iPhrenzy Interruptus

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Some first-day iPhone buyers rushed their brand-new toys home and plugged them into iTunes only to see a message telling them there was a 48-hour wait to activate. This is technically AT&T's fault, but Apple's apologizing with a $30 iTunes credit. Muses Wired: "If this were a family, AT&T would be the drunken uncle who always throws up at wedding receptions, and Apple would be the long suffering brother who always has to drive him home." [Wired]