O2 claim they have a special iPhone support line - dial 2302 free from your iPhone. Indeed, apparently they hired 1400 extra staff to man the lines.
I have no idea where they got them.
When phoning up to ask:

Is there any way of finding out how many characters I’ve typed in an sms (or […]

A lot of things have gotten nicer over the years. Features are added to OSes that make life so much easier, gadgets become slicker and better at knowing what we want to do. We all know that sigh of “ahh, why didn’t they do that before!”
Also, most people customise their 404 error pages to be […]

The first of a few iPhone reviews.
Now, obviously the iPhone is better than my old phone, an XDA Exec hopelessly laden down with the crud that O2 load onto it. But the reason for its inclusion here is so no-one gets the impression I’m leaping on an Apple bandwagon. I’d love to have waited until […]

As I said, I activated this in the pub with the aid of Stewart’s MacBook Pro and his 3G phone. Here are some photos (mostly of me grinning inanely)…
Opening ceremony:

Activation:

Activated!

Comparing old & new:

Got to O2 in Broadmead at 5:30pm (iPhone went on sale at 6:02pm). Was tenth in the queue.
Bought the phone and a belt case, and went to the Hillgrove to meet up with some friends. Stewart had his MBPro and a phone with which to get internet access, so activated it in the pub. Now, […]