I ’m not a fan of crew . In about a week - and - a - one-half , Major League Baseball is go to play its All Star Game just a few auction block from theMacworldoffices , and , even though I ’m quite the baseball fan , I design to be as far away as my cyberspace connexion and VPN access code allow . As much as I love baseball game , I detest crowds all the more . You ca n’t reason with a crew . If an item-by-item jostle you , you’re able to turn to him or her and say , “ Excuse my , kind sir or madam , but you seem to be irrupt upon my personal space ; ” try that with a mass of 12 , 18 , three dozen individuals , and you are likely to roll up with a bunch of sneaker treads of deviate sizes all over your individual .
Which is why , on Friday , I was perfectly glad to posture back in my office and field reports from other contributors who do n’t share my aversion for ring , raging and otherwise . I ’d covered an Apple launch event two years ago for when Tiger debuted , and that about fulfill my need to be around crowds for the repose of this X . Judging by thepictures , it appear like people who braved the crowd had a swell metre ; conceive you me , so did I from the safety of my part .
There was one potential downside to my conclusion not to join the multitudes at a nearby iPhone retail placement — I would n’t be able-bodied to get my hands on a phone , certainly not Friday and perhaps not for the foreseeable future . When Steve Jobs himself takes to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to admonish folks that there may not be enough iPhones to go around , that ’s a jolly good index that my dislike of being in skinny quartern with a mass of mankind is kick the bucket to cost me , iPhone - wise .
Or perhaps not . Apple fructify up a handyiPhone availability indicatorto let you know if your local Apple Store still has the mobile machine in origin . A greenish dot mean the Apple Store of your pick still has iPhones on hand . And a blood-red one ? Well , secure fortune next sentence .
I logged on this morning expecting to see a virtual red sea . But so far , all the dots are gullible . Not just in the Bay Area or California , buteverywhere . See for yourself .
That condition is dependent to change , I ’m sure . But if you made the decision to contain out for a daylight on the probability that the iPhone would still be available , it look like you made a winning bet .
I ’d be interested to hear from anyone out shopping for an iPhone this weekend about the availability and , more significant , the crowds , in your neck of the woods .
