Oh, what a relief for Apple. Here are the first people to line up outside the company's store in downtown Manhattan, for an iPhone. The man on the right, Johnny Vulkan, is a creative type, with Anomaly, a hip web agency. I'm sure he thinks different. What are they doing with the first iPhone to emerge from the Soho store? The device, which goes on sale on Friday at 6pm as all the world knows, will be auctioned off for children with Aids. What a touching story! Too bad for Apple's spinners that Vulkan will be forgotten, and this man, who started lining up yesterday, uptown, is still the face of the iPhone customer.

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