Soon You Could Be Pushing a Shopping Cart With an iPad Dock

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Grocery stores in the UK are about to get a whole lot more interesting. The Telegraph is reporting that the Sainsbury supermarket will start offering shopping carts to customers with built-in iPad docks.

That’s right, you’ll be able to check email while on your iPad while you shop. Just try to not hit anyone else in the aisle with your cart.

According to The Telegraph, these iPad docks won’t be cheap, either:

“The trolleys come complete with a tilting iPad holder and speakers. Their front bumpers are fitted with a sensor which lets off a warning beep if an engrossed shopper gets too close to another customer, while an onboard battery with a self-charging solar panel ensures that the iPads never run out of power.”

While the Apple geek in all of us loves this idea, we can’t help but wonder how this addition will prove to be more of an annoyance than connivence. After all, who wants to be shopping with a store full of people glued to their iPads?

(via MacTrast)

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