@kring: When I dial *639# I get an SMS that tells me that the $18 is waived. When I look it up online it says it is not waived. When I pick up one of these phones at the store I'm going to show them the SMS. I hope it works.

Sweet, since AT&T and Apple are both sold out for shipping (Apple now quotes phones will ship july 2) I hope I get one of these random iPhones that arrives. It's like a lottery now. How fun!

@kerry: you have sources? gah, i want the white one, too... and i don't want to wait until august for it. oh wells.

Out of all of those designs, that's the one you choose to rant on? The whole link is like an encyclopedia of stupid.

@digisplicer: That's a reservation, though, right? I mean, it's not being delivered to you. I tried to buy one using the app and it kept telling me it can't connect to the server and would only let me reserve one for pick-up. Can I say carryout instead? I want it to be more like dinner. It would only let me reserve…

@kayfouroh: If you're really worried you could set it up so you pick one up at an Apple store - if there's one in the area.

So, how do I get one of the white ones? I have stuff to do and I can't piss away a day standing in line at the store.

@ProfessorSara: Oh sweet. since I absolutely don't want this on the 24th (professional licensing exam the morning of the 25th and the Apple store is on the way home) this works so much better.

@iallaussarth: Or if you're metro then white. or gay (not that there's anything wrong with that).

@Walking Eye!: All I know is that a lot of kids are going to be making jokes about kinecting with your mom.

I think it's hilarious that the US being eliminated from WC2006 is number 3.

I was watching this out of my apartment in Detroit.

@daniel7860: univision works. and the announcers are so much more interesting! you don't have to know spanish to know they were totally ragging on peter crouch's name and that they talk faster and louder as the ball gets closer to the goal.

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#tips Giz, how many people do you think will queue up to get an iPhone? I can order it online and have it delivered to my house or show up whenever at the store to pick it up.

I bet she's off in Goa rolling on E with all the other tourists. If I were going to go on a bender I wouldn't tell my parents about it either.

@elvenangel:

@Jonathan Beer: No, it doesn't. If you currently have unlimited data you can choose to get their rationed plan (and save $5/mo!) or keep your current plan and your current terms. But to get it for $300 you have to renew that contract for another 2 years.

@3xtraction: Yes, it looks so similar some people might think it was done so deliberately.

How does real sex fit into this whole iPhone thing? Let's explore that. Compared to the iPhone, real sex offers