Dane Gonsalves, 25, of Honolulu, walks into the AT&T/Cingular store at 1067 Kapiolani Blvd. tonight to buy an Apple iPhone. Kawehi Fleming, right, applauds along with other store employees as the shoppers came in. Gonsalves was the first in line when he arrived at the store at 6 a.m. today. JOAQUIN SIOPACK | The Honolulu Advertiser

Maria Stewart, 24, of Waikiki, had enough time while she and a friend kept their place in line today to go back and forth between the store and Hawai'i Pacific University. She said she was able to take a final exam, and now expects to graduate.

"I'm really excited to go home and try it out," said Stewart, who bought a phone for herself.

Almost 100 people were waiting in line at 6 p.m., when the store began selling the iPhones.

Troy Wong, 13, an eighth-grader at Maryknoll School, who also got a phone, said, "It's awesome. It's just like the videos I saw on the Internet."