The Apple Stores around us, including the one at Montgomery Mall, have plenty of iPhones as of mid-day today (note all the green "available" dots on the Apple's list of Maryland stores). So I didn't need to wait nine hours yesterday. But I'm still glad I did.

I actually bought two iPhones yesterday because my wife's boss wanted the second one to raffle off on their web site. Then last night, my wife got iPhone fever after playing with mine, so we just bought hers at the mall. It was between the iPhone and Helio Ocean until last night.

Let's hope our toddler Cici doesn't start to ask for one! She was already having fun last night with the touch screen moving photos around with the swipe of her finger.

- mike lee - north bethesda, md