Well, I got an iPhone 3G, and it seems I might have been the only one! I braved an extremely early morning and the bewildered stares of the morning commuters to stand in line at the Carphone Warehouse near work and pick one up. Shamefully I was first in line. There was quite a queue in the end and I left with my new phone just before the manager was about to explain to many of the customers that they wouldn’t be getting one. Apparently the store only had 10 phones. I think I left just in time, it was about to turn ugly.

Even people who were told they had one coming from O2 via courier as part of Monday’s preorder pantomime didn’t all actually get a phone in the end. Overall I think the launch was a bit of a mess. To top it all off , the credit check facilities crashed too which led to an anxious wait in line while I tried to wrack my brains and work out if I had made any reckless spending decisions recently…

Well, it all turned out OK, and I was only 10 minutes late for work. Early impressions are good, I’m having fun with it so far, but I’m off for a week’s holiday in Cornwall, so it will be getting an extensive field test. I’ll have a stab at a review when I get back…