"Eager buyers are lining up at Apple stores on both coasts, playing Scrabble, eating pizza, and waiting patiently to be among first to own one of the highly-anticipated phones."

So goes CNN Money's deck in an article about how Apple fans are lining up coast to coast to be one of the first to fork over $500 or $600 for Apple's latest, and potentially revolutionary, concoction.

It all makes for some story. We don't think it beats the brain-eating zombie mob infiltrating an Apple Store last month, but the iPhone launch saga comes close.

iPhone mania hits flagship stores [CNN Money]