Apple and Nike Team up for iPod Shoe Interface 300
lyonsden writes "Apple and Nike are teaming up to provide runners a system to integrate their shoes and their iPod. A $30 antenna will connect an iPod nano with special shoes to provide pedometer functions."
Nike+Apple=??? (Score:4, Funny)
Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]
From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really) [shey.net]'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.
1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.
If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD
From: "W. McFarnby (not really) [shey.net]"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Greetings,
My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.
Thanks and Happy New Year,
Wynn McF (not really) [shey.net]
From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really) [shey.net]'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Dear iPOD iD Customer,
Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".
If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD
From: "W. McFarnby (not really) [shey.net]"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Dear iPOD iD,
Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.
Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.
Thank you,
Wynn McF (not really) [shey.net]
From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really) [shey.net]'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000
Dear iPOD iD Customer,
Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the iPOD iD web site that "iPOD reserves the right to c
Why? (Score:3, Funny)
I know I've seen some for less than 30 bucks. Yeah, sure. There's the wow factor
(hey, lookee at my over-priced Nikes. Did you know I spent 30 bucks more and they can talk to my iPod? -- wow, I've gone to the couch and back six times in the last hour, logging 50 steps!)
But not much else. I love technology as much as the next person on
iPhone + Nike = Shoe Phone? (Score:5, Funny)
"This shoephone holds over 5 billion songs!
Would you believe 10,000 songs and 5,000 ringtones?"
I'm scared... (Score:2, Funny)
So can we at least attach some speakers too so they sound interesting as they jog by?
On a serious note... why do I have a weird feeling sales on "We are the Champions" are going to go up...
Please remove your shoes.... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm waiting for the iPod - Toilet seat interface (Score:5, Funny)
Big feet? (Score:5, Funny)
Big hard drives!
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
Brilliant (Score:4, Funny)
Didn't the old iPods have this feature? (Score:5, Funny)
Nike + Apple (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, I'd definitely buy one of those! Maybe two.
Re:iPhone + Nike = Shoe Phone? (Score:3, Funny)
talk about missing the joke.
Would you believe fifty security guards and a bloodhound?
Re:iPhone + Nike = Shoe Phone? (Score:5, Funny)
-g.
When they build the pedometer into the shoe... (Score:5, Funny)
(sorry)
Re:Nike+Apple=??? (Score:5, Funny)
From the Article (Score:2, Funny)
Re:iPhone + Nike = Shoe Phone? (Score:3, Funny)
I'm sorry, but shouldn't that be "swoosh"?
Apple+Censorship=b1ff (Score:3, Funny)
It's embarassing, though. There is that.
Re:iPhone + Nike = Shoe Phone? (Score:5, Funny)
Apple + Nike = New slogan (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nike+Apple=??? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:iPhone + Nike = Shoe Phone? (Score:2, Funny)
I think you mean *swoosh*
Re:Nike+Apple=??? (Score:3, Funny)
aren't you barefoot during labor?