This time of year, for the last three years, has me checking the various Apple rumours websites, anxiously awaiting the launch of the new iPhone. I didn’t get the original, because frankly it was unfinished hardware. The day Carphone Warehouse told me there was an iPhone 3G available for me, I sprinted half a mile [...]

So here goes, prepare to hear the sound of the world’s smallest violin playing. I am on the way to Dublin City Centre to queue for an iPhone 3GS. O2 official policy is ‘no preorders’ but it seems very many stores have taken allocation lists. The rule should be first come first served, according to [...]