“When it comes to landing an iPhone, Apple Inc.’s other famous Steve plans to stand in line. Steve Wozniak helped Steve Jobs launch Apple more than 30 years ago, sparking a computing revolution. But the man known to many as Woz, who left the company in 1987, planned to queue up outside a San Jose Apple store at 4 a.m. today in hopes of getting his hands on one,” Michelle Quinn and Alana Semuels report for The LA Times.
“‘I love to see the future early,’ he said,” Quinn and Semuels report.
“Apple is controlling the iPhone’s exposure as if it were a movie star before a blockbuster’s opening day. The Cupertino, Calif., company doled out a small number to a carefully chosen group of reviewers — most of whom have raved about it. Silicon Valley legends, Wall Street analysts, Hollywood insiders and others used to getting the latest hot gadget before the masses have been forced to scramble for one,” Quinn and Semuels report.
“‘Lots of people have requested iPhones,’ an Apple spokeswoman said. ‘No one is getting any special treatment,'” Quinn and Semuels report.
“Wozniak doesn’t have to join the masses in front of the mall. He says Jobs recently called and said Apple would send him an iPhone, to arrive Saturday. But his desire to have one immediately — plus some for his three children — prompted his plan to stand in an hours-long line for the first time since 1972, when he coveted Rolling Stones concert tickets,” Quinn and Semuels report.
“He and friends will hand out T-shirts that read, ‘The Line Begins Here,’ and he’ll have his Segway Human Transporter for bathroom runs. ‘This is more a celebration,’ he said,” Quinn and Semuels report.
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Woz is the best.
Good lord! With the amount of power the iPhone gives him, Steve Jobs could take over the whole world!
Do you think the “2 per person”
rule will apply? If so, 2 of his 3 children will be sorely disappointed.
Woz is an exceptionally creative loon
He was promised to receive one on Saturday, but he’ll stand in line to get one on Friday — ONE day earlier? Unless he’s really completely insane, I’m sure it’s more just to have fun with the crowds and this event. At least, I sure hope so.
iWas
I’m just glad to read that Jobs offered to send him one… I was reading it thinking that Woz wasn’t getting one and that’s why he had to stand in line!
Woz is just out there…. I think that’s what makes him so endearing.
Why do you think…he’s soaking up the atmosphere. So would I if I was 6,000 miles closer…!
All a publicity stunt.
“Why do you think…he’s soaking up the atmosphere. So would I if I was 6,000 miles closer…!”
So would I if I was Woz and didn’t have to work for a living.
Hey bdb,
How come you don’t count his children?
According to my math, Woz can walk out with 8
2 each for him and the 3 kids.
You just gotta love Woz. Wanting to experience life in “the trenches” with the rest of the MacFaithful.
Oh, how I wish I had his stock shares in Apple.
I think its great, and would be so frackin neat, if Jobs stopped by a few stores and walked the crowd, this evening.
make the iWait, really worth while , if you got to meet Steve J
To believe that Woz does not already have an iPhone is just silly. Come on now people.
woz is a plonker…………. segway??? just goes to show that just because some one got lucky once does not now make them an expert on all things techo…..
@macRaven
Does anyone know, how many or what % of aapl he owns, I hope its a bunch