Podcast #161: Apps on Apple TV and Microsoft Slated to Open Store Across From Apple Store
Podcast #161: Apps on Apple TV and Microsoft Slated to Open Store Across From Apple Store
Posted 10/05/2010 at 5:01pm
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Looks like the iOS implementation on the Apple TV can be jailbroken to install apps. Too bad you can't actually launch the apps with a Launcher. Fingers crossed for a Launched on the Apple TV soon.
Microsoft decides to throw the retail gauntlet down and plans on opening a store across from the Apple Store in the Mall of America. Will there be a dance off? A stare down? Can we get our listeners to walk into the Microsoft Store and ask for an iPhone? Only time will tell.
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BeaMeUp
October 05, 2010 at 7:01pm
Not the same type of business, but there are Popeye's fried chicken and Church's fried chicken franchises side by side where I live, and both are doing well for 20+ years now.I can't see MS stores doing as much business as Apple in the long run though.
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