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Apple Launches iPhoto Print Service in Europe - Thank You Apple!
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According to macnews.de Apple launched the iPhoto print service in Europe. Prices are:
10x15 cm: �0.33
13x18 cm: �0.69
5x8 cm: �1.59
15x20 cm: �1.69
20x25 cm: �1.99
20x30 cm: �2.49
+ shipping starting at: �2.99 (increases with number of prints)
+ vat!
Photo books start at �35.00 + �8.00 shipping. The service is offered by Kodak.
Thank you Apple for making this available in Europe (albeit at moon prices).
Oh wait! I can't thank Apple for it. It requires the purchase of iLife '04 for an additional �49.00. I still have iPhoto 2 and can't use the service.
Good for the local photo services I guess.
In other news: Kodak laid off 1500 employees in their Geman photo laboraties. No, in fact they didn't lay them off. Another corporation "that happend to be founded" purchased the laboratories for 1 � and goes out of business just 2 months later. Oops, no termination compensation for the employees.
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Originally posted by Developer:
Thank you Apple for making this available in Europe (albeit at moon prices).
According to Calculator, .33 euros is about 41¢, which isn't much more than the 40¢ in the States for a 4"x6". And the 13 cm x 18 cm actually seems to be a hair larger than 5" by 7", and its price, .69 euros, is about 85¢, which is quite a bit cheaper than the price here for a 5"x7" (99¢).
20 cm by 30 cm for 2.49 euros - that's about 7.9" x 11.8" for $3.07. An 8" x 10" costs $4.00 in the States.
Altogether, not bad. It kinda sucks that you need to have iPhoto 4, but it's such a dramatic improvement over iPhoto 2 that it's definitely worth it to upgrade anyway.
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It might be cheaper than the same service in the US, but it is more than twice of comparable competing print services here (which include VAT). But if you say non-competitive prices had nothing to do with Kodak having to close - err "sell" - their laboratories, then of course I believe you.
For me the iPhoto 04 improvements haven't been an incentive to upgrade for �49 so far, and the expensive print service for sure isn't one either. However if it works for Apple with others, I'm fine with that. More power to them.
Btw, photo paper is traditionally inch sized. But it's not allowed to use non metric units in business. So the 13x18 cm paper is in fact 5x7 inch in size and the difference you saw is just due to rounding.
Btw 2, the plural of euro is euro - not euros. The same with the cent.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_fi...pelling_en.pdf
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