IPhone Launch Day Arrives

June 29th, 2007 By MAY WONG, AP Technology Writer IPhone Launch Day Arrives (AP)

A person waiting in line for the new iPhone takes a nap in front of the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in New York, Thursday, June 28, 2007. The iPhone will be on sale starting tomorrow, Friday, at 6 p.m. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

(AP) -- After six months of unprecedented hype, thousands of people Friday will get their hands on the iPhone, the new cell phone that Apple Inc. is banking on to become its third core business next to its moneymaking iPod players and Macintosh computers.

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