Apple announced that the Apple store will be present in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and United Arab Emirates. Apple posted the announcement on webstore address of each country with a cheery banner with a picture of the flag state. Apple Store (with direct entry into the web browser store.apple.com) brings all Apple products, as well as brand choice for accessories.
Operated by Apple in Cupertino California, the store also allows customers to place an order by phone (in 1-800-MY-APPLE), but only in the United States. The first version of Apple's online store opened less than a year after the company signed letters of cooperation with the NeXT, a U.S. computer company based in Redwood City, California in the days before the end of 1996.
Start online on November 10, 1997, this store was built using NeXT's WebObjects applications that had already been used by Dell to build their own online stores.
Thanks to the use WebObjects, Apple was able to deploy and build their online stores in just over a year. In the first month of operation, the store is reported to have received orders of more than 12 million dollars.
Apple's App Store is now available also for customers who use the iPhone and the iPad. It allows users to buy products, look for the store and make an appointment.
Hardware is sold through this online store include iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod, Apple Cinema Display, AirPort base stations, and all things made by Apple.
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