As you may have heard, or seen, if you happened to stumble upon the massive lines outside AT&T wireless and Apple stores this morning on your way to work, Apple's new iPhone went on sale today to eager buyers worldwide.At the flagship Apple store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, a line of hundreds encircled the block ahead of the 8 a.m. opening. Many of them were already owners of the first iPhone, suggesting that Apple is preaching to the choir with the new model, which updates the one launched a year ago by speeding up Internet access and adding a navigation chip.
But the big news is the newly launched iPhone App Store, a one-stop clearinghouse of more than 2,000 downloadable programs. Some are superb (SugarSync, which gives you remote access to your home computer), some practical (iCalc-Tip Calculator, which turns your phone into, well, a $300 tip calculator.
Thanks to subsidies by the carrier, the price has also been cut substantially to $199 for the cheapest model in the United States.
