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Unwrapping Our Fascination with Apple’s Packaging September 15th, 2005 at 3:00 PM - News by Bryan Chaffin Mac and iPod users alike are known for hanging on to the boxes in which their Apple products were packaged, but for those wondering about the phenomenon, Wired News published an article looking more closely at it. From photo galleries of Apple products being unpacked for the first time to college students who display their empty boxes in their bedrooms, the article shows what many of have experienced in our homes for years. "I canit imagine throwing them away," Ryan Harne, a 20-year-old engineering student at Virginia Tech University, told Wired News. "Itis more than a record of a serial number; itis a record of a good event that happened in my life." There are more examples in the full story. Related Entries Apple Store Offline Email This Tweet This Bryan Chaffin on Twitter 31935 Bryan Chaffin news 1126810800 Login. Need an account? Register here. Username Password Auto-login on future visits Show my name in the online users list Forgot your password? Commenting is not available in this section entry. Recent Headlines - Updated March 21st Sun, 5:53 PM Apple Context Machine Podcast - ACM 165: Jerome York, the iPad and Media, iCon, & Bryan on the Road Fri, 5:55 PM Games - Namco Releases Match-Three Game Tinseltown Dreams to the App Store 5:16 PM News - iPad Launch Day Deadline for Developers: March 27 5:11 PM News - Steve Jobs Helps Promote Organ Donor Legislation 4:06 PM iPad - VIVmag Shows Off Interactive iPad Version in the Works 3:07 PM App Store - Microsoft Yanks Bing App From Foreign App Stores 2:05 PM iObserver - Analysts Downgrade Troubled Palm Amid Severe Revenue Drop 1:35 PM In-Depth Review - PhoneSuite MiLi Packs a Powerful Punch 1:11 PM News - YouTube to Viacom: Sue Yourself 11:34 AM Product News - PocketMac for BlackBerry 5 Improves Snow Leopard Support 10:59 AM News - Apple iGroups Patent Hints at Social Networking Plans 10:20 AM Hot Forum Topic - Reader Discussion: Who Will Buy Palm? The Mac Observer Reader Specials TypeStyler For Mac OS X is Now Shipping! Download The Free Fully Functional 60 Day Tryout at www.typestyler.com Mac Memory and Hard Drives: MacBook Pro Memory 8GB kits $349.99! iMac Memory 4GB DDR Kits for $109.99! Mac Pro Memory 4GB Kits for $135.99! Mac Hard Drives 1.5TB Seagate SATA II for $147.99! Click Here! CarMD Handheld Device & Mac/PC Software System saves you time and money on car maintenance and repair. Buy at www.CarMD.com! Save $10 with code TMO2. If you're using a Mac, then you've gotta check out Full Tilt Poker for Mac. This Full Tilt Poker bonus code does the unthinkable, it actually rewards! For the latest Apple products use Ciao, a price comparison website, to find laptops like MacBook Air. Then find the best prices on MP3 players and use our comparison tool to evaluate mobile phones like the Apple iPhone.	Buy Stuff, Support TMO! Read TMO on Kindle Complete Macworld Expo 2010 Coverage TMO on Twitter! Apple Stock Quote AAPL: $222.2499. Change: -2.4001. (Prices delayed up to 20 minutes.) Discuss in our Apple Finance Board Hot Topics What's the buzz? These articles have TMO readers talking. Six Really Good Reasons to Buy an iPad - Right Away - 29 Comments Could E-Textbooks be the iPad’s ‘Killer App’? - 15 Comments Apple Pushes Back Some iPad Accessories - 15 Comments New Google Hire Tim Bray Fires a Volley in the Android vs. iPhone War - 12 Comments Weekend iPad Pre-Orders Estimated at 152,000 - 12 Comments Silicon Valley Source: Apple vs. Google is ‘World War III’ - 11 Comments TMO Express Join the TMO Express Daily Newsletter to get the latest Mac headlines in your e-mail every weekday. Find out more! Your address: Top Deals From DealBrothers.com J&R ComputerWorld’s Weekend Sale - Sitewide Unbelievable Deals 2nd Gen. Refurbished 32GB iPod touch: $249.00 Delivered Refurbished 15” MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo: $1299.00 Delivered Canon Vixia HF200 Hi Def Flash Memory Camcorder: $499.99 Delivered - $50 Drop Refurbished MacBook Air 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo $1099.00 Delivered Recent Features Get the latest installments of TMO Columns, Podcasts, & Blogs. Apple Context Machine Podcast: ACM 165: Jerome York, the iPad and Media, iCon, & Bryan on the Road Dave Hamilton's Blog: SXSW Music Festival Survival Guide Mac Geek Gab Podcast: MGG 250: SXSW, Time Machine, Mail Tips, & Network Performance Editorial: Six Really Good Reasons to Buy an iPad - Right Away Editorial: How Apple Seized Mobile Advertising from the Advertising Industry Ted Landau's User Friendly Blog: Decoding Apple’s iPad Battery Replacement Program
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