Okay, so I wasn’t completely blown away by the announcement of the 3G iPhone, probably because I bought into the insane pre-WWDC hype (video-conferencing! 8MP Camera!  hacks toasters!).  But after I thought about it logically, the only thing that prevented me from getting the original iPhone was the slow Edge network.  The most important improvement (a 3G network) did indeed happen.  I fell in love with the great browser and the intuitive controls while playing with an original iPhone and the lure of the App Store is strong.

I decided to finally do away with the ridiculously overpriced landline that I never use, which will more than make up for the difference between my old cell’s contract and the iPhone’s.  However, while I respect the people who waited in line on day one, I just didn’t have time.  I figured I would wait a full week after launch until the following Friday.  I imagined at that point I would be able to breeze past the glass Apple cube on 59th and be out with a shiny new iPhone in twenty minutes.

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