The Apple Store at West Town Mall here in Knoxville has ropes set up, ready for an iPhone line to form tomorrow morning.
UPDATE: According to the Mac Genius I spoke with, the mall isn’t allowing people to line up overnight, but they’ve gotten enough calls from people asking about when the line starts that he expects people will probably start showing up as soon as the mall opens at 7:00 AM. (But will anyone bring a MacBook and use the Apple Store’s Wi-Fi connection to set up a “LineCam”? You know I would, if I had a MacBook and if I was going to be buying an iPhone tomorrow…)
P.S. Why was I speaking with a Mac Genius, you ask? Well, I brought in my broken AirPort Express, and — voila! — my latest Apple saga had a quick, happy ending. Although the AirPort Express itself isn’t under warranty anymore, the Genius said the AppleCare plan for my PowerBook covers one base station, so I can get service under the PowerBook’s plan. I’m not sure if that’s actually true or if he’s stretching the rules for me — I sort of suspect the latter — but either way, I’m certainly not complaining. Anyway, he confirmed that the unit is broken, and he’s going to “swap it out” for a new (or rather, I think, refurbished) one that should arrive in 3-5 days, at no cost to me. Sweet!
P.P.S. You know, I could come to the mall at 7:00 AM (or shortly thereafter) with my BarBri books in tow, get in line, spend the whole day studying for the bar in the mall, and then be one of the first people to get to play with with iPhones — and perhaps become the first blogger in the whole blogosphere to send a photo directly from the iPhone to my blog — even though I’m not going to buy one. Hmm… ;)
June 28th, 2007 at 9:22:43 pm
The Apple store closest to me is a street location, and yes, there is a line already of about fifty people.
June 28th, 2007 at 9:29:28 pm
Or you could get in line and then sell your space to someone later in the day (to pay for Barbri)
June 28th, 2007 at 9:32:12 pm
Go for it Brendan, its going to be an experience just to be part of it and i know how much you enjoy those :)
June 28th, 2007 at 9:51:13 pm
If you’re going to be in line, you might as well buy an iPhone and put it up on ebay.
June 28th, 2007 at 10:08:40 pm
umm, you can only send pictures via email you can’t send picture messages with an iPhone.
Though I think you might be able to upload it directly from the blog interface on the phone’s web browser…
June 28th, 2007 at 10:11:08 pm
Yes, but sending a photo via e-mail to my normal Flickr blog-upload address should post it to the blog just fine. I think.
June 29th, 2007 at 6:57:16 am
Yes, apple care plans on Powerbooks (only Powerbooks, not iBooks, if I remember correctly) cover one base station as well.
June 29th, 2007 at 9:14:12 am
But doesn’t it matter when you bought the base station? I mean, if I bought a base station in 2001 and I get a new MacBook Pro tomorrow with AppleCare (I assume MacBook Pros have the same deal), is the six-year-old base station really covered for 3 years? I just find that a little hard to believe. But like I said, I’m not complaining. :)