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There's part of me that would like to think that, were I ever desperate enough for some highly coveted consumer product that I would stand (read: sit) in line in front of a retail establishment for some 120 hours before the thing was actually available for purchase, I would likely do all within my power to hide my shame. Pondering said scenario a moment longer, it becomes clear: the only reason to stand in line that far in advance is to bask in the inevitable media circus that would result from such a move.

We, who are in the business of running blurry, Bigfoot-like images and obviously Photoshopped mockups of rumored gadgets, eat this sort of thing up. This is, after all, the iPhone, a device capable of both playing YouTube videos and feeding the multitude (so far as I can tell, the whole "making calls" thing is purely speculation, at this point), and any confirmation that others share our unhealthy obsession with the device is certainly worth a blog post or twenty.



Greg Packer beat us all to the punch, in more ways than one, by blogging about his experiences sitting in line for the iPhone in front of that monument to Jobsonian perfection, the great glass Apple store on Manhattan's Fifth ave. Packer has been sitting in front of the store since yesterday at 5 AM, and like any respectable member of our profession, will blog for snacks. As evidenced in the above photo of the mustachioed Packer, bonus points are award for things of the Honey Dijon variety.

We wish Packer luck in both his sitting and his solicitations for donations--after all $599 is a lot of metro cards.

Oh, and while you're waiting to join him, don't forget to read Fake Steve Jobs's take on the topic, complete with a few John Dvorak-baiting money quotes.

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Posted by: alan h
June 26, 2007 2:46 PM

All other things aside, those honey dijon kettle chips are killer. :) Very delicious.


Posted by: Jen the Weird Hunter
June 26, 2007 3:09 PM

People are nuts.


Posted by: jackson123r
June 27, 2007 3:11 AM

Sweet, glorious specs of the 11.6 millimeter device (that's frickin' thin, by the way) include a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen display with multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the screen when it's close to your face


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