{"id":10356,"date":"2011-05-23T12:16:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T17:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=10356"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:33:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:33:49","slug":"apple-stores-upgraded-to-version-2-0-ipads-pulling-double-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/10356-apple-stores-upgraded-to-version-2-0-ipads-pulling-double-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Stores \u201cUpgraded\u201d to Version 2.0; iPads Pulling Double Duty."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"You know those rumors<\/a> about how Apple had something exciting to showcase on Sunday?<\/p>\n

Yeah… well… it really depends on your definition of \u201cexciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apple \u201crefreshed\u201d its stores into what they\u2019re calling \u201cApple Store 2.0\u201d<\/strong> Its primary feature… all the paper info sheets that used to stand with the products have been replaced by iPads on little Lucite stands.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit, it\u2019s kind of nice to see a \u201cgreen\u201d alternative to paper cards which become obsolete once one minor specification changes. And, it would seem that several pages on an iPad can convey a lot more info than what I recall seeing on one of those single sheets. However, I\u2019d avoid visiting the iPad display if you\u2019re on any prescription medication – seeing iPads being used to display specs of other iPads might prove to be a bit trippy.<\/p>\n

These iPads are running some customized firmware that disables the Home button, and they don\u2019t seem to be powered off of a standard 30-pin connector (which makes it a convenient way to tell the difference between the \u201cinfo\u201d model and the \u201cdemo\u201d model in the iPad display).<\/p>\n

However, possibly the most convenient thing about this display is the button to page an Apple Specialist <\/a>– something that my past experiences at the local Apple Store have shown to occasionally be more difficult than it should be.<\/p>\n

So was all this worth the hours we dedicated to speculating on this? No, probably not.<\/p>\n

But at least now we have yet another reason<\/a> for iPad 2\u2019s being so hard to come by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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