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The New Republik [deleted] says:
How does it work? You buy a 'pod and it falls
down???
Posted 37 months ago.
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yi
says:
does it take quarters?
Posted 37 months ago.
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now wouldn't it be nice if you could buy
music for your ipod at the airport?
Posted 37 months ago.
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I have seen the future...and it's exact
change only.
Posted 37 months ago.
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You can buy music for your iPod at the
airport... use the WiFi hotspots and your
laptop! :)
Posted 37 months ago.
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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 37 months ago.
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toasterking [deleted] says:
Im lost on the purpose of the AA batteries
though?
Posted 37 months ago.
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How do they handle the support in case of
problem? you've got to fly back to the
airport...? Midori.
Posted 37 months ago.
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it makes credit card cloning really usefull i
hope it doesn't check the magnetic stripe :P
Posted 37 months ago.
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Every airport needs one. Perhaps they should
start putting them in schools, too.
Posted 37 months ago.
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So you buy an iPod. Don't you still have to
get music onto it somehow?
Posted 37 months ago.
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Huh. I'm gonna have to poke this when we go
to Dragon*Con this year. O_o weird...
Posted 37 months ago.
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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 37 months ago.
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Anyone knows a hack for this machine.. like
Hacking Coke Machines
Posted 37 months ago.
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Not to mention that iPods don't typically
come with a full charge out of the box.
Posted 37 months ago.
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These are popular in Japan & Korea. Supprised
they are here in Atlanta.
Posted 37 months ago.
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I'll take three.
Terry / You Are a Dog / the book / the blog
Posted 37 months ago.
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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 37 months ago.
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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 37 months ago.
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maybe these are battery-powered ipods?
Posted 37 months ago.
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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
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Don't they have crack machines in Atlanta
also?
Posted 37 months ago.
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Seems like a good candidate for smash and
grab...
Posted 37 months ago.
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This makes me proud to live in Atlanta.
Posted 37 months ago.
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GREAT!!
Posted 37 months ago.
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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 37 months ago.
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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 37 months ago.
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So, does that mean if it steals your dollar
and you shake it you'll get a free one and
possibly two?
Posted 37 months ago.
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Yeah, I saw that as well. Blasted thing stole
my bloody change.
Posted 37 months ago.
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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...
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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!
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Buy one and send to me please!
Posted 37 months ago.
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Ah, they have one of these at the International Terminal at SFO. :)
Posted 37 months ago.
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this is the coolest thing i have ever seen in
my whole entire life.
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This is wicked cool-- except that I saw it
there in February of this year and assumed it
was old hat, or else I would've taken a
picture too. I'm assuming there's only one
there - was it near the opening of the Delta
terminal (don't know which?!), with halls of
gates going left and right, a Hudson News
immediately next to the machine, and a hall
with coffee shops going straight back? (sry
can't remember any more details)
and actually, I think it's really, really
impractical (which doesn't hurt its coolness
:D ).
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Apple whoring itself out
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Great idea, but you buy an iPod but it's not
charged and empty of music. Hmmm..doesn't
make sense.
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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.
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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)
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i doubt the point of this machine is to sell
ipods. what a great marketing idea...which
appears to be working!
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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 37 months ago.
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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 37 months ago.
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UNREAL
Posted 36 months ago.
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OK.. lol Where in ATL airport is this? I live
in Georgia and am going up there sunday.. I
gotta see this =P
Posted 36 months ago.
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lol...that is so cool..
Posted 34 months ago.
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That is pimp yo.
Posted 31 months ago.
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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 30 months ago.
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another vending machine for me to ignore.
Yeah iPods are soooooo cool.
Posted 27 months ago.
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Yup, I've seen this at the Hartsfield-Jackson
airport in ATL as well.
Posted 26 months ago.
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I got the joke Martini Mambo...
:-)
The trick is to stop the fish from flying
down the hole.
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That would make two of us who got the joke.
:-)
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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 23 months ago.
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