Australian Company Planning iTunes Kiosks

22Moo, an Australian hardware and software maker, is planning to make an iTunes-purchasing kiosk, the PodBuffet, available to customers in train stations, hotels, airports and other public places down the line. The announcement of the product is incredibly vague, particularly with regard to any kind of timeline, but it sounds promising: Currently the prototype will […]
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22Moo, an Australian hardware and software maker, is planning to make an iTunes-purchasing kiosk, the PodBuffet, available to customers in train stations, hotels, airports and other public places down the line.

The announcement of the product is incredibly vague, particularly with regard to any kind of timeline, but it sounds promising:

Currently the prototype will be powered by an Apple Intel based Mac Mini running a 15" TFT touch screen with virtual keyboard software, a wireless internet connection and a customised application for timed access to iTunes.

The "PodBuffet" iTunes kiosk will also feature multiple dock connectors and a female USB and firewire port for older iPods and shuffle owners.

Most importantly, this offering would answer the question, "What on earth are people doing with the iPods they buy out of airport vending machines?" Now they've got a way to fill them up without the use of a computer. Though there's no way it will look as cool as the iPod machines (seen above, courtesy AppleInsider).

(Via MacMinute)