The original iPhone was easily the biggest mobile phone launch ever. The only forseeable way to to surpass it will be with the launch of the 3G. Knowing that, whether your company decides to promise an early online sale of the new phone, you’d better manufacture damn certain that your servers are up to handling it. I’m looking at you O2.

O2 decided to allow customers to place orders for the new iPhone 3G yesterday, promising that the new phone would be delivered promptly on

the 11th. However, the turnout was slightly more than they seemed to anticipate, as their site wasn’t able to keep up. Many customers were greeted with a variety of error messages, and weren’t able to actually place an order. As of now, the new iPhone is currently out of stock on their website. whether you didn’t manage to sneak through the errors somehow, it looks like you’d probably better get your camping gear out.

[via 9to5mac]

Original post by Scott Barr