15 minutes to go

15 minutes to go. Guy from store: “being in line doesn’t guarantee you’ll get one.”
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Two hours, 85 people.

Two hours to go, 85 people in line.
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about 30

The rumors are that the AT&T store here has about 30 phones. Nobody is talking about how many our Apple Store has.
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26 people in line

26 people in line. At least one is hoping to auction his, three are being paid, and nobody wants the cheap one.
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Fake iPhone Pic At First Believed, Then Quickly Called Out By The True Believes In Line

This pic elicited gasps, then indignation.
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we’re loved, we share the love

Suited security guy with square jaw and angry expression grunts at us as he confirms plans with store manager. He’s from management, and though we couldn’t overhear much, we did realize he was headed off to the AT&T store next. All of us remained silent as we watched him stomp off in the wrong direction.
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waiting for iPhone

Arrived at 8am to find four parties ahead of me. The first arrived at 7am, after repeatedly being chased out of the mall parking lot last night.
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Leopard Beta To Be Released At WWDC

Those of us hoping for an early release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard might be disappointed to learn that Apple will just be getting around to giving out a “feature complete” beta at WWDC in mid-June. If you really must have it, conference badges are $1,295.
The Leopard beta. Available first at WWDC.
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