According to Red Herring , Conde Nast Portfolio and several other pubs, folks have been waiting in line for a couple days already. There are no reports of shortages - Apple seems extremely well prepared - but it may be worth waiting until the afternoon or even until early next week since Friday morning and certainly the whole weekend will be swarming with customers worldwide.

The good news? You can download the new iPhone *software* tomorrow, too, so the App Store, Expanded Language Support and MobileMe will be available in the comfort of your own couch. So if you already own and iPhone and are willing to pass on the iPhone 3G (for now), you'll be all set.