Ok it's Friday so let's lighten things up a little and have some fun. What do you pack in your kit to survive 4 nights camped out on the sidewalk in front of an Apple store waiting to get a chance to buy an iPhone?


Let me clarify....I am NOT standing in line for one of these. I have no desire to drop $600 on a phone of any kind. I am just amazed at the stories I have read and seen on the news of people actually doing this.

I know we have seen it before with movie releases and playstations but it never ceases to amaze me.

Your going to wait in line for the 1998 touch screen technology too? I had a PDA around that time which ran Windows CE 2.0 (before it was called pocket pc, windows mobile, whatever its called this week). It was controlled entirley by a touchscreen (or stylus) and could play music, dow pictures, e-mail, contacts, web browse, etc. Its screen was about 3" so in 8 years Apple manager to innovate about 1/2" of screen.

A sign stating "I bought Apple Stock at $12.00 and now I'm rich!" and then just survive on the food and drinks people throw at me.

How's Microlimp...er, Microsoft stock doing nowdays?

Apple lover for life,
-Blast

I agree with you, I don't understand the hype at all about this thing. This whole idea of what to pack with you for the 4 day campout came from me seeing pictures of these people camped on sidewalks all over the country. Some of the pictures of people I've seen in the news look like they have moved their entire bedrooms onto the street.

Please tell me you're kidding, Gator. Camping out 4 nights just to pay $500 on the newest trendy phone? For all that effort and brand loyalty, they should be paying YOU.

I pray for Apple users. No matter how great they are as people otherwise, when it comes to their computers they hit me with rank snobbery every single time. Makes no sense to me. I use PCs exclusively just because they were bequeathed to me by others, but I get ragged on all the time by other designers because I don't use a Mac. It's just a computer, people! It's just a brand! It shouldn't define you as a person (or as an artist)!

As for your kit, Gator, bring some kind of defensive object with you. A long line of people each with $500 burning a hole in their pockets would be tempting mugging target, indeed. Remember the shameful events that occured when the PS3 and XBox came out?

No No No, not me! I edited my original post to clarify.

I have no intention to drop $600 on a phone and definitely would not wait 4 days on the street for it.

I'm a designer and I love my Mac, but I've got nothing against designers who use PCs. Use whatever you have access to, I say.

As for the iphone, it's neat, I don't need one, and most likely won't get one unless the price drops dramatically, which it won't. Apple always has its preset price points and they rarely drop prices, but rather fill the spot with beefier equipment.

On to my Kit for standing in line for the iphone...
Earplugs so I don't have to listen to the geek in line behind me prattle on about his latest set-up.
Deadfall with Twinkie bait so that I can take to place of the chump in front of me when he goes for the tastey morsels and winds up with his head stuck in my masterful trap.
Lysol because it's bound to get smelly with lots of people standing in line for days that close to one another.
Something to attract those hot little Apple groupies.

There has to be more... I'll keep thinking about it.

C'mon, Nichodemus, we both know there is no such thing as "hot little Apple groupies."


And I'm sorry, Gator, the clarification came up while I was already composing my little rant, so I didn't see it until after I posted. Thank goodness you were only joking!

I'd tell them to wait 6 months until Apple puts a 3.2 Megapixel camera in the phone. Oh and theres no inbuilt GPS chip built in for navigation either. No VOIP and no proper keyboard and no FM stereo radio and limited applications due to no open source OS. No 3G connectivity either for fast data transfer. Wait a minute, well why not get a Nokia E90 instead. No waiting in a queue for 4 days for such an outdated phone either

I'd turn it into a little business, like those guys who started the iWait service by offering to stand in line for people. I think, aside from a chair, small table, and sunshade, I'd have (for sale)

In the evening: a variety of airplane sized bottles of liqor + assorted mixers + paper cups

Energy drinks

Tea + hot water

A massage chair with a hired massouse (I'll take $5 off the top)

A bunch of $1 keychain lights I'd sell for $2 a piece.

Sorry, couldn't resist. Hey, you could probably sell a lot of stuff to bored, tired people with money to burn.