June 2007: Monthly Archive

The circus has come to town. At least that was the scene at Apple’s flagship shop in downtown San Francisco. Something tells me the iPhone campers weren’t having three rings of fun.

And for an up to the minute report, iLoser is unconscious, this time in shirtless repose. The last shred of dignity this poor guy had when out the window when he drifted off to sleep with his hands in his pockets.

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The day of reckoning is upon us. Enjoy the madness.

This is it kiddies, the night before the great Apple apocolypse plunges the western world into chaos. Already iPhone fanboys and gadget whores are camping out in front of Apple stores like street corner crack addicts at a methadone clinic. 24 hours before this six month long roller-coaster ride finally comes to stop – or derails…whichever happens first. I’m already feeling burned out from all the hype and drama this past week, it feels like I’ve been waiting in line since Monday sharing a seat next to Mr. iLoser – the flies and the hype are starting to get to me. So much so that iPhone has lost some of its luster in my mind. The mystery is gone. But not my excitement.

So, circumstances permitting, sometime tomorrow I will be heading off to an AT&T store to get my iPhone fix along with the rest of the tech crazed junkies in line. Whether I will return successfully or not remains to be seen and that thought scares the hell out of me. Waiting in line for an iPhone and coming home empty handed is one thing. Being the editor of one of the most popular iPhone blogs and coming home without an iPhone is disastrous! The possibility that my readers will get an iPhone long before me is a very real possibility. But enough of my whining.

Whatever happens, I want to wish everyone good luck tomorrow. Hopefully we will all manage to score an iPhone. Those of you that are successful in your quest, please feel free to send me your first impressions and photos to kentATgearboxmedia.net (replace AT with @). I would love to post your story. Have fun!

We were aware that the iPhone wouldn’t be available in Alaska. Well, it turns out that the iPhone won’t be available in North Dakota, either: there are no Apple stores there; nor is there AT&T coverage. [Full Disclosure: though I no longer live there, I was born in Devil's Lake, North Dakota. 58301 4 eva!]

BoingBoing.net has a huuuuuge iPhone roundup article with a metric ton of links.

If you’ve worked at Apple for more than a year, you may be eligible for a free iPhone. Jobs is expected to make than announcement tomorrow. Like the article says, it means that he’s confident they’ll have ample supply.

Apple has posted an iPhone availability checker that will show whether certain Apple stores have the iPhone in stock.

David Pogue has answered most of the questions that folks asked him after he published his excellent review.

There’s another rumor that Nintendo will offer games for the iPhone. This rumor has been floating around for a month, and I’m still unconvinced that it’s going to happen, because it would be seriously too awesome if it did. So here you go.

If you fail a credit check, fear not: you’ll still be able to use prepaid. Specifically, Gophone Pick Your Plan.

Apparently, if you fail the credit check in iTunes, it will present a new screen with the option of prepaid plans. I don’t know if your credit takes a ding after the credit check fails. The Boy Genius Report scored a 65 page AT&T document, which is where they dug out the info.