Well, the iPad finally arrived in Australia for sale in coordination with Apple opening it’s flagship store in Bondi Junction.
Not having an official invite or having pre-arranged media entry with Apple we kindly requested entry and waited for a marketing official to allow us entry to shoot some panoramas.
Granted! in hindsight we probably should have brought some earplugs.
There was an ordered que of excited shoppers eagerly awaiting entry and a line up of Apple employees cheering those that were allowed entry in ordered groups.
The store, as can be expeted, is grand and chock full of shiny Apple products with everyone from kids to oldies playing with anything they could touch.
Here’s a low-res preview of the panoramas…
And of course, the iPad was there in all it’s glory – and what a marvelous little machine it is!
Panoramas and tight crowds don’t gennerally serve for an easy blend, especially as we were not allowed to spread the legs of our, what would be sturdy, tripod.
The next post will present a number of 360 panoramas and a virtual tour of the store…
There’s an app for that!