After coming up empty handed last Friday, I returned to an AT&T (NYSE: T) store early Saturday morning to give it another go. By 8:30 a.m. there was a line of about 25 strong waiting for their chance to shell out cash in this down economy for the new iPhone. Activation issues kept sales at a standstill for hours as the line moved at glacial speed. I was already kicking myself for not grabbing the first spot in line at 7:30 a.m. when I first drove by, but I didn
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