Move over Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii, the iPhone is coming to town and blowing everyone else out of the water.

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About a half an hour ago I was sitting on the couch watching ESPN's Around the Horn and when they came back from the break I noticed that one of the stalwart panelists, Woody Paige, had written a little note about the iPhone on his signature mini-blackboard that always occupies the space behind him. The message read "iWoody Phones Home." Not ten minutes later I caught the introduction to the 6 o'clock news where the anchorwoman announced that tonight's top story was the iPhone and that people are already lining up to get one 3 days in advance.

The iPhone is on our doorstep and it will soon either make history or become an unfortunate Apple flop...but let's be honest, the chances of it failing aren't all that great, and there's one major reason for that: its mass appeal.

I've experienced launches like this before because I'm a gamer, and every time a new game console comes out (Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PS3) all of the gamers go crazy with camping out to be the first to enjoy the next-gen goodness. Massive lines are formed, people camp out for days and days, hysteria ensues. The only difference with the iPhone launch is you don't have to be a gamer to want an iPhone...all you have to be is a human being between the ages of 13 and 70!

The iPhone appeals to the gadget lover inside all of us, literally all of us, so there's no doubt that it will sell out in a flash come 6:00pm Friday night. No one knows just how huge the turnout would be but I'm going to guess it will be unbelievably huge. The only question we have left is will the iPhone continue its success once the initial hype is gone? When people start reviewing the iPhone and revealing its flaws will everyone still want one? Being a gadget-lover I hope so, because the thing is damn cool and I can't wait to get my hands on one.

Here's to the iPhone 2.0.

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