Never thought a gadget could get me this pumped but the new iPhone has done it for sure. After dragging my ass out of bed at 6:30 am I skipped breakfast in leu of coffee and granola bars and hauled ass to the AT&T store across 95. When I got there around 7:15 and there were already 24 people in line. Yeah, I counted them. So I grabbed my stuff and sat down and watched Sprout, a really cool surf movie.

Around 7:30 a woman came around handing out sheets with information on plans and had us all write down what we wanted to get. That way when we got to the counter we would breeze through (though I’ve never seen so many stupid questions asked by other customers at the counter). The also came around and punched your number into a machine to see if you pre-qualify or if you were or were not an existing customer. I actually qualified for an upgrade which saved me $200. Sweet.

Once I finally got to the front of the line it was around 8:15. Not too shabby. The first 15 went in and I was stoked!

Of course they had to try and sell me every add on available… and yeah, I did go ahead and get the BlueTooth earpiece. Well, it comes with the docking station to charge them both so why not. Why not.

The magic moment I walked out of the store with a look of envy from the 70 odd people waiting in line behind me. Priceless. Now it’s just a matter of getting used to using it which won’t take long at all. Plugged it into my laptop and everything synced up automatically. All calendars, all contacts, all emails… everything! Even photos, movies and music all ready to go.

I love this phone. Makes the hair on my arms stand up and I feel like that kid from “A Christmas Story” and his shiny new Red Rider B-B Gun. “You’ll shoot your eye out kid.