{"id":380,"date":"2009-06-21T22:48:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T03:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adam-jackson.net\/?p=380"},"modified":"2009-06-21T22:48:35","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T03:48:35","slug":"first-in-line-for-the-iphone-3g-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/06\/21\/first-in-line-for-the-iphone-3g-s\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 FIRST&#8230;In line for The iPhone 3G S [UPDATED]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14922,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.metronews.ca\\\/edmonton&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20120322203431\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.metronews.ca:80\\\/edmonton&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 07:02:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-20 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07:03:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-20 23:11:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-04 17:43:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 19:34:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-14 00:59:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 11:13:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 11:13:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to start with a little history about my experience as a member of the Apple community. My first experience as an Apple user was in early 2003 when my Mom purchased a 17&#8243; iMac 1.25GHz from CompUSA. We waited an hour before the store opened the day that the new computer went on sale. It was her first Macintosh and I hooked her in after buying my iBook 600Mhz G3 a year before. Since then, I&#8217;ve made the habit of lining up every chance I have for the latest Apple product but it&#8217;s not because of the product, it&#8217;s actually because of the community. Many times, I&#8217;ve stated that Apple&#8217;s products don&#8217;t truly wow me but the community has been something of awe as I&#8217;ve made friends, found work and built a community around my love of The Macintosh.<\/p>\n<p>From 2003-2009, I lined up every year for IDG&#8217;s Macworld Expo just to see Steve Jobs&#8217; keynote and from 2007-2009, I was in the same line to see Apple&#8217;s WWDC Keynote. In 2002, 2005 &amp; 2007 I lined up for the release of Mac OS Jaguar, Tiger and Leopard (respectively). In 2007, 2007 &amp; 2009 I lined up for the iPhone and I could go on and on at the amount of lines I&#8217;ve been in. All in all, if my math is correct, I&#8217;ve lined up about 16 times for an Apple-related announcement but I&#8217;ve never been first. This time, I was.<\/p>\n<p>You can say that I&#8217;m crazy for lining up so early but I was only in line for 8.5 hours. My longest lineup was in 2007 for the first iPhone when I get in line for over 20 hours. This was actually only the 5th longest time I&#8217;ve stayed in line but analysts love to poke fun at how long you were sitting there. It&#8217;s not too bad  and the time flew right by. Being first meant I was &#8220;the guy&#8221; that every reporter spoke to. There&#8217;s tons of content online as I was interviewed over 40 times but I managed to find a few things that featured me and I&#8217;ve linked \/ embedded them below. <strong>There were over a dozen people that helped me find these videos &amp; photos. I owe all of you a huge thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metronews.ca\/edmonton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MetroNews Edmonton Newspaper<\/a> (my favorite photo)<\/p>\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-390 pk-lazyload\"  title=\"Picture 1\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Picture 1\"  width=\"400\"  height=\"372\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/blog.adam-jackson.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Picture-11.png\" ><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FLICKR PHOTOS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param 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classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"380\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"type\" value=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"lt\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/plus.cnbc.com\/rssvideosearch\/action\/player\/id\/1158030047\/code\/cnbcplayershare\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"cnbcplayer\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2009\/06\/19\/live-from-the-apple-store-at-7-am\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Venture Beat<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Heavily watermarked photos from Associated Press: (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apimages.com\/OneUp.aspx?st=k&amp;kw=iPhone%203G%20S&amp;showact=results&amp;sort=relevance&amp;intv=None&amp;cfas=PHOTOGRAPHER_NAME&amp;sh=10&amp;kwstyle=and&amp;adte=1245446271&amp;dah=20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX&amp;pagez=20&amp;PHOTOGRAPHER_NAME=%22ERIC%20RISBERG%22&amp;nextdah=23%2C23%2C23%2C23%2C23%2C23%2C23%2C23%2C23%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX&amp;rids=f23f9194d2374a2382e3977bd244d9da&amp;dbm=PThirtyDay&amp;page=1&amp;xslt=1&amp;dispname=090619017412%2C%20Apple%20iPhone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1<\/a>) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apimages.com\/OneUp.aspx?st=con&amp;showact=results&amp;sort=relevance&amp;intv=None&amp;xslt=1&amp;cfas=PHOTOGRAPHER_NAME&amp;sh=10&amp;kwstyle=and&amp;dbm=PThirtyDay&amp;adte=1245446271&amp;rids=d898ad5a0d6340728f28881aae26cfd9&amp;dah=20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX&amp;pagez=20&amp;PHOTOGRAPHER_NAME=%22ERIC%20RISBERG%22&amp;nextdah=15%2C15%2C15%2C15%2C15%2C15%2C15%2C15%2C15%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX&amp;page=1&amp;dispname=090619015002%2C%20Apple%20iPhone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a>) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apimages.com\/OneUp.aspx?st=k&amp;kw=iphone%203g&amp;showact=results&amp;sort=relevance&amp;intv=None&amp;sh=10&amp;kwstyle=and&amp;adte=1245642009&amp;dah=-1&amp;pagez=20&amp;nextdah=20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2C20%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX%2CX&amp;rids=d70ba16fef984adc9a375a5551fe3415&amp;dbm=PThirtyDay&amp;page=1&amp;xslt=1&amp;dispname=090619019145%2C%20Apple%20iPhone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sfist.com\/2009\/06\/19\/photos_iphone_wait_at_downtown_sf_a.php\" 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It was a fun time and I hope you all enjoyed it! Keep an eye out for my iPhone 3G S review coming in a few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I&#8217;d like to start with a little history about my experience as a member of the Apple community.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-life","7":"category-press","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-68","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2991,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/08\/24\/steve\/","url_meta":{"origin":380,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Steve.","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Letter from Steve Jobs\" To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple\u2019s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. 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