A spokesman for Orange in Poland unabashedly proclaimed that they “have these fake queues at front of 20 stores around the country to drum up interest in the iPhone.” An interesting technique to be sure, we’re just wondering if these actors will give up their places when it comes time to actually buy the phone, or if they’re going to actually go through and get an iPhone (maybe give them out for free after?). It’s not something we would have done, and it would have probably worked had the spokespeople not acknowledged it so openly. “Why yes, that is a sock in my pants. Why do you ask? “[Reuters]
Wow, who knew? Hordes of fans are already camping out at Apple stores around America for iPhone 2.0. From CAP News…who we always visit for hard-hitting scoops:
I don’t even own an iPhone, but I know iPhone 2.0 is gonna be much more awesome,” said 26-year-old Maurice Darkin, who has already been camped outside Apple’s flagship Soho store in New York for two weeks. “I don’t care what it takes, I’m gonna make sure I get one.
Crap! We’d better get in line, too. We’ll be teaming up with Justin.tv for the next 2 years of live lineblogging. URL to follow as soon as the story becomes real. [capnews via fark]
