Live iPhone Release Coverage

by Anthony Cole • 06/29/2007 at 10:03 AM

2:48 PM: I’m sitting here live in front of the Apple Store at university Avenue in Palo Alto. It seems a bit hectic right now. The windows are blacked out and the crowd is continuing to grow.  Pictures should be coming soon.

3:30 PM: we’re having technical difficulties with our audio equipment, so please bear with us while we try to get things sorted out.

4:33 PM: More news crews are showing up. CBS and NBC and a few unmarked vans are here. Due to uncontrollable circumstances, there will be no audio or video coverage this evening. Sorry guys. We’ll be providing live text updates throughout the evening.

4:48 PM: The line continues to grow here. It’s about three blocks long right now, with everything ranging from snow cone machines to stereos. There’s a variety of people here, from quiet geeks sitting on their macbooks to the intoxicated few singers. Flyers are being held out like crazy. So far we’ve received a user group and insurance flyer.

6:09 PM: The line ended up encompassing the entire store and as far as the visible eye. The Apple Store opened at exactly 6, with Robert Scoble being the first one let in. There were whoops and cheers up to the final countdown, and then everyone was let in.

That about wraps things up. Expect a full write-up of the iPhone launch soon. 

Anthony Cole has been a Macintosh user for 6 years. He currently lives in Silicon Valley, and when not busy writing some crazy article, coding some bizarre application, or crashing the macteens server, finds his forte to be varsity football and doing freelance web design on the side, along with his Junior year of high school (well, only sometimes).

Seth Hover
posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 at 02:46 PM

Holy cow. Talk about extremely in-depth and exciting coverage!

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