Apple Corporate Office

5/25/2015

The first time I was invited to an Apple briefing 7 years ago, we couldn't talk or write about anything we saw and signed a document for compliance.  Shhhhhh.  In one of the presentations about the wonders of the Ipod;  it's not just for music, how about lecture recordings yada yada.   I asked,  "Speaking of wonders, why can't  I make a phone call on my iPod?".   Our Apple presenters smiled, chuckled and said watch the news the next 6 months.   Shhhhh.   We didn't see what it looked like it was...- secret.    Mums the word.  The briefing was in another word:  WOW!  We talked PB of data, redundancy servers, DR and BC yada yada, clients bought 7 figures worth of technology and life hummed.   Pleasantly happy when Steve  J announced the first iPHone 1G,  6 months later.  Thinner than an ipod,  a thick piece of glass that a diamond  couldn't etch.  Impressed.  My life changed.  I could check email, play music and text at the gym, the office, the john, walking into lamp posts.  The calendar changed my life....forever.   And I thought I was forward thinking!   That was 2007, ancient history.  

Made it again for an exec briefing showcasing future Apple products.  I still  love the Apple campus and if you are invited and can make it to one of these briefings drop everything and go.  Super busy day visit, packed with informative yet refined and impressive presentations.  What's great is,  it's not fluff, there is evolutionary logic to the business presentations.     High security badges required for some parts of the meetings.   Catered lunch was from one of the campus cafeterias and it was really really good food.   Apple has it down.  

So,  from conference room to conference room, demo to demo,   I am today, still impressed with Apple's product lines and its future.   Yes it's expensive,  Yes it's trendy, Yes it's super hip yada yada yada.  I get the obsession.  Everything Apple works, overt in its simplicity and gives anyone,  elegant swag.    You get what you pay for yada yada yada.  In this case it's acceptable.

As I left the campus the first time around,  I noted something as I did this time, the address:   1 Infinite Loop.   The Apple campus is literally off one circular road. Once you're hooked in the loop you never leave, you're obsessed.    Even the address has panache, ha ha.

One Less Star:  No watches for moi.  Not my thing.  Nope I don't care if it's a life changing thing, I'm just one of those crazies who doesn't wear a watch--- it ties me to something man-made, like a ball and chain.  Still I will buy the original watch and keep it, unopened, untouched for........when  Ebay wants my relic... yada yada yada.  

Visits:  2

Tip:  At day's end, we were taken to The Company store again which is open to the public and it has lots and lots of apparel choices with "The" logo and other  curios.  Parking easy.  Bikes popular on campus.

5/14/2015

It appears this review was removed for allegedly violating some type of Yelp guideline. Is this a REAL enough firsthand experience for you Yelp???

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Apple.... Apple.... Apple....

For years now, we've had a serious love/hate relationship.

I can't state that I've ever so much as had a single gripe, concern, complaint or qualm with any of your retail locations as well as your Apple Care customer service department upon simply phoning in.

While customer service from the Corporate office is stellar each time that I've been required to call, I confess to the thoughts of infidelity frequenting my mind multiple times a day now.

From your iPads to your iPhones, to the iPods and now your iWatch...?, the guaranteed semi-daily launching of these ultra high-end 'MUST HAVE' devices have truly managed to keep me in the poor house.

Just when I think that I'm keeping up with the Jetsons,......let alone the Kardashians, I notice some new 'toy' that I just can't seem to live without. The result of this is my having refinanced my home once a year for the past decade and yet.... I was just made aware that it's already time for my next cell phone upgrade.

#its-a-conspiracy

Thus far, I/we've succumb to having purchased 3 iPhones, several iPods and an iPad and while our kitchen counter looks nothing short of Radio Shack, I still can't confess to any such feelings of accomplishment as I know without a doubt that if I blink an eye, something new will be out.

Apple,..... I do love thee. Red, Green, Granny Smith, over gin/vodka.......your choice, however I hate to admit that your devices leave me feeling incompetent and void of all intelligence.

Just when I learned the name of my 12 year old niece, I realized that I didn't even need it any longer as you've derived a way to contact her by way of my pressing a single letter!

It'd behoove you to know that I have since requested a Restraining Order from auto-spell per my most recent encounter in e-mailing; whereas a thoughtful "Thank you" message somehow, magically morphed into "F*ck you".... and relying on your advanced capabilities and my theory on trust, .....without proofreading, I simply pressed "send".

(....................sigh) Mr. Takayowa seemed to enjoy the flowers so I'm willing to digress completely on that diverse little experience.

Alas Apple, I'm compelled to deduct a star.

One would think that with our being well within the year of '2015, ....the development, marketing and advertising of some type of device enabled to read the minds of each consumer should've been well under way.

HOW DARE YOU not know in advance whom I'm interested in dialing?

The thought of me actually having to ponder the initials of those whom I'm looking to correspond sends shivers across my entire body. It's actually grown quite stale if not borderline archaic, and frankly, ....I'm ready for the next software update or monumental electronic breakthrough. C'mon Apple.... CHALLENGE ME!

Until then ---

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  Apple's sleek iPad design.

  Apple's sleek iPad design.
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  Apple Store line competes with DMV and Disneyland.

  Apple Store line competes with DMV and Disneyland.
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  Camping grounds afront an Apple Store for the launching of the iPhone 6. #order-online

  Camping grounds afront an Apple Store for the launching of the iPhone 6. #order-online
• See all photos from Kenny G. for Apple Corporate Office

6/20/2015

I have an iPhone 5s and the operating system seems to be solid but the device itself is a bit overpriced and Siri just does not work. I would say that about 85% of the time my simple request for searches are fruitless. The result is the feature that is supposed to save you time and create convenience actually inconveniences you and causes you to spend more time manually looking up things on your phone.