I got an iPhone 3G on Friday, and I’m really quite happy with it now. It wasn’t an easy process, however; the closest store to my house claimed to have 10 units in total, and so, reasoning that there weren’t any bigger stores closer by, and that there were people waiting overnight at the main Toronto store, I decided to head for the main store. They should have plenty on hand, I thought, or at least if they don’t have enough I’ll know at 8am-ish, so I’ll have plenty of time to find a smaller store with no lineup by 10am when the other stores opened.

So, I queued up with a bunch of other folks on Friday outside the Rogers store at Yonge & Dundas, with all the press & suchlike. I arrived at 6:15am, and left — with an 8GB iPhone 3G, thankfully — at about 4:45pm. For most of the afternoon, I was less than 20 yards from the door of the Rogers store, watching one person go in about every 30-45 minutes or so.

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So, I’m currently sat outside the Apple Store at Sherway Gardens, holding my MacBook Air, working on a couple of projects, and waiting for the keynote to start up. If anyone wants to join me (especially anyone with a portable battery pack, since Sherway appears to have closed off all its power points) I’ll be here until the end of the keynote. Either that or Twitter me, assuming Twitter doesn’t die horribly under the WWDC onslaught — I’m alanQuatermain.

Good luck to all who’re waiting for specific news, and let’s hope I can change the title to ‘Happy iPhone Day’ later.

Update: Okay, now I’m actually in the Apple store, borrowing their power supply. Apple customer service = EPIC WIN.

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