video of people lining up to buy iPhones

[datasuspect]

and cheering the person who made the first purchase.

where the hell do teenagers get 500 bucks to buy a fucking cell phone?

and CHEERING a purchase? holy fucking christ.

"I JUST HAD TO GET ONE"

http://link7.streamhoster.com/?u=bmtent&p=%2F060729_iphone.wmv&odaid=4746

[Tripper11]

1. Easily way too much for my needs ......

Plus you get locked into AT&T/Cingular...there are no other service providers, slower then expected internet....naahhh, give it time and everyone will have something as comparable out in due time for a lot cheaper!

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. It's scary how easily people fall for hype....

Chicago Tribune ran a photo today of thousands of Yuppies waiting outside the Michigan Avenue Apple store with nothing better to do with their time than line up for days to buy a stupid cellphone. Think I'll retreat into my Luddite ways. Well, sort of....

[Connonym]

3. yeah, I don't get that whole thing

I try to be polite and not roll my eyes when I see people get their O face on about it

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. I just pray that I never become that much of a loser

that I will stand in line like some fucking oppressed Russian wanting toilet paper, to spend money on anything.

[jpgray]

5. iPhones and iPods just seem so completely worthless for their price

My attention span has not yet been so atrophied that I need constant passive entertainment in a portable form that costs $300+.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Here's a picture for all the Apple addicts

[datasuspect]

7. a unique business model

1. get a bunch of insecure geeky tech nerds to feel superior (fish and barrel, meet gun).

2. sell them overpriced technology that caters to their hollow feelings of superiority.

3. rinse

4. repeat

[Joe Fields]

8. Today's marketing is so sophisticated, just about the only way a person

won't fall into the trap is to not watch t.v. commercials or read ads in newspapers or magazines. I haven't watched commercials in many years.

[datasuspect]

9. don't become a "mindshare" statistic

very difficult in big cities though, there is very little advertising free space.