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Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

alexksso — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:07:48 -0000

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Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

mikecane — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:15:00 -0000

BTW, Scoble, I watched your feed from that line last year. I just put up my iDay 2007 photos and the first shows show a pic of my monitor with your live feed:
http://mikecane2008.wordpre...

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

George — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:26:26 -0000

I'm going to stand in line at my PC and buy one online. Actually, I jest, but O2 (the company here in the UK who does the iPhone) is taking the preorders to deliver by courier on the release date.

Won't be so cold that way!

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Anne — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:07:12 -0000

If I just want to buy an Iphone Friday or Saturday and do not care about publicity and would like to spend as little time as possible in line - when should I go to the Apple store in Palo Alto? Any guesses?

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RenZor — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:52:54 -0000

The iPhone 3G releases here n New Zealand on July. Since we never got the first iPhone, the hype has been pretty good. There are various radio competitions running, newspaper articles, current event shows interviewing geeks, etc.

Until Vodafone NZ released the price tag and the contract plans! :-(

More info - http://www.vodafone.co.nz/i...

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Ryan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:21:54 -0000

Am I the only one who thinks it's a little strange to consider "waiting in line to buy a mass-produced product" to be a memorable life event? Particularly after that fantastic trip the the nation's capitol last month. Hopefully this was just an exaggeration!

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iNot — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:55:55 -0000

When the iPhone v1 came out Stevie said Edge was all that was reqd, and the Mac faithful soaked it up. Yet, barely a year later, there is a 3G version. It's amazing how much the Mac cult believe anything that comes out of Jobs' ass...mouth. And they think they are smarter than the average consumer :)
The v2 is a phone worth buying...GPS, apps etc. The v1 - not so much.

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Bob Ngu — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:40:58 -0000

@MacBooker aka anonymous user mouthing off, apparently I am not the only one thinking that it is bad idea to have the baby there, this update from the post...

Update 2: According to a Fortune report on the group, five of the ten have already hit the road, and New York City cops sent the baby packing not long after we visited the scene.

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

Thomas — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:34:16 -0000

Lil' Scobie said:

"Oh yeah and hey “T” you obviously are better then everyone here but I have a hard time seeing what value of any amount you have added to the world maybe you should start working on that then saying we need to get lives."

Well, we now know the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. Since your Dad is King, you can be Prince of the non-sequiturs. What does that comment have anything to do with "T"'s comment? If you feel foolish about waiting in line for a product and think "T" struck a nerve, have the guts to say so. "T" does have a point. Waiting 30 hours in line for ANYTHING (except maybe a vital organ) is really pretty foolish.

Robert, name one "famous CEO" you saw that anyone on Wall Street would recognize immediately.

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jason — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:30:50 -0000

"We had famous Apple software developers, famous CEOs and venture capitalists waiting in line, and a lot of other fun people, too.".. wow famous developers.. famous ceo's... man i bet you were star struck... or easily impressed.

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

David K — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:35:35 -0000

Robert, I rarely agree with your point of views but this time I couldn't agree with you more. Too bad I'll be out of the country next week. At least that guarantees there will be an available iPhone 3G when I return.

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

Patrick Scoble — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:50:15 -0000

Yeah, I agree last year was a lot of fun. However, waiting in line for this revamp is sorta crazy. Especially the people with the toddler in NYC. I look forward to checking the 3G out but it is in no means line worthy. Oh yeah and hey "T" you obviously are better then everyone here but I have a hard time seeing what value of any amount you have added to the world maybe you should start working on that then saying we need to get lives.

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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:31:06 -0000

These (you) people need to get lives.

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Phillip Jeffrey — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:26:36 -0000

Robert,

For me, it was fun watching you and Thomas Hawk on Ustream through the night as you chatted with random people walking by and answered questions in the chatroom. I just googled and found Brian's blog on the Palo Alto experience, I wish I had been there - It looked like a fun and magical experience. http://bub.blicio.us/?p=248

What a difference a year makes!

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

Christopher Coulter — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:14:37 -0000

10.5.4 and ProApps update with 8 core, yah, so the 3G be a snoozer, gonna get an uncapped one anyways, when does that start?

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

Shelley Powers — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:58:27 -0000

Oh sh*t. I have to take one of my computers down to the Genius bar this afternoon. Is this 3G thing going on now? How irritating for Apple customers.

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

adam jackson — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:53:38 -0000

yeah. I've waited in line for the following:

Jaguar
Tiger
Leopard
iPhone 1.0
iPhone 2.0 (next week)
3 Apple Store Openings.

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

MacBooker — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:52:04 -0000

"someone should call child services on them"

Yeah, thats the ticket. You see a news photo of a family in line, and you immediately think child abuse. Christ. You have no idea how long that child was in the line, or whether it was being "abused".

And Robert, I agree. I didn't wait in line for the iPhone, but have done so for rock concerts and the like in my youth-the most fun is just being in line with others who share your passion, not sure why people get so bent out of shape about what OTHER people choose to do with their time, not to mention immediately getting holier than thou about their children.

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

Robert Scoble — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:53:34 -0000

Mark: sorry I've been a flake. Writing a public comment is best. I pay attention to those first. When will you be in Mountain View again?

Monkeyleader: actually I've waited in four of Apple's lines (three for store openings).

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

digi_owl — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:22:07 -0000

first off, i really do wonder how many are in these queues to see and be seen rather then shop for any actual product. but then i have long wondered about the fashion side of apple products and presentation.

also, is it just me thats strangely reminded of the food queues of the Soviet? a very paradoxical thought, but i cant shake it...

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

Bob Ngu — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:11:38 -0000

Well the family that started the line yesterday has a toddler with them, someone should call child services on them.

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Mark Lucovsky — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:04:10 -0000

robert, I'm not sure how you like to communicate these days. Awkward to send you a url via twitter...

I built you that mockup we discussed at IO. See the bottom right section of this mockup of your blog:
http://iphone.uds.googlepag...

The little feed control I added takes a pile of feed descriptions and displays the linked titles, can auto-refresh to select a new subset of feeds, etc. We use this on our blogs to eliminate the long blogrolls, and we have several commercial sites using this control as well. For more info: http://www.google.com/uds/s...

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Don MacAskill — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:03:29 -0000

I need FriendFeed to cross-post back to your blog like it does to Twitter, Robert. :)

From FF: Actually, I'm considering waiting in line again. Someone at Apple has already guaranteed my order (we're buying our entire company 3G iPhones just like we did last year). So why would I wait? Because it's fun. Like Robert, I had a blast last year and met some great people. I don't need "famous" anyone to have fun - I just like meeting new people who are passionate about things, especially technology

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Joe Ranft — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:23:32 -0000

Was there ever a supply issue last year? I thought after the lines died down people just walked in and out with a phone.

Apple better hope that the lines are not long this year, because they won't be moving as fast as an Apple employee swiping a credit card and giving you a phone. In-store activation is going to slow things down ten-fold.

Lines will not be as long because the 3G iPhone AT&T plans are too expensive and the cost of the phones are too high for people who do not qualify for an upgrade.

There are more details on my site here:

http://www.joeranft.com/200...

Re: Waiting in line for iPhones is glorious

Alexander van Elsas — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:11:52 -0000

So how many people have been paid by Apple to go stand in line there suggesting there will be a run on the product ;-)