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In a move that will remove any excuse for football fans to get out of doing the Saturday afternoon shop, the supermarket is testing the trolley in its branch in Cromwell Road in Kensington, West London. It could introduce them across the UK if the trial is successful.
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.
The trolleys have been developed by broadcaster Sky to highlight its Sky Go service, which allows iPad users to watch live sport or news on their portable devices. The iPads themselves are not included.
Ian Burgess of Setwo Designs, who created the trolleys, said: “Being able to create a gadget that is practical yet innovative is often a challenge but I think with the trolley we’ve cracked it. The trolley can be used in the traditional way for shopping yet streams the latest sports news easily.”
Sainsbury’s believes that there could be commercial benefit in the trolleys if they make shoppers more likely to visit a store.

Well it must be hard to get men to shop on a Saturday.

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I've a funny feeling there's only about three of them in existence ;)

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I've a funny feeling there's only about three of them in existence ;)

What, men? Or trolleys? Or men in trolleys?

Personally, I'm more likely to want to stick my shopping list in there. I like my shopping app more than live sport :lol:

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pcernie wrote:
I've a funny feeling there's only about three of them in existence ;)

What, men? Or trolleys? Or men in trolleys?


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Oh great! :roll:

So it's not enough for my legs to get assaulted every three minutes by mums not looking where they're going - now the football morons will be at it as well.

Bugger off!

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now the football morons will be at it as well.

The football morons are the last people you'd find in a supermarket on a Saturday. That much is obvious.

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pcernie wrote:
I've a funny feeling there's only about three of them in existence ;)

What, men? Or trolleys? Or men in trolleys?

Personally, I'm more likely to want to stick my shopping list in there. I like my shopping app more than live sport :lol:

Or Skyping while shopping? ;) Actually there are other things that I would use my iPad for rather than watching sport.

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