Apple’s iPhone makes it to stores
Apple's much-hyped iPhone has finally gone on sale in the US.
Some people had been queuing for days outside Apple and AT&T stores across the US to ensure they got hold of one of the devices.
Hundreds more began queuing during Friday because stores did not start selling the iPhone until 1800 local time (2300 BST).
Apple said buyers visiting its stores would not be able to walk out with more than two iPhones each.
More than 600 people were outside two Apple stores in New York and at one of them, customers cheered as the doors opened, Reuters news agency said.
Similar scenes were reported in other cities.
"I've gone through several phones, even the expensive ones," Albert Livingstone, 62, who queued up in Chicago, told Reuters.
"This is different. It's the newest toy. I'm 62 - I don't have much time left to buy toys."
The iPhone will be available in Europe later in 2007 and Asia in 2008.
Since the iPhone was announced at Macworld in January 2007 the gadget has won a huge amount of coverage.
That interest has continued up to the launch with bloggers reporting live from queues outside some stores. Gadget site Gizmodo is broadcasting live video from the Apple store in San Francisco.
The quad-bandphone has a 3.5in (9cm) touch screen, wi-fi, no keyboard, a camera and a web browser on board. It is also intended to be used as a media player to listen to music and watch video uploaded to it via iTunes.
It is available in two versions sporting either four or eight gigabytes of memory.
Apple said the iPhone's battery would give eight hours of talktime, six hours of net use or seven hours of video watching.
Early reviews of the iPhone have been broadly positive but those who have played around...
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