*Update* Apple just released info stating that the iPhone will be able to be activated from home. This should streamline the purchase of the iPhone considerably.One ignored aspect of the upcoming iPhone release is the fact you'll be signing up for cellular service. Your purchase of an iPhone won't be a simple "buy the gadget and go" experience.
Noted Apple analyst Shaw Wu of American Technology Research in San Franciso commented on the possible affect on overall sales, stating, "The iPhone is not a simple sale, you have to sign up the customer for service. Can they even get a couple of hundred thousand people through the stores in two days?''
It does not seem likely that AT&T stores will close Friday without selling all of their iPhones. If the stores carry inventory over to the next day, expect a lot of frustration from shoppers who were next in line and told to come back tomorrow.
