Brad's iPhone wait

Brad had the week off on vacation and wanted to take part in world tech history and "line waited" for the new Apple iPhone at the Pentagon City Mall (from 6a to 6p!) He was 2nd in line - out of 300+ at last count. The police had to escort him into the store (because of the throbbing mob who hadn't waited) where he was welcomed with a loud roar of cheers and applause throughout the store and the entire mall lit up with excitement, and became quite deafening for a long while!

Immediately after purchasing two, he stuffed them into a nondescript bag and bolted out of the mall, avoiding more press people wanting a peek (and muggers).

During his 12hr stint he got interviewed by the Washington Post, Bloomberg News, a couple small papers and a local radio station (we're still waiting for the stories to go live so we can post the links).

a techy site posted this picture with him:

http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/iphoneline/2098840



So now Brad can say he was one of the first in the country (because of the timezone difference - launches at 6p across the country - and his sweet 2nd place in line)...and now we get to take 'em back! (Brad says, "it was well worth the wait! I mean, I was like a full-on rockstar; got my 15 minutes of fame...now its gonna be hard to part with 'em.)



(more pix from Brad's crap phone:)