A customer in line looks at a new Apple iPhone 3G being put on sale for the first time at Apple retail store in Regent Street, London, Friday, July 11, 2008. Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale in 22 countries around the world Friday to eager buyers who had waited in lines around city blocks and happily counted down the final 30 seconds before launch.
The first customers get a chance to see the new Apple iPhone 3G up close in New York's Apple Store, Friday July 11, 2008. In the U.S., where the phone first debuted last year, iPhones were becoming available at 8 a.m. in each time zone, giving Apple aficionados more time before the weekend to see just how the company upgraded the device with faster Internet navigation and dozens of new software programs.
An Apple Store employee rings up orders for the new iPhone in New York, Friday July 11, 2008. Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers worldwide, but there were problems getting the phones to work.
An Apple Store employee rings up a purchase of a new Apple iPhone 3G in New York, Friday July 11, 2008. The new model updates the one launched a year ago by speeding up Internet access and adding a navigation chip.
Apple Store employees ring up orders for the new Apple iPhone 3G in New York, Friday July 11, 2008.
Christian Meagher holds his new Apple iPhone 3G, the first sold in Canada, at the Rogers Wireless store in Halifax on Friday, July 11, 2008. Apple has said it hopes to sell 10 million iPhones worldwide by the end of this year.
Customers line up inside the Apple retail store in Regent Street, London, for the launch of the new Apple iPhone 3G, Friday, July 11, 2008.
Customer Michael Slater, center, celebrates being the first customer to activate his new Apple iPhone 3G handset at the Apple retail store in Regent Street, London, Friday, July 11, 2008.
Customers react as they were lead to the door of the Apple retail store in Regent Street, London, for the launch of the new Apple iPhone 3G, Friday, July 11, 2008.
The first buyer in Hong Kong, Ho Kak-yin, holds his new iPhone during the first day of the device's release, Friday July 11, 2008. As Apple rolled out its newest iPhone in Asia, dealers and buyers said it's only a matter of time -- maybe as little as a few days -- before the popular device hits the region's thriving underground marketplace.
Customers wait in line at a phone store in Zurich, Switzerland, late Thursday, July 10, 2008, waiting for the release of the Apple iPhone. The first iPhones in Switzerland were sold one minute after midnight.
Bruno Afonso reacts as he is handed two iPhones to choose the color after Apple's new mobile phone went on sale for the first time in Portugal in the early hours of Friday, July 11 2008, at a shop in Lisbon.
People in line celebrate the start of selling Apple Inc.'s iPhone in Tokyo, Friday, July 11, 2008. The 3G wireless connecting iPhone went on sale Friday at Japanese carrier Softbank Corp.'s store, making its debut in Japan. By Friday morning, the line at the store had grown to more than 1,000 people, and the phone quickly sold out.
Nakary Hervas shows a photo of herself taken with her new Apple IPhone 3G in Miami, Friday, July 11, 2008. Apple Inc.'s new iPhone went on sale Friday to eager buyers worldwide, many of whom lined up for hours for the morning launch.
Apple customer Kevin Edwards, of Palo Alto, Calif., celebrates as he holds up his new Apple iPhone 3G as other customers wait in line, at left, as he is the first customer to purchase the new iPhone at the Palo Alto Apple Store, Friday, July 11, 2008.