So I was late to the iPod parade...not so with the iPhone

I have been an Apple and Mac devotee for 20 years - today I got to join the future. I stood in line at an AT&T store to buy an iPhone. I got there at 5:30 thinking "no one in Stamford will be buying an iPhone." Hmmm...It seems like apple.com is available in Fairfield County, CT and 30+ people had my same stroke of brilliance - before me.

I worked the whole day and made it to the store only to find myslef roughly 40th in line. No big deal. The store manager dork came out and announced at 5:45 PM "You must have a verifiable email address and a credit card. And you must have Windows XP or higher." Clunk. What an idiot. "Or OSX..."

Long story short - after letting 4 people at a time into the phonebooth (!) sized store, the same dork announced there were no more 8 GB iPhones - only an undisclosed number of 4 GB. But they were offering a way to pre-order the 8GB and get it by overnight mail in "a business day" which meant Tuesday. After waiting in line for an hour - who wants to wait 3 more days? I left North Stamford and headed to the Stamford Town Center to the Apple Store (cue angelic music, lights and a wholesome retail feeling). Why did I listen to Steve Jobs? He told us that the easiest way to get an iPhone might be to go to an AT&T store. I should have thought about that...

Even longer story made shorter: I parked at a meter that had 18 minutes of free time. I only needed 10 of the minutes...Cupertino - my hat is off.

Next post - unboxing and review of the performance (aka EDGE network rocks!).

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