So like a goob, and against my better judgement, I got up way too early yesterday and went down to the AT&T store to stand in like for the stupid iPhone. Let me tell you that line moved so . . . damn . . . slow. Clearly they did not have a good plan in place, had no real idea how long the new in-store activation process would in fact actually take and thus issues were all over the place, which many might have seen on the news. It seems the flood of activations from the stores around the world basically ended up crashing the main Apple/AT&T server and some people’s phones were left screwed up.

So what do I think of the new iPhone? I wish I could tell you, but I can’t, cause they ran out 2 people in front of me! Yes I stood there for 4 1/2 some hours and they ran out, because they couldn’t bother to tell people how many phones they in fact had to sell. Now I didn’t go to the actual Apple store, I went to an AT&T store. I already have AT&T and am eligible for the cheap-o upgrade. I did not trust the 16 year old employees at the Apple store not to screw something up, like tell me I had to pay the non-upgradeable price for the phone or set up 2 accounts so I’d get double billed for the iPhone and my old phone. I had gone in earlier in the week to ask questions at the Apple store and was met with “Yeah, I don’t know,” “Yeah, we don’t know how the activation will work yet,” and so forth. Basically they new nothing it seemed. Then I went to the AT&T store and they could answer every question I asked them. Therefore I decided I’d get the phone from the AT&T store.

Now after they ran out I could have gone over to the Apple Store, which I’m sure still had them. But I had already stood in line far too long and wasn’t going to stand in another line for any more time. I hadn’t eaten and it was hot out. AT&T basically told us if we bought the phone that day, they would be included in the next shipment to the store and our phone would be held, no waiting in any lines for subsequent shipments. I wasn’t about to walk away with nothing, so I did that. So now I wait for a call or email to tell me to come get my phone, which will probably be on Monday.

Since I have no fricken iPhone, I went to the iTunes store and downloaded all the free apps for it that I hope to use. I ended up downloading the Twitter app and set up a Twitter account. I’ve seen it around the web on people’s blogs, I just never got into it. I might add it to my side bar if I find it fun, I don’t know yet. For those who don’t know what it is, it’s basically a system that allows you to post quick blurbs as to what you are doing right now, much like you can do on your Facebook or Myspace profile actually. This however keeps a backlog and allows you to reply to other people’s messages. It seems most useful to use from a phone honestly to update where you are and what your doing, or to reply to others doing the same. Anyway, here is my twitter page, which no I haven’t customized at all.