iPhrenzy: Hangover Clickage

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How embarrassing for those who waited hours or days in line for an iPhone: after the crowds outside the Soho and Fifth Avenue stores dispersed, you could stroll right in, pick up the gadget, purchase it, then walk out. Photo via Flickr/Petroleumjelliffe

· Customers having problems activating iPhones [Gothamist]
· The iPhone's changed the cell phone industry [NY Times]
· Video of Spike Lee at the Apple store in Soho [PSFK]
· Half a million units sold [Engadget]
· iPhone is like "a beautiful, sexy lady that comes to you in the middle of the night" [NY Post]