WOW. This is the coolest greatest invention Apple has release EVER. It really is amazing.
I got my iPhone after waiting 12 hours in the 115 sun yesterday. I called thur night and the ATT rep told me there were people camping out. I spend most of the night imagining that I was going to be at the end of a 50 person line and i would miss out on my phone. I woke up early at 5:30, couldn’t go back to sleep, and decided to just head down and see the line for myself.
Well, I pulled up the Palm Springs ATT store at 6:00 and there was one lady there already, she didn’t look prepared for a 12 stint in the sun, and come to find out that she thought the phones went on sale at 6:00 am, not 6 PM. She took off immediately and I was left alone, by myself, at the front of the line for the next 3 hours.
By 12:30 there were 3 of us there waiting, we spent alot of time chatting it up inside the store with the ATT sales reps, although they wouldn’t give us any information about the phones at all. Around 3:30 a few more people started showing up and by 4:30 there was a full blown line. The local news media all showed up and started talking to people in line. Of course, they wanted an interview from the first person in line who was dumb enough to wait 12 hours in the heat, me.
I tried to avoid it, but the store managers talked me into offering a few interviews. I ended up on a couple of local stations and they even did a live broadcast with me from the line. It was very interesting to be the focus of so much attention when all I wanted was to get my iPhone and go home. They also had a big story in the local paper this morning, The Desert Sun, with pictures and other stuff.
I was the first one in the store at 6:00 and everyone was very cool about it. I got my phone, and the regional manager took his picture with me, and then i went home to check it out.
It really is the most amazing piece of technology. It works so flawlessly. My old Palm Treo can’t even do half of what this iPhone is capable of. It is so amazing to go to the grocery store and get an e-mail while i’m there, check the internet, and then make some phone calls, all with this beautiful device that fits so well in my pocket.
All in all, it was totally worth it. I LOVE this thing, can’t wait to use it every day.
