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I have to say that Apple puts on a good show. The countdown until the moment they opened the store with the seconds counting down on the huge iPhones in the display windows was a beautiful touch to the experience. Listening to the Apple employees whooping and hollering from behind the covered glass made me feel so excited just to see everything there.

Unfortunately, I hadn’t waited in line all night, so I just watched the first 50 walk in. Since I didn’t plan on buying an iPhone, there really wasn’t a point for me to wait in line for twelve hours just to step into the door. Once I saw that they had a table of iPhones available for customers to play with, I knew that I would come back that evening.

After a nice dinner and a movie with friends, we returned to the Apple Store. It was still filled with excitement, but anyone was allowed in. I asked the salesgirl at the counter if they had any left and she said she did. She was ready to ring me up one and suddenly I wanted one. Luckily Mike and Jason were able to talk me down and once I escaped the reality distortion field, I realized that it was for the best.

Playing with the iPhone was fun. I think I’ll go back to the store tomorrow and play with it some more. When I saw that the videos on this website loaded and played on the iPhone like a dream, I nearly cried. My videos always seem to be subpar on a computer, but playing on the iPhone, they looked prettier than I ever imagined.

Please, someone make the iPhone work as a USB modem so that I can justify buying one for myself. It’s really the only thing that’s holding me back now.