#Apple store grand central android

The culprit, in this case, was probably old age - 1.5 years is a good run for a phone - but also no doubt a couple near-death drownings in the pockets of my sweat-drenched gym shorts. The only thing worse is being with a phone on the fritz. It wouldn’t turn on, and then it would, and then it wouldn’t, and I resolved to end the pain. I have to. A year-and-a-half after I first bought my Droid X, the phone finally went haywire this past week. I have a learning curve to overcome, and I will. Now there is a black iPhone 4S sitting on my desk. My tweet didn’t go through, and didn’t go though, and then finally did. The cell reception at super crowded Grand Central terminal was terrible.

#Apple store grand central android

Yes, I’m an Android guy - at least I was, just hours ago. I tried to capture the moment with a tweet from my sometimes-trusty Droid X. The line to get in for a first look zigzagged onto the waiting platform of the tracks and into the building’s least-used hallways. Today, Friday December 9 was not typical.Īt 9:45 AM, throngs of red-shirted Apple employees amassed on the balustrade and cheered every time a trickle of “shoppers” was allowed through the high-security floodgates, up the marble staircase and into the brand new store, which wraps around the east and northeast edge of the massive main concourse. On a typical day, 750,000 people pass through Grand Central Terminal. The ceiling zodiac, originally painted in 1912 and scraped clean of tobacco soot in 1998, is painted backwards, as if onlookers are glancing in on the universe from the outside - from God’s perspective. The building is properly referred to as Grand Central Terminal, not Grand Central Station. During World War II, soldiers were instructed to shoot on sight anyone who gained unauthorized access to the hidden AC to DC converters, which powered tracks along the entire Eastern Seaboard. The iconic opal clock above the central information booth is valued between $10 to $20 million. Black Friday falls on November 25th this year, and Apple is said to possibly be shooting for a grand opening on November 12th, in line with the previously-reported four-month construction timeframe with respect to last month's project approval.I did my Wikipedia research on the train before I stepped foot in Grand Central Terminal for the inaugural opening of the largest Apple store in the United States. In addition, Apple has reportedly indicated that it is planning to open the store in time for the 'Black Friday' shopping rush, which falls on the day after Thanksgiving in the United States and represents the kickoff to the holiday shopping season. We've been told by an employee at Grand Central Terminal that crews have already demolished the kitchen area of the former Metrazur restaurant and are working to turn it into a storage room for the Apple retail store. As noted at last month's approval for the project, Apple will be able to move forward on a very tight construction timetable due to the fact that only minimal changes to the building itself are permitted.Įarlier this month, one MacRumors reader passed along a photo showing the closed off stairway to the former Metrazur restaurant where the Apple retail store is being constructed, suggesting that at least preparatory work was underway to close the restaurant and turn the site over to Apple's contractors.Īnother reader has now passed along new photos showing work underway, and while the view from the concourse below the store is primarily of scaffolding and plastic tarps, it is clear that things are moving forward.

Work has begun on Apple's massive new retail store in Manhattan's historic Grand Central Terminal as the company works quickly to try to open the store in time for the holiday shopping season.