Get in Line — 3 Blockbuster Gadgets That Were Worth Waiting For

After half a decade of popular iProduct releases, the big customer line-ups are
becoming rote, an expected and not especially newsworthy routine for zealots,
entrepreneurs and excited first-timers. Apple s (NASDAQ: AAPL ) iPhone 4S was
released Friday morning, and people were out in droves. While only 350 customers
were waiting at the companys flagship New York City store by 8 a.m. still
hardly a record for Apple releases in that city but many more surrounded stores
in Germany, Australia, Japan and other countries around the world . Demand for
Apples gear is real enough that it regularly outstrips supply. Just look at
Marchs iPad 2 release . The release furor also equates to big earnings. Apple
sold 1 million iPhone 4S pre-orders in 24 hours earlier this week. That breaks
down to between $200 million and $400 million in sales, and that was before
Verizon (NYSE: VZ ), AT&T (NYSE: T ) and