Thousands of tech faithful buy first iPhones
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Thousands of U.S. gadget fans flocked to stores on Friday to be the first buyers of Apple's iPhone, a music-playing and Web-browsing device expected to shake up the mobile industry.
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The Apple iPhone, the most-anticipated gadget debut in years, went on sale Friday in the eastern United States, ending months of waiting for diehard Apple fans and signaling the start of what could be the company's biggest test yet.
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The iPhone has so many devotees already that people like it without having touched it, a survey finds.
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By Brier Dudley, Seattle Times  Jun. 25--I don't know if they realize it, but those people lining up to buy Apple iPhones on Friday are guinea pigs.   They may be after a nice phone or the newest version of the iPod.
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Thousands of U.S. gadget  fans made an orderly pilgrimage to stores on Friday to be among  the first buyers of Apple&#39;s iPhone, a music- and video-playing  device expected to reshape the mobile industry.
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Like hundreds of iPhone buyers yesterday, Computerworld's Seth Weintraub was among those who stood outside an Apple Store waiting to buy an iPhone. His conclusion: "It is hard not to justify buying out your current phone contract and making a beeline to the nearest Apple Store" to get one.
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No true fans of the coveted  iPhone could be found standing in line outside Apple&#39;s flagship  store here a full day before the gadgets go on sale. There were  just exploiters, exploited and a few clowns.
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The rush to buy the iPhone strained the company's servers, leaving a lot of customers unable to activate their phones.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Hundreds of gadget fans,  or their paid stand-ins, lined up on Friday to be among the  first buyers of Apple Inc.'s  iPhone, a music and video  playing phone that seeks to reshape the mobile industry.
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NEW YORK/CHICAGO  - Albert Livingstone's wife  thinks he is crazy for lining up overnight in Chicago to be  among the first on Friday to buy Apple's much-hyped iPhone.
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Within hours of the first iPhones going on sale, fans scrambled to be the first to discover what makes the devices tick, posting photos and videos of disassembled phones on the Internet.
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Apple Inc. said on Tuesday its hotly anticipated iPhone could cost as much as $3,000 with a required two-year service contract, and a handful of eager buyers started lining up to spend their money.
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Proud owners of Apple Inc.'s iPhone raved about their first day with the device on Saturday, but a glitch took the shine off the year's most anticipated device for a few unlucky customers.
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Apple's much-hyped iPhone handset goes on sale in the US late on 29 June.
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People who bought IPhones hoping to resell them for a profit find few takers.
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Apple, known for its marketing wizardry, has apparently convinced thousands of people that the iPhone is no ordinary phone.
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The hooplah. The stories. The comment Apple's iPhone goes on sale in the US this evening. The queues have formed, and limits placed on how many of the handsets punters can take away with them. What is all the fuss about? Find out by reading Register Hardware's most popular iPhone stories...â¦