[Vincent Ferrari]

See that guy above?  That's who I'm waiting for.  He has until 3:00pm to make me a happy person today.  I imagine some of you are already hitting the lines since the Apple Store opened at 7:00am.  Share your experience on the whole shebang (line experience, crowds, and the new toy itself) in the thread below!

Today is going to be a long day.  I can feel it.

[Vincent Ferrari]

See that guy above?  That's who I'm waiting for.  He has until 3:00pm to make me a happy person today.  I imagine some of you are already hitting the lines since the Apple Store opened at 7:00am.  Share your experience on the whole shebang (line experience, crowds, and the new toy itself) in the thread below!

Today is going to be a long day.  I can feel it.

[Islanti]

Originally Posted by Vincent Ferrari

See that guy above?  That's who I'm waiting for.  He has until 3:00pm to make me a happy person today.  I imagine some of you are already hitting the lines since the Apple Store opened at 7:00am.  Share your experience on the whole shebang (line experience, crowds, and the new toy itself) in the thread below!

Today is going to be a long day.  I can feel it.

I'm about 10th in line at my local AT&T store in South Orange County California right now. Aside from some occasional specks of rain it's pretty quiet. About 30 people in line so far.

From the sounds of the chatter there will be lots of unhappy people when they realize that AT&T is only open at 7:00 for pre-order customers. :-O

[Jeff Campbell]

found out I am eligible for discount upgrade so I'm going to swing by AT&T on my lunch break at 1pm, in about 4 hours, to see if there is a line, if not I'll pick one up. When I drove by the one in Oregon City (south of Portland) there were 5 or 6 waiting in line at 0600 :-)

[Dyvim]

FedEx delivered mine around 12:45 pm. Hooked it up to iTunes and go the dreaded "Activation could not complete- may take up to 48 hours" message. Seems like AT&T's activation servers are getting crushed. At least it's letting me sync it and configure it- I just don't have phone or data connection (but WiFi works).

I decided to set the new phone up clean (rather than recover from a backup of my 3G), so I have a lot of work to do getting things just the way I want them.

[Vincent Ferrari]

Originally Posted by Dyvim

FedEx delivered mine around 12:45 pm. Hooked it up to iTunes and go the dreaded "Activation could not complete- may take up to 48 hours" message. Seems like AT&T's activation servers are getting crushed. At least it's letting me sync it and configure it- I just don't have phone or data connection (but WiFi works).

Do what I did... Pop your old SIM in. I couldn't wait because I'm at work with it so I figured I'd give it a whirl and it works. I'm carrying the new SIM and the removal tool in my wallet. If my phone goes dead, I can swap it anywhere.

So far, so good!

[Dyvim]

Originally Posted by Vincent Ferrari

Do what I did... Pop your old SIM in.

I'm not that worried about it because my 3G is on my desk right next to my 3GS. So it'll be just fine until the activation goes through.

[Islanti]

Ended up having to take my back for a busted home button. Took a little while to do the replacement but I'm up and running now.

[ctmagnus]

I was up at 4 a.m. (blame the cat) so I decided to stay up and see what was happening on the rogers site. A white 32GB should be here in 3 - 7 business days.

[Dyvim]

Originally Posted by Dyvim

I'm not that worried about it because my 3G is on my desk right next to my 3GS. So it'll be just fine until the activation goes through.

Ah, screw it. After over 4 hours I got tired of waiting and just popped my old SIM in. Yup, it works! I probably would have been ok except Yahoo! push email doesn't work without a data connection (even if you're on WiFi) and I like my push email.

Be curious to see how long it takes AT&T/Apple to get their acts together. I tried calling customer service but they told me that there was nothing to do except be patient and wait.

[Vincent Ferrari]

Originally Posted by Dyvim

Be curious to see how long it takes AT&T/Apple to get their acts together. I tried calling customer service but they told me that there was nothing to do except be patient and wait.

Holding out is for chickens ;-)