Apple iPhone 4 Pre-Ordering Is a Total Disaster

The iPhone 4's first pre-ordering day has been a total disaster. AT&T's online system has collapsed, there are account security breaches, Apple's online upgrades are down, and stores are now using pen and paper to process sales.

The photo of the line above was taken in NYC, but it has been happening all over the country. It is not even to pick up the phone itself, but to pre-order it. People are giving their credit card information to be put on a list to have a place in another line on June 24, when the iPhone 4 actually goes on sale.

The reason for the long lines, however, is AT&T's ordering system. Readers in the comments are reporting that the systems are collapsed everywhere. Here's what our own Kyle VanHemert had to endure this morning:

They're just using some web interface, not the exact same customers are using online, but not much better. It's probably the same servers. Basically, they were getting one pre-order thru every 20 minutes. They said the problem was system wide. Here's how it worked: They just kept mashing on the 'submit' button and getting error after error. On the umpteenth try, it'd go through and then the next step, whatever that was, would get error after error. After a long time, it would finally go through. What's worse is that the first step of the process reups your 2 year contract, so you can't walk away if you get fed up. I had to stick around until it went through, or i'd have a new contract but no subsidized phone.

 

Update 1: Apple's processing system seems to be collapsed too. The reason: The iPhone upgrades depend on AT&T account server.

Update 2: Some readers are reporting security breaches while trying to access their accounts online. At least two people have ended inside other people's accounts: 

Source: Internet 

My Dry Pen

I was reading Harry Potter on a cool spring evening. Whata book, nicely written script; cool background music; thrilling twists; perfect casting; and smooth ending. Ya everything just went inside my mind. Cha, J.K.Rowling sema lucky, just in one book she got popular all over the world. Now Harry Potter has got crazy die hard fans, including my friend Nihahs. I think these people might've read the whole series much more times than the number of publishes[lolz funny, it goes beyond millions] Next to her i wanna see Chetan Bagat experiencing his IIT life. I read his 'two states' in a single dip in 15 hours. His book is now popular indian movie 3 Idiots. Mmm then... ah the famous five, tom sawyer and huckleberry finn, Cindrella, Jack and his bean stalk, King solomen's mines, journey to the centre of earth, around the world in 80 days, 1000 leagues under the sea, snow white and the dwarfs, aladdin, alice in wonderland, charlie and his chocolate factory, repunzen, robinson cruso, treasure island, goosebumps... which we read in childhood are a very good memory. Brought up around a lot of books, we are fed up with a library inside. While reading all these books, i used to think of myself being a author of a book. Not much, just being a good author. Ok i take my pen and paper (or laptop for innovation) and start writing some story no one has ever written. Hmm, what type of story to write??? There started my search of idea of a story....

I cant find a base no one has ever used. Whatever i write i'll just be scribbling over a written note. Lets start our search with romance, good choice romance stories never end and always there is something new. But there's a problem in it. Romance... errr... i am no romeo, when it comes to romance i wont feel like being in it. So [temporarily] leave romance. Yet i must say there are quite a lot books on romance and my favourite is Twilight. Ok next Fantasy. This is My area :D my virtual reality has much effects in it. Lets write something like once there lived a boy named Bharay Walker, he is a gifted boy with extradinary magical powers. But a villian killed his parents when he was born. He is taken care by his relatives. Then begins his destiny. Ooo, that's Harry Potter, right? k nevermind. How about this, earth is attacked by creatures from other planets, some unholy deathly creatures. At that time of crisis a young boy comes to know that he got the powers no other human has. When he comes to ask his parents, they were killed. The story goes like this, he finds himself also protecting the world. howz it? err.. sounds more like superman history. K a world of halfdead and humans; powerfull heros; great wars... simillar to Lord of Rings. Hey i introduce dragon(already done a dozen of times). My dragon can fly as well as swim, it can spill both fire and frost. And a small boy becomes friendly by fate. hurray! i found a story at last. jolly jolly [guy nearby]:Dei Bradd that seems to be like combination of eragon and water horse. Vade poche(omg) k i'll get something better. Ok am boring you... enough. Cha whatever i try to write about, there is always something simillar. OK switch topic - drama or history. If i combine these words the thing that comes to my mind is Mr.Shakespeare, the author of English (literally). He's written all kind of drama, comedy and history. I am great fan of his words, that i memorized all the lines of antony's agony in Julies caeser " Et' tu brute ". He he he, how can i write something the all great shakespeare wrote decades ago. I'll be caught for copywrite. so leave drama, comedy and history. Now whats left? crime. let me tell you one truth now, to write these crime and detective novels you must've worked in NIA of america(lolz). Seriously read the books of Sherlock Holmes and Sidney shelton. We couldn't guess how the author had driven the story and solved all the puzzles. Of course am not that much talented (if i were, i wudn't be here :p)... so pathetic

Sitting idle with hand numb, staring above;

i had my try.

For books, though i showed my love;

My pen is dry.

Err... Let me start

like usual i was a little harsh to my myself last night. ya sometimes i feel i cant control my own senses. being an hardcore pro gamer, i was playin in my lappy :p when i saw the sun rising beyond the horizon and shining in my screen. yet i didnt realise the effect of time... i move my laptop to a shady place and kept playing. at last i looked back to see the time which was barely visible as 7 O' clock... OMG, this s time for breakfast. my teammate vcxvcv left the room at

5:30 to sleep and now its 7!!! we were playing multiplayer all night :D planning we'll study in the day time. we are just night crawlers ;-) but i cant feel the pressure my body is taking... Steel Body'la adan lolz :P k i shudnt sleep here aftr, else i cant hav my breakfast. mmm... k lets text some gals and giv 'em a shock am bein so early and i texted Miss.D, Miss.L and Miss.K... actually the funny thing is that i got dumbstuck as they got a reason they are late today. sss, girls are

always girls :p. Thanks to Miss.L who said she may sleep again, i relieved from my shock... K now its time to go eat. i know vcxvcv wont wake up, so i tried to bring the conscience of Mr.Dave... Ah i failed in my attempt and

Zzzz Zzz Zzz..... Zzzzz............

(what are u expecting?? i slept ya ^_^ Zzz....)