Okay - so I finally got an iPhone - the moment my 1-year contract with T-Mobile expired.. Rushed back home so I could activate it (for the 5 remaining people who don't already have the iPhone, you activate it from iTunes - I know, weird - good strategy on Apple's part as it provides further distribution for the iTunes application which in turn will translate to more music and content purchased on the iTunes store - but I digress..). Note that you cannot do anything with your iPhone unless its activated. Anyway, they asked me for some information (billing address, existing mobile number since I was using number portability to keep my 7 year old number from Irvine, etc.), which took about 10 minutes and then I was greeted with this message:
Your activation requires additional time to complete.
Obviously, this took me from being very :-) to very :-(
3 hours have elapsed since then (feels like 12 hours though - I don't remember ever being this excited about a product) and still no luck. On the phone with AT&T right now. Tried a few different departments and I think I have the correct one now (the AT&T "emergency service" department for wireless phones). Obviously, this IS an emergency! Maybe I will get lucky.
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