The first Apple crazie start lining up 100 hours before iPhone release

Ever since the news of the iPhone was released, there has been a constant chatter about the features, about the geekness, about the wizardry, about the user convenience and so on. The impending release of the iPhone on the 29th, this Friday afternoon has been one of the most awaited events in the tech calendar this year. Apple has hardly had to do any publicity, but even they would not have expected this kind of positive publicity; people always queue up before the release of a major much awaited product, whether that be the new Harry Potter book, or a new gaming console. People have even been known to queue up for a new Operating System.
But this one takes absolutely the pits; for just a phone plus a few other things embedded in it, people are queuing up 100 hours before the release ( a full 4 days to go).

For an Apple devotee, queuing for three and a half days in the baking heat to be the first to get their hands on an iPhone is nothing. And that is exactly what a group of dedicated Apple fans is doing. Outside the company’s flagship store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, they have set up camp, and – flopped on deckchairs and writing blogs – are whiling away the time until the new device goes on sale at 6pm on Friday.
When asked how they would cope with the 34C temperatures and severe storms that are predicted in New York for tomorrow, both replied: “We’ll deal with it.

This would seem might strange to a number of iPhone devotees, but it is just a phone slapped onto am iPod; is this worth spending 3 plus days waiting in bad weather? I wouldn't think so. And it is not even a very cheap phone, along with a service plan, it costs a minimum of $500.
Apple wouldn't mid at all. This is all free publicity, and is sure to get more people convinced that this is a new device that must be great.