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Kara (and Her Mother) Visit the Flagship Apple Store in Manhattan

July 11, 2008 at 5:38 pm PT

BoomTown landed at New York’s JFK Airport this morning and, of course, could not resist visiting the flagship Apple (AAPL) store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on iPhone 3G Day.

That’s right! JesusPhone 2.0 is nigh!

(Well, was nigh, I guess, and apparently unable to be activated due to system overload.)

In any case, I did a particularly jumpy video of the doings at one of Apple’s most famous stores, as legions of New Yorkers waited in line for their cheaper, faster, prettier iPhone.

Added bonus: it includes an appearance at the end by my unimpressed-with-Steve-Jobs-worshipping-geeks mother, who goes by the name of–I am not kidding–Lucky.

Here’s the video:

Tagged with: 3G, Apple, BoomTown, digital, Fifth Avenue, flagship, Internet, iPhone, JFK Airport, Kara Swisher, Lucky, Manhattan, mother, New York, Steve Jobs, video

comments so far. Add yours.

James Neal

Actually I like the “jumpiness” of the video footage. I got a real sense of the activity and the length of the line.
zato Gibson

What a ugly video. Apple cynicism and hate never let up throughout. Ms Swisher sounds just every other basement-dwelling, MacSux T-shirt wearing, Apple hating, PC gamer.
Brenda Walker

Among the most affluent nations, we are at the bottom of the list in dealing with childhood poverty, shockingly under-invested. And this is how people invest their free time? (Or perhaps, their employer’s time?)

It’s not an Apple vs. PC thing, but a common sense thing.
http://www.geekculture.com/ Bruce Evans

That was so sad the young man didn’t get his clapping as he left the store. Jobs, you heartless SOB. :P

clap on, clap off… lol
c. sparks

i love the slanderous idea of kara as a sniveling basement-dwelling gamer.

and you, my friend zato, should check out this article: http://media.www.dailyfreepres.....8309.shtml