Photos: iPhone 3G launch shambles!

We prepared our cameras to catch the first iPhone 3G owner's triumphant bound down the stairs. An hour went by and we realised something had gone terribly wrong. People started coming out empty handed, including one guy who explained to us that there was a problem with the activation system. Apparently, O2's side of things worked using Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which doesn't come as standard on the Apple store's Macs.