iPhone Line: 10:00 a.m.
I stopped by the Jefferson City (MO) AT&T store to see if anyone was waiting in line for the new iPhone. James Whitehead was first in line. He says he's been on-site since Wednesday but was staying in his truck until this morning. James --from Lake Ozark, Missouri-- describes himself as a "technology whore," and is buying the iPhone mostly for the cool factor. He's not even a Mac user (yet).
There were four hardy (geeky) souls in line and I left them my umbrella since it looks like it could pour at any moment. I'll post some more video this evening, once James has his prize. [video runs about 3 min]
Great interview. Even in Jefferson City Missouri, iPhone mania shows it's face. Looking forward to the follow up.
Posted by: George Kopp | 06/29/2007 at 02:06 PM
What I want to know is why aren't you at the head of the line? Second question: When will you buy your iPhone?
Posted by: hdomke | 06/29/2007 at 04:40 PM
smays has no plans to buy an iPhone. He's just not a mobile phone guy. But he DOES love cool new gadgets. If I could buy this baby just as a wifi devise and skip the cell phone part of it... I might jump. But, frankly, I'm much more excited about Leopard in October.
Posted by: smays | 06/29/2007 at 04:55 PM
*photo stolen from gizmodo.com. You could at least credit them.
Posted by: the watching eye | 06/30/2007 at 05:43 PM
>>>photo stolen from gizmodo.com. You could at least credit them.<<<
Someone calling themselves "The Watching Eye" accuses smays of stealing a photo from gizmodo.
What Mr. Eye doesn't know is that the staff of the Jeff City AT&T store took some photos and submitted them to gizmodo.
The photos posted here and in my flickr set were taken with my own little Casio camera. I haven't seen the gizmodo pix.
So. Will Mr. Eye have enough class to apologize? Stay tuned.
Posted by: smays | 06/30/2007 at 08:50 PM