First batch of iPhones

They say Apple is planning for a million of them in the 1st year.

They hired 2000 temp employees for the AT&T stores and the Apple stores, to assist in handling the huge interest in this product

I guess like most new successful product introductions (see Wii), there will be shortage in the first couple of months, and people will have to pre-order. this helps the manufacturer to gauge the levels of demand.

Apple is very hush hush about these sort of things, so I don't really know if they are going to sell out right away- but I can tell u this much .... if AT&T doesn't have service in your area your pretty much screwed, they don't have service in my area ... so getting an iPhone is pretty much mute for me!