Thousands Line Up to Buy Apple iPhones

By MAY WONG, AP Technology Writer, Electronic Devices / Consumer & Gadgets

From right, Laura Monjoy, Tyler Crowley and Conrad Quilty-Harper, all of whom operate a Website called Mahalo.com, are near the front of a line of about 30 people - as of 5 p.m. Pacific Coast time - in front of an Apple Store in Santa Monica, Calif., waiting for the introduction of the Apple iPhone Thursday, June 28, 2007. On the eve of the day of reckoning for the most-hyped gadget in recent memory, eager customers lined up to be among the first to get their hands on the coveted new cell phone from Apple Inc., which will go on sale at 6 p.m. Friday. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

(AP) -- On the eve of the day of reckoning for the most-hyped gadget in recent memory, eager customers lined up Thursday, a few even braving torrential rain, to be among the first to get their hands on the coveted new cell phone from Apple Inc.

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