S.F. Apple store closes so it can open again
A potential customer gets turned away by security.
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Only Apple employees remain inside the hallowed iPhone temple.
(Credit: Erica Ogg/CNET News.com)As planned, Apple shuttered its flagship San Francisco Apple store at 2 p.m. today to prep for tonight's first iPhone sales.
Apple employees gawked back at the gawkers outside the store on Stockton Street in downtown San Francisco. A constant stream of curious passersby snapped camera-phone shots, local news cameramen hovered, and independent video bloggers galore were on hand for the closing of the Apple store curtains before they'll be raised again this evening for the first iPhone sales in the Pacific time zone.
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(Credit: Erica Ogg/CNET News.com)New Yorkers got their phones earlier this afternoon, and News.com reporter Caroline McCarthy was among the paparazzi present to capture the hoopla. Check back later to see San Franciscans get their turn.
Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur. E-mail Erica. 
