Berlin
Video: Thousands queue up for Berlin's first Apple Store
May 3, 2013: 3:55 PM ETIt was Apple's 11th retail outlet in Germany, but it still managed to draw a crowd.
FORTUNE -- After openings in Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg Alster, Hamburg Jungfernstieg, Dresden, Cologne, Oberhausen, Augsburg, Sindelfingen and Sulzbach, Apple (AAPL) finally built its first store in Berlin, and the faithful turned up in droves. The store -- the country's largest, with a full-sized auditorium on the second floor -- opened Friday at 5 p.m.
By 8:50, according to IFOAppleStore's Gary Allen, some 200 staffers had handed out all of the 4,500 T-shirts printed to commemorate the day.
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Samsung on the run
The world's No. 1 maker of Android devices is feeling the heat on two fronts
Samsung suffered a pair of setbacks last week, although whether they are substantive or superficial remains to be seen. One called into question its impressive sales figures, the other its legal right to sell devices that bear such a striking resemblance to Apple's (AAPL) iPhones and iPads.
Shipments vs. Sales. Samsung made headlines last year when it announced MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sep 4, 2011 6:27 AM ETPosted in: Apple, Berlin, Florian Mueller, FOSS Patents, Galaxy Tab, Germany, Guardian, iPhone, Samsung, Steve Jobs
