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Well here I am, as the song says, wasting my time in the waiting line. What in god’s name can I do to pass the time for the next five bloody hours? WiFi hotspots are few and far between, those that are available are either private networks or open but extremely weak. sigh

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!

David Pogue is tired of answering your stupid questions, so he published a list of stupidly asked questions that he hopes will finally shut you up. Some interesting tidbits revealed in his FAQ include

• You CAN’T USE a screen protector on the screen – it requires direct contact with fingertips to work. That means no stylus access either.
• iPhone cannot be used as attached storage device, like an iPod. So you can forget about using iPhone as an expensive USB thumbdrive. Sorry.
• Safari bookmarks on your Mac (and PC) can be synced with iPhone. That’s good news.
• iPhone’s Bluetooth radio can only be paired with its headset, and nothing else. NOTHING else.

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Valleywag has compiled details culled from fab four of reviews, and given each point a numerical value. Is it just me or do the folks at Valleywag have too much free time on their hands?

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Industry insiders are questioning what impact Apple’s new iPhone could have on the nascent mobile music market (say that three times fast). Even though iPhone is destined for greatness, it still doesn’t change the model for music distribution by tethering users to a desktop rather than OTA (Over The Air) for purchasing and downloading content.

Some analysts, however, say mobile music sales will be dampened as long as users are limited to loading music on their phones via their PCs and Macintosh computers, and blocked from buying music wirelessly. “The whole idea of on-the-go instant gratification isn’t there,” said Ted Cohen, managing partner of media consulting firm Tag Strategic.

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