New York Times Liveblogs iPad Lines

The day of reckoning is finally upon us: Will the iPad live up to the hype, or will those overnight lines that have been forming around virtually every Apple store in the country be all for naught? Luckily, The New York Times has nothing better to do on this gorgeous Saturday either, and has devoted the day to chronicling customers’ experiences through a liveblog: a systematically updated entry that is usually reserved for award ceremonies and prime time television dramas.

So far the updates have come at irregular intervals…anywhere from 5 minutes to a whole half hour apart, with topics ranging from “Overheard in line” (“This is like ‘Star Wars’ for Apple geeks”) to user-submitted images of the first guy in Miami Beach to own an iPad. Though we’re not really sure how that can be fact-checked…is there really only one Apple store in all of Miami Beach? We’d say check back throughout the day for more updates, but we don’t want you to lose battery power while waiting online yourself.

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