and you shake it you'll get a free one and possibly two?
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

San Sharma says:

Yeah, I saw that as well. Blasted thing stole my bloody change.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

luisrivera says:

Humm

A vending machine for a $100-$200 product does not sound appropiate, but it is definately a good option if you forgot to buy a present and all shops are closed because you are taking a night flight...
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Images of Elbows says:

People with credit cards and last-minute gift voids to fill in the airport. I can't see why anyone else would buy it this way!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Debmoz says:

Buy one and send to me please!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

rtkim says:

Ah, they have one of these at the International Terminal at SFO. :)
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

chrisholland says:

this is the coolest thing i have ever seen in my whole entire life.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Fenaxis says:

Apple whoring itself out
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

CC Chapman says:

Great idea, but you buy an iPod but it's not charged and empty of music. Hmmm..doesn't make sense.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Branille says:

I wouldn't put $250 in an unattended machine myself. Although, It would be cool if it had some sample tracks that people could play until they could fill it. Otherwise it's kinda useless except for us g33ks who are fully equipped.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Stray Farce says:

Do you have to lay your towel over the drain, put the satchel by the output delivery door, put the mail on top of the satchel before you press the button?

(ok, that was a really vague joke that only a select few, if any, will get)
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

smokey937 says:

i doubt the point of this machine is to sell ipods. what a great marketing idea...which appears to be working!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

BlueFace says:

you should look at this less like a vending machine, and more like a small shop. Apple have here a place where they make money in far less space than it would normally take, also they have no sales staff to pay!

On the point of it coming uncharged and with no songs, don't the ipods you buy in the high st. come the same way?

Good on apple! The less hassle i have over extended warranty's and "super cool" ipod accessories the better... ;-)
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Mactheknife says:

My wife and I vacationed in Europe in 1993 and we saw an automated, robotic convenience store. The items were behind glass and you put the money in and directed (I can't remember if it was like a claw machine or you punched in the number of what you wanted but it grabbed it for you and put it down a chute.) It was in Switzerland, I think.
So it was only a matter of time...
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Josiah Roe says:

UNREAL
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

MissBurlesque says:

OK.. lol Where in ATL airport is this? I live in Georgia and am going up there sunday.. I gotta see this =P
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

Gemintheeye says:

lol...that is so cool..
Posted 52 months ago. ( permalink )

OSR Photography says:

That is pimp yo.
Posted 49 months ago. ( permalink )

sscrash_23 says:

I bought my ipod shuffle from this machine when we installed it. Hand Trucks moved this unit in. Pretty cool concept. Now they just need to lower the price.
Posted 48 months ago. ( permalink )

optimusprym8 says:

another vending machine for me to ignore. Yeah iPods are soooooo cool.
Posted 45 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul Stamatiou says:

Yup, I've seen this at the Hartsfield-Jackson airport in ATL as well.
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

Kidsturk says:

I got the joke Martini Mambo...
:-)
The trick is to stop the fish from flying down the hole.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Aidje says:

That would make two of us who got the joke. :-)
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

DJ Flow says:

They had something about this on the Washington (DC) news a while back, and also had it on thier website. The iPods are $10 and up, they're the first ones made, Apple said to expect errors in them any day, cuz they're not the kind you would buy at a REAL store. like I said, they're de-fects, and the batteries are for the AA conveter Charger. I was actually expecting sscrash AT LEAST 2 kno bout this 1 but i guess not. well, still, the vending machine IS pretty tight n i thought id jus steer u guys in the right direction...
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

lxmcpeters says:

Yo, I took a $25 prepaid Visa Card. I " bought " out 18 ipods from the machine and now it cant be traced to me. unless you guys tell. hahahah I sold each ipod on ebay for $99 and made $1780.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

lxmcpeters says:

stupid dumbasses,

just becasue its sold in the same machine does not mean it goes together

why is everybody thinking that the batteries are for the ipods. They are for handheld items that take batteries people in airports need batteries on the plane to operate other devices not the ipods so they sell them together. these machines also sell digital cameras and other things. Using your dumbass logic I am wondering why someone isnt asking how to hook up a camera to your ipod. just becasue its sold in the same machine does not mean it goes together
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

lxmcpeters says:

ipods here are not supposed to have songs on them dumbasses. These are brand new and brand new ipods dont have songs on them
you load them on latter according to your tastes and preferences in music
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

lxmcpeters says:

its in an airport because a lot of sand ni ger s go and take ipods back to their countries when they leave cause they dont have ipods there only music they have is a small purple man who toots horn by blowing into goat ass
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

lxmcpeters says:

fuck
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

lxmcpeters says:

oh they dont bleep out curse words fuck yeh
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

x bambiii x says:

what if you pushed the wrong button & got something you didn't want...bummer?
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Bogota Colombia says:

i want one!!

two
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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