Waiting for iPhone... until 6 p.m. local time

(AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

Lines are forming at Apple and AT&T stores across the country today as eager consumers wait to buy the new iPhone. The gadgets go on sale at 6 p.m. in each time zone.

More from the AP on the iPhone release:

• AP technology writer May Wong has today's story out of San Francisco on the iPhone release.
• Should you get an iPhone? AP technology writer Peter Svensson has a buyer's guide.
• You're going to need iPhone accessories. AP technology writer Rachel Konrad has that story.
• AP business writer Alex Veiga on how the iPhone will affect the music industry.
• AP Internet writer Anick Jesdanun reports that speculators are grabbing iPhone domain names.
• And then take a look back, with asap's video tour of the evolution of the telephone.

-- Caryn Rousseau