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Shaq on Fox Sports LA with iPod

updated 07:55 am EST, Thu January 24, 2002

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MacNN Reader, 'Eric,' reports that Shaquille O'Neal appeared on last night's Fox Sports LA sportscast using an Apple iPod in the gym. "They showed Shaquille O'Neal working out in the gym and using his iPod, and he goes on to rave about it. Then they showed 2 Laker players, Sumaki Walker and Jelani McCoy take a limo and go to the Apple Store at the Mall of America where they purchased two iPods."

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Great

That should be the new iPod commercial!

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Ya!

You only need to earn 21 million per year to afford it!

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$400 isn't much

when you consider at the Apple Store or CompUSA you can buy it six months same as cash.

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CompUSA

I used to work for them...don't give 'em business unless you have to.

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Lame argument!

Who puts a 400.00 item on a 'same as cash' plan? In the end, it's still 400.00! The real question should be why America is so obsessed with 'same as cash' offers? It only delays payments. Perhaps that answers the question itself; Americans want to have it now and deal with it later.

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...BTW

iPod rocks. I've got one, and those basketball players made a good decision.

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plays

next thing you know, they'll be making plays (basketball, not Shakespeare :) on their new iBooks and saving their wild s**-n-drugs parties on iDVD. :-) How quaint!

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'Same as cash plans'

I assume these are where you buy now, pay in several months time. Used sensibly, of course these are a good deal. A basic understanding of ecomomics would tell you $400 in 6 months time is less cost than $400 now. It also gives you an opportunity to save for the item interest free over the coming months. Of course, the real reason for them is to try and tempt you into an expensive credit payment plan when your 6 months (or whatever) is up. As long as you're strong and resist this it's no problem.

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Maybe they've been...

spending too much time downloading MP3s and not enough time practicing. To lose to the Bulls, the Nuggets AND the Clippers... just embarassing! Phil, take away their toys until they get their sh*t together.

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re: Maybe they've been..

LOL!! PC Troll!! :) :)

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NBA then the world!

Next thing you know, the whole NBA will have iPods. Then Holywood. Then the fans, etc.. =)
Top of the world, ma! =D

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Re: Ya!

21 million a year income is required in order to purchase a $400 mp3 player? I suggest you take that money and invest it in a community college course to brush up on your math skills.

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Downtown LA Apple Ad

The side of the Hotel Figuroa in downtown Los Angeles has been an Apple ad for many years. The Lakers now play at the Staples Center and there is a great view of the ad from there. Currently, it shows Laker players Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and Shaquille O'Neil.

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Twenty One Million

You're forgetting the cost of all the CD's you have to buy to put on it.

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shaq

they can even read

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Please hire him.

You cannot ask for a better celebrity endorsement. Please, please, please, someone pay him oodles of money to pitch this on TV. Drop retarded Jeff Goldblum and get someone people actually like and recognize. Apple hit the ball out of the park with the iTunes ad with all the cool musicians, they shouldn't lose this opportunity.

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Keep it UNreal

Shaq probably had to take a three day course on "how to use your ipod". That fellow is dumb as rocks. I bet he rolls around listening to that S***** album he put together. Tight. Keep it UNreal Shaq!

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Shaq dumb?

I wouldn't say he's the epitome of intelligence, but I highly doubt he's dumb, either. He's actually quite a funny guy, and at least some semblance of intelligence and wit is required to pull it off, I think. But I do think he and the rest of the team need to pull themselves together and not lose to sub-par teams.

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So they use Macintosh

Well, I think many of you are missing the point. That means that they must be using Macintosh computers! I'm sure they all have the $999 iMac...

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6 months no pay

If there is no interest then you get the time value of money. A dollar today is worth more than a dollar a year from now due to inflation. Of course if you have deflation you have another story.
Ignoring deflation you get the interest on 400 dollars over 6 months as a theoretical discount.

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Re: Keep it UNreal

So, Shaq uses Apple products and he is dumb? Huh?

Seriously, this was one of the best endorsement of Apple Products and Apple Store - It showed an Apple Store staff demonstrated how to use iPod to the camera, and it ends with those players showing off two shopping bags with huge Apple logos to the camera. Since I have never seen an Apple TV ad during any Sport telecasts (except some Superbowl commercials) it was very good to see an exposure to different demographics.

iPod RULES! LA Lakers RULE!

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I wonder how those guys will get their music onto it...they would have to have Macs, right?

I remember a few years ago, when the Newton 2000 was first introduced, a sales person at the Newton store in LA posted about Shaq coming in and buying two Newton 2000's with cash. He was probably happy to finally get a PDA "his size" since the N2000 would be about the size of a Palm relative to normal people. :)

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Shaq on Fox Sports LA with iPod

updated 07:55 am EST, Thu January 24, 2002

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Ya!

$400 isn't much

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...BTW

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'Same as cash plans'

Maybe they've been...

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NBA then the world!

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Downtown LA Apple Ad

Twenty One Million

shaq

Please hire him.

Keep it UNreal

Shaq dumb?

So they use Macintosh

6 months no pay

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