These nice people asked me to go back across the street to register.
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Here I am, across the street, waiting to register. It's the line to get in line, so you can get in line to crowd around stuff, and I love it.
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This is a part of the line to get in line to crowd around stuff.
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The front lobby of the Moscone Center is filled with anticipation. Nerdy, nerdy anticipation.
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Doors open, and the flood begins.
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The homeless, tempest-tossed yearning to breathe free? Nope, we want to see the iPhone!
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Oh, the pushing and shoving is just beginning.
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This is a 360 degree display, and for every one of those degrees, there are 30 salivating dorks vying for the first look at the iPhone.
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I fight my way through, trampling lesser nerds to get this shot.
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More gratuitous gadget porn.
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Soooo hot... Want to touch the heinie... Owwoooooo!
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This guy tries unsuccessfully to bring order to the chaos surrounding one tiny phone.
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Is this guy caressing the glass case holding the iPhone? If so, can you blame him?
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Wow, an announcement about Leopard? Nope, it's the same exact presentation we saw 4 months ago. Move along, folks.
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Good luck getting to demo one of those iTVs, or getting to the other side of the exhibition center, for that matter.
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Hands-on with the Apple TV, which I will call the iTV because I'm lazy, and don't give a crap about British TV stations.
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Am I the only one that would like to be served sushi on one of these?
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Yes, Apple, I'd like to re-buy all my movies from your small selection, at lower quality than a DVD rip.
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It's Ryan from my hometown Apple store! Sure, we all think we're geniuses, but he gets a badge. Do YOU have a badge?
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I force my way through a crowd to look at a picture of a cell phone. Not pictured: my dignity.
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Marware branches from their wildly successful iPod case business to the natural extension of project management software.
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Marware is kewl.
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A hidden product, veiled by a painter's cloth, and a Microsoft-word-generated sign? Something tells me this isn't Apple's new product.
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I'm digging the design of a lot of the booths here.
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iSkin brings in a DJ to show off their unique... ability to bring in a DJ.
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Scritchy-scritchy!
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The Comic Life guys are cold chillin' in the spot.
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I jokingly asked a MacAddict guy if they had sold out with their name change, and the guy replied, no lie, "Yeah, we've sold out every magazine at this show." Oh really?
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More interesting booth design, particulary the Belkin booth.
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