It's iPhone 3G launch day, and CNET's ready

The iPhone 3G is about to make its U.S. debut, and CNET's got it covered.

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The iPhone 3G is about to hit the streets of New York, after making its debut earlier in the Far East and Europe, and CNET is ready to bring you all the news you need.

Caroline McCarthy and Maggie Reardon will be on the ground in New York monitoring the action at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue and various AT&T stores. A little later on, I'll be parked outside the downtown San Francisco Apple store, while Erica Ogg checks out the 3rd and Market AT&T store and Josh Lowensohn covers the scene at an Apple store in the far-off wilds of the East Bay. We'll be live-blogging the action, both in New York and San Francisco, depending on which coast suits your fancy.

Kent German will be posting his review of the iPhone 3G Friday after he gets a chance to put it through the paces, so make sure to watch for that as well if you're thinking about making a purchase. Likewise, if you haven't seen our coverage of the hundreds of iPhone applications that have been arriving over the past day, make sure to check that out as well today and into the weekend.

if moving pictures are your thing, CNET TV has you covered. Natali Del Conte will be live in New York with our new friends from CBS, while Kara Tsuboi will be in Palo Alto, Calif., hoping Apple CEO Steve Jobs makes another appearance at his hometown Apple store. The CNET Reviews people will have First Look videos up as well during the day, and the first teardown video can't be that far away, either.

And don't forget to tell us how your launch experience went, whether you waited in line for hours to get a new iPhone or breezed right into an Apple or AT&T store midday Friday.

Click here for CNET News' complete iPhone 3G coverage.

[dascha1]

Actually, it would be great to hear voices from the ground sound-off for coverage, or at least leave their reply. Is that possible?

[extotherule]

AT&T stores only have 10 8GB and 10 16GB each :(

[Tergon]

Albuquerque, NM: Out of Phones 10:20AM Local Time (HAHA told my brother to camp out)

[salter39]

iPhone is down. Steve Jobs should have been smart enough to release the new iTunes on monday and then allow current iPhone users to upgrade the software on wednesday. When you have all these people trying to update and activate at the same time the network cant take the heavy load. My 2nd generation iPhone is now locked up. I went to the AT&T store and they have not been able to unbrick any of the new iPhones. So currently very few people who upgraded or bought a new phone are able to use them.

DO NOT DO THE 2.0 UPGRADE YET! It bricks your iPhone because the iTunes store is swamped right now. I had to leave my phone at home, bricked today until things calm down. It downloads the update, installs it, then the phone cannot register. Probably by tomorrow or so it will work.

[salter39]

Why is it that everyone is always afraid to be the first to download the latest Microsoft service pack, but we all get excited to be the guinea pig for the newest Apple upgrade. Now instead of a phone I have a brick. From now on i will treat Apple with the same speculation and doubt that I give to Microsoft. Im not a happy camper today, but its not like we all didnt see this coming.

[salter39]

WOOO HOOO!!!! Im in! Finally. If you havent upgraded to the 2.0 software i would hold off for a few days just incase.

[iwanttoplayfisch]

I cannot believe people in this country or any where else would waste the amount of money that these Iphones cost. They are just plain trash.