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Apple Falls Short of 1000 Rentals, Swiss Ready for iPhone and Nike + iPod Coming to a Gym Near You
Posted 03/04/2008 at 12:21:37pm | by Mac|Life Staff

 

Dude, where's my rentals?: Steve told us to expect 1000 iTunes movie rentals by the end of February. He also said we would have the iPhone SDK in that time frame. Are the studios to blame for the lack of rentals or should Apple start checking iCal more thoroughly before making commitments.

 

Swiss iPhone: Swiss telecom, Swisscom, is expected to have the iPhone for its yodeling customers on April 4. Welcome to the party Switzerland.

 

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avatarMaybe if Apple hadn't cut

Submitted by ahMEmon (not verified) on Tue, 2008-03-04 13:19

Maybe if Apple hadn't cut off all the 5th gen iPod owners then who knows, MAYBE they would have met their goal.....?

I'm sure there are more 5th gen owners that those who own iPod classics...

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avatarI think they are talking

Submitted by JB (not verified) on Tue, 2008-03-04 13:32

I think they are talking about 1000 titles, not actually 1000 downloaded rentals. But yes it does suck that us 5th Gen owners are left out. But I'm in Australia and we can't even buy movies or TV shows from iTunes or buy the iPhone, let alone rent movies. Sux to be us, I guess.

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avatar5 gen

Submitted by Michael Dunlop (not verified) on Tue, 2008-03-04 17:04

What, rentals cant play on the last generation of iPod???

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avatarWhy the hell would you

Submitted by Play games (not verified) on Thu, 2008-06-26 13:12

Why the hell would you cancel something that is free itself, does absolutely nothing to you except just exist there in case theres the chance you want to watch a movie that Blockbuster has and you cant get elsewhere and of course occasionally sends you coupons for 2 rentals for the price of one, except just to make the point that Apple TV has replaced your need for Blockbuster. This statement seems right out of an Apple script for marketing.

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avatarWhy would anyone consider

Submitted by jasontpopper on Thu, 2008-11-27 21:01

Why would anyone consider paying so much just for a rental when they could just get it for free for much cheaper?

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avatarWow that is great and

Submitted by zombo09 on Sun, 2009-01-04 20:21

Wow that is great and interesting.

Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to make great posts like this one.

Bookmarked.Bootleg movies

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avatarI agree with Jason... I

Submitted by Marianna on Thu, 2009-02-12 21:22

I agree with Jason... I can't see why anyone would want to fork out so much money to rent a movie through iTunes. Seems like a big waste of money when there are much cheaper services through Blockbuster and Netflix! wet carpet dryinghdtv antennaflood damage repairdocument dryingwater damage colorado

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