The iPhone 3G and the avalanche of native applications is going to change everything. We are seeing a new level of connectivity. Location-based information. New types of communities. Friends where you'd thought there'd be none. How exciting to be alive now! The possibilities are unlimited...
I plan to take some pics of the scene at the Apple Store tomorrow and post them on my flickr photostream in real time.
Monday, July 14, 2:35PM
Update:
So I walked down to Lenox Friday morning 'round 9:30 am. Walked by the AT&T store on Lenox road across from the mall. Roughly 70 people in line. Screw that, so I walked to the Apple Store inside the mall. The line was ridiculous! I couldn't even see where it started or ended. Must have been 100-200 people. No way I was waiting in that. F*** it, I said, and began walking out when I passed the other AT&T outlet inside the mall. Only 8 people in line!
The AT&T person said FedEx would be delivering 28 iPhones at around 1:30 PM. Fine, I'll wait three hours and have my new phone!
After an hour of waiting the lady comes back and says, "Yeah, um, we're not sure how many phones we're gonna be getting." Could be 0, 2, 5, 10, we don't know."
Okay, I thought to myself. I still think I'll get it. I'm only tenth in line.
An hour later the manager comes out and says, "Yeah, um, we're not going to be getting any iPhones today, so um, thank you." WTF!!! Complete B.S.
Then he said I could just keep waiting and they'll sign us up for direct fulfillment, meaning I pay now and they will deliver the phone to the store tomorrow.
I wait another hour and they can't even complete the checkout process for the first two people. Using my current iPhone I checked online to discover the iTunes server was having problems. So after three hours of waiting I gave up and went home.
iPhone 3G Launch day? More like iWait day.
Still don't have the new one, but I think I'll be able to get it within the next few days.
Thursday, July 17, 5:35PM
Update:
Called the Apple Store Lenox Square yesterday evening. He said the line is still 7 hours long. Unbelievable.
