Apple iPhone debuts to lines in Japan, elsewhere

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Butch sits in a camping chair in line outside Japanese mobile carrier Softbanks flagship store in Tokyos Omotesando shopping district Wednesday July 9 2008 before the first sales of Apples iPhone in Japan Friday. Gadget lovers are already camped out ...
"Butch" sits in a camping chair in line outside Japanese mobile carrier Softbank's flagship store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district Wednesday, July 9, 2008 before the first sales of Apple's iPhone in Japan Friday. Gadget lovers are already camped out at a Tokyo store ahead of the global rollout Friday of the next-generation iPhone. But whether the Japan debut for the hit cell phone will score with anyone beyond a niche crowd remains to be seen, analysts say. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)

(AP) -- Gadget lovers worldwide are already camped out ahead of Friday's global rollout of the new model of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which is also the first iPhone to go on sale in many countries.


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