6.02 on a Friday Night

It’s 6.02, Friday 9 November, 2007. The iPhone is officially on sale in the UK, and all those nutters who camped out overnight can now officially buy one.
What impact will it have? I think it will be huge, and it could be potentially disastrous. Think about it. A few months from now, half the mobile phone-owning population have got one, so when you go for a drink with friends, people get their phone out because they want everyone to know they’ve got one, they have a few drinks, then when it’s time to leave, there’s six iPhones on the table and no-one’s quite got a clue whose is whose. Maybe they’ll start using iPhones instead of car keys at swingers’ parties. Maybe it’s been a long week and I should just stop writing and go to the pub.
Whatever, if you’re one of those who couldn’t wait, enjoy your iPhone. You’ve got the whole weekend to stroke it.

David Murphy
Editor