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Apple Hiring New Telesales Staff to Support 'Very Big New Product'?

Monday August 23, 2010 4:40 pm PDT by Eric Slivka

MacDailyNews reports that it has received information from multiple sources indicating that Apple is in the midst of hiring new telesales staff in preparation for the October launch of a new product described as "huge" and "significant".

These sources also tell us that Apple will begin an intensive four-week training course for these new hires starting next week. The training is said to be in preparation for an October release of "a very big new product."

While Apple is widely expected to refresh its iPod lines next month, Digg's Kevin Rose over the weekend indicated that he is hearing rumors of a September release of the revamped Apple TV reportedly to be redubbed "iTV". Whether this might be the product cited by MacDailyNews' sources, possibly seeing a September introduction and an October release, is unknown.

MacDailyNews has been an infrequent and sometimes-incorrect source of rumors, and so we are publishing this item on Page 2 for interest and discussion.
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rdowns
19 months ago
I'm game. Who doesn't need a new Apple gadget? :D

Seriously, if they release something new, it's likely that the top 3 xmas gifts this year will be Apple products. (iPhone, iPad and new release)
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Peace
19 months ago
Looks like Kevin got one right.

I am looking forward to this very much..
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Merthyrboy
19 months ago
Hopefully it won't be better than my new iMac that I've just ordered

Still hopefully pretty cool at the same time
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jayducharme
19 months ago
It's iPhone 5, ahead of schedule.
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nunes013
19 months ago
this is gonna be one of the best sept events in a couple years
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SockRolid
19 months ago
Apple is finally buying Walt Disney Company after all these decades of rumors and speculation. Why? To provide Apple Inc. with their own content to sell to all those hundred million iDevice + iOS users through iTunes after their massive upgrades to MobileMe and iTV.

The tech support people are being hired to handle all the "My 2 year old put peanut butter on our DVD of Race to Witch Mountain and stuck it in our DVD player. What should I do?" :-)
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space1nvaders
19 months ago
It has to be iTV. There is huge potential in bringing an iPhone experience to TV using iOS. Apple is just a couple clicks away from replacing Directv for me. I already use Apple TV instead of Pay-per-view and ordering movie channels. Even though I have 2 TB of video on my iTunes server, I can see where streaming it makes more sense if you can do it with the same performance. Soon TV remotes will be a thing of the past. The future is finally here.
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Doctor Q
19 months ago
iTV plus a new system of media delivery.

They wouldn't need a new staff just to sell set-top boxes.
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womble2k2
19 months ago



MacDailyNews reports that it has received information from multiple sources indicating that Apple is in the midst of hiring new telesales staff in preparation for the October launch of a new product described as "huge" and "significant".While Apple is widely expected to refresh its iPod lines next month, Digg's Kevin Rose over the weekend indicated that he is hearing rumors of a September release of the revamped Apple TV reportedly to be redubbed "iTV". Whether this might be the product cited by MacDailyNews' sources, possibly seeing a September introduction and an October release, is unknown.

MacDailyNews has been an infrequent and sometimes-incorrect source of rumors, and so we are publishing this item on Page 2 for interest and discussion.

iCar ?
iHouse ?
iGovernment ?
iSpaceship ?
iPlane ?
iCruiseShip ?
iRobot ?
iPlasmaTV ?

Something 'Huge' and 'Very Big New Product' could mean anything !!
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amoda
19 months ago

They wouldn't need a new staff just to sell set-top boxes.


I agree with this statement. I just don't see why the release of an iTV-like product would require new support staff.
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