‘Apple Retail’ Archives

Today at 1 PM eastern, 10 AM pacific, Apple will be holding a press event to announce their newest iPhone and the latest version of the iOS operating system.  The regulars of the Maccessibility Round Table Podcast will be live streaming at that time offering up coverage and commentary of the event.  If you’d like [...]

Today, Apple announced iPad availability for several countries will begin on 28/May/2010. Among the countries where availability has been confirmed are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store beginning on Monday, 10/May. In July, Apple plans to expand iPad availability [...]

We’ve just received word that there will be an accessibility workshop at the Apple Store Chicago on Michigan Avenue, Sunday, February 22nd from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. The workshop will cover the general accessibility features of Mac OS X, including VoiceOver and a demonstration of spoken menus on the iPod nano 4G. You can [...]

We’ve just published a new Lioncourt.com editorial. In "Don’t Panic: Your First Trip to the Apple Store", Josh de Lioncourt provides the basics to get you up to speed with the Mac and VoiceOver before you take your first trip to an Apple Store. The article can be applied to any first-time Mac experience for [...]

Apple has five new Apple Stores opening this weekend. They include locations in the Irish city Belfast, as well as US openings in Lancaster, Pa., Colorado Springs, Co., Escondido, Ca., and San Mateo, Ca. Apple Stores are a great place to check out Macs and other Apple products first hand. You can activate VoiceOver on [...]

This Saturday, 24/May/2008 at 10:00 AM, a new Apple Store is opening at the Pacific Centre mall in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The new store is located on the upper level. As usual, the first one-thousand guests to attend the grand opening will get a free T-shirt. Apple Stores are a great way to try [...]

On Thursday, 15/May/2008, Apple Inc. will be opening its third Apple retail store in Boston, Massachusetts. The new store, located at 815 Boylston Street, will open its doors to the public at 6:00 PM. Like most grand-openings, T-shirts and other give-aways will be available to those who attend the event while supplies last. The Boylston [...]

As we reported previously, the North Michigan Avenue Apple Store will be presenting VoiceOver workshops on Saturdays through the month of May. We now have times of the presentations. They will be held from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM every Saturday, with the exception of 10/May/2008. On the 10th, MacSpeech Dictate will be presenting from [...]

We’ve just received word that the North Michigan Avenue Apple Store in Chicago will be hosting VoiceOver workshops on Saturdays through the month of May. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first in-store workshops devoted to VoiceOver. We encourage those of you who would like to see similar VoiceOver workshops in your [...]

Tomorrow (7/December/2007), Apple will be opening a new retail store at 6:00PM EST in New York’s Meatpacking District. The Apple Store West 14th Street is located at 401 West 14th St. at 9th Avenue, one block south of Chelsea Market. It joins existing Apple retail stores on Fifth Avenue and in SoHo.