Here's a queue of people outside the Apple Store in Los Gatos, California, waiting for the release of the iPhone 4S.
And there's no mistaking the figure sitting at the head of the line: it's Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Woz is still officially an Apple employee - his number on the Apple payroll is 1 - and he could surely just have made a phone call to get his new 4S. But he says he enjoys waiting with fellow Apple fans.
Woz arrived outside the store a full 18 hours before the doors opened for the iPhone 4S.Seconds later, an enthusiastic man in a yellow polo shirt positioned his two kids near the computer legend and pleaded for him to pose. Wozniak immediately sprang to his feet with a grin on his face.People brought iPhones, iPods and iPads for Wozniak to sign with a marker. "Now your phone is not going to be worth as much when you sell it," Wozniak said to one woman before signing her iPhone 4.
Fans gave Wozniak their condolences over the late Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who died last week. Flowers, partially eaten apples and notes were laid in front of Apple Stores around the world, including this one, where the memorial was set just a few feet from Wozniak's spot in line.
Wozniak explained that sending flowers or onetime celebrations are the kinds of traditions he and Jobs agreed were unnecessary. However, he talked openly about how much he misses his high-school pal, with whom he built a technology empire.
(Via: CNN)
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