Mac OS Ken: 03.19.2015

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

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🗓️ 19 March 2015

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

- 9 to 5 Mac: A Possible Look at the Apple Watch Retail Experience - Apple Pokes Swiss Watchmakers with Signage in Basel Store - B and H Photo Gets In-Store Apple Store - Analysts Play Count/Pointercount With Apple Targets and iPhone Expectations - China Unicom and China Telecom Start Sales of Latest Cellular-Enabled iPads - Piper Jaffray Analyst Sees Apple Playing in Augmented Reality - Wells Fargo Analyst Sees Over-The-Top TV Service Adding to Apple Stickiness - Apple Pay Hitting the Links at Arnold Palmer Invitational - Tim Cook Sits for Interesting Interview with Fast Company - Get Two Transporter Syncs for 99-Dollars with Offer Code KEN2FER at

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:09.0	What trying on Apple Watch might be like, guessing at the future of iPhone, and what
0:18.0	Apple's over-the-top TV talk means. It's Thursday the 19th of March 2015. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco
0:27.4	West Ken. Brought to you by yours truly and supported by IChart magazine putting Apple and Tech News in focus
0:36.2	E-Y-E-I-Chart magazine available for iOS newsstand now.
0:43.3	The world may be learning a bit more about how the Getting to Know Apple Watch sessions
0:47.2	will go.
0:48.2	9 to 5 max, as people interested in trying on various Apple watches will be able to take all of the time they want,
0:54.8	provided all of the time they want is 15 minutes or less.
0:58.6	Also, while they will not necessarily be required to have an appointment, language like will not necessarily be required to have an appointment? Language like, will not necessarily be required makes having an appointment sound like a pretty good idea.
1:08.0	Because space will be limited.
1:11.0	Quoting 9 to 5 Mac, each Apple store will be provided with a special hands-on table filled
1:16.2	with Apple watch demo units, as Apple announced at its keynote earlier this month.
1:21.4	Most stores will be provided one table with at least 10 surrounding
1:24.4	Apple watch Trion stations while some Apple stores will be given more tables to
1:29.0	meet demand. Once felt enfondled, the P says customers will be able to place a reservation for the model of their choosing.
1:36.0	They'll also be able to set a time to pick up their Apple watch on or presumably after the April 24th launch date.
1:43.4	The piece does say that stores will have watches available for launch day trials
1:47.6	and sales as well.
1:49.2	Now it will be 75% and 90% of store retail staff will be allocated to assisting customers with Apple Watch.
2:07.0	I'm no mathematician, but that sounds like most to almost all of Apple retail staff tied to 10 customers at a time.
2:17.6	Two things to remember though. First, staffing is fluid.
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