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Apple Nixes iPad Giveaways

Posted by samzenpus on from the too-good-for-free dept.

KingSkippus writes "According to a story at CNN, Apple has begun enforcing third party promotion guidelines (PDF) that, among other things, restricts organizations from giving away iPads, using the word 'free' to describe any Apple products in a prominent manner, or promoting giveaways of iPod Touches in lots of less than 250 and with Apple's explicit approval."

6 of 388 comments (clear)

  1. Free Apples! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eve enjoyed it...

  2. Re:They did what now? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your "first sale" is powerless before my RDF. Go use a dell or something.

  3. Re:That's okay. by Dahamma · · Score: 4, Funny

    Give them away?

  4. So one should say ... by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... "We can't even give these things away".

    Not the sort of PR Apple would want IMO.

    --
    Have gnu, will travel.
  5. Re:That's okay. by hawk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is this a straight line?

    You buy six more, and put 8 cubes at each corner of your beowulf cube.

    This is still slashdot, isn't it?

  6. Re:They did what now? by meerling · · Score: 3, Funny

    I like using the term 'ijunk'. :D

    (Doesn't mean I wouldn't like to get some, but I can't afford any of them.)