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Nein, es ist eigentlich schon kein Gerücht mehr. Apple wird noch im Dezember einen eigenen Retail Store in Frankfurt am Main eröffnen. Wie üblich wird der Store in bester Innenstadtlage zu finden sein, diesmal in der berühmten Freßgass, nahe der Frankfurter Börse. Die Indizien scheinen stichhaltig.

Natürlich findet man (noch) keine Informationen auf der Apple Webseite oder in anderen offiziellen Quellen. Auch der Baustelle kann man den neuen Mieter noch nicht ansehen. Allerdings deutet ein Begleitschein einer Lieferung an jene Baustelle darauf hin, dass es ein zumindest zweistöckiger Store wird, ähnlich wie in der Münchner Rosenstraße.

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No new story here. Apple is famous for its secretiveness about their upcoming products. Whether it is the new Apple iTablet—a 10″ inch tablet PC everyone is rumoring about—or a software and hardware upgrade of the Apple TV. The sales date for MacOS X Snow Leopard could be the 28th of August. Again, only rumors. But why does Apple do this with orders on their online store, too? read more »

A sunny morning in Munich. I am near the Marienplatz. A small woman with brown hair and brown eyes looks up at me.

“Excuse me, can you tell me what all the fuss is about?”

Sure, it must have been a strange experience for outstanding people. Right here in a pedestrian area, a huge crowd had gathered, with almost no visible cause for doing so. And young people in turquois and orange t-shirts were running around cheering “München, München, München, München”.

“Do you know Apple, I mean, the company Apple?” I pointed to the big, white apple with a byte on the right side that was mounted on the huge glass front of the store before us. The woman nodded. read more »

Tomorrow, on December 6th, Apple will open its first retail store on German soil ever. Many avid Apple fans were eagerly waiting for this to happen. The gossip started in February when Apple was looking for sales stuff in the Munich area. But as always with Apple, no comment about when and where. read more »