Checking Up on the AT&T Line

So today is i-Day or iPhone Day if you want to call it that. After work I went to check to see if there was a line at the nearest AT&T store. I drove all the way across town and swung around the little mall and noticed a line was starting to form. There was some blue tape on the side walk of the store indicating where the line should be formed and all looked quite orderly and quiet. I should have snapped a picture but forgot my camera. One thing that I noticed was that most of the folks standing in line were young and was wearing black at least the ones in the front of the line were wearing black. I decided to swing the car around and go home coz as it was just 5PM I wasn’t about to wait in line for an hour for a phone that I’m not prepared to purchase. Its not that I don’t want to eventually get an iPhone its just (1) I’m waiting on revision 2 when some of the initial bugs have been worked out and (2) It will cost me $ 600 for the phone (no point getting the 4GB model if the OS takes up 700+ MB), the cost of a 2-year contract plus $36 activation fee + tax. I can get get a Macbook Pro (which I need more) for the sticker shock. So… I looked at all the young folks waiting in line and swung my car around and moved on. Sucks to be a responsible grown-up sometimes huh! I didn’t check the other store to see what the line was like there. Tomorrow I’ll go to the store again to play around with one at least. Not buying just checking to see if I want to add it to my birthday list. I got my first iPod by having my friends chip in… Will see if this is what I want to do for next birthday or not.