After 5 days now with the new iphone 3G my feeling is, “well done, Apple”. Well done on the hype, the expectations, the ability to get people to line up day after day for fear that iPhones will soon become extinct, even though more and more get “unexpectedly shipped” each day. Do I sound bitter? Actually, I did very little waiting in line, although I gawked a lot, because it was a hot, hot weekend and I saw people looking near death as they waited for hours in the sun.
The lines were spectacular, and all made possible by the in-store activation that was required for each iPhone sold, a procedure made interminable by the overload on the iTunes servers. Last year, when the iPhone came out, I decided to wait until the fanatics all had theirs and there was no wait, and that turned out to be about 2 hours after they went on sale. Well this year, there are lots of people still pining for an iPhone, and many red “sold-out” notices on the iPhone availability site. If you’re planning on stopping by the Apple store for your iPhone, thinking the craze has died down, I’d strongly advise you check the site to make sure your store has stock first. The list is only live while the store is closed so you have to check the night before.
On to the phone itself…
Tags: mobiles, players, dvr, laptops
