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With seven types of guitar tunings available, two modes either auto-detect whatever string the input is closest to or let you choose which string to tune (with reference tones played in the earphones). A unique “waterfall strobe” tuner picks up very sensitive pitch fluctuations. 

A quick check of Apple's iPhone 3G Availability page, shows exactly one store in the United States with available iPhones.

The Pleasanton Apple Store still has black 16GB iPhone 3G's in stock according to Apple.   

Readers have informed us that AT&T stores are giving 14 to 21 day wait times for deliveries of the device.

If you're looking for a black 16GB iPhone 3G, you might want to get down to Pleasanton real quick.

No one wants to get up early on the weekend to get an iPhone only to be turned away by a sold out sign.

Fortunately, Apple has posted the Apple Retail Store iPhone Availability page. You can check the availability of each type of iPhone 3G on a store by store basis.

Those who lust after the iPhone 3G should check the site after 9 p.m. the night before they plan on visiting their local Apple Store. Sales begin at 8 a.m.

With only an hour to go here in the great state of California, early adopters lined up for the iPhone 3G are in good spirits.

While the rest of the world is already wallowing in iPhone 3G nirvana, at least we know we're not last to get the iPhone 3G. There is always Hawaii and Alaska.

China will get its first Apple retail store this summer according to an article in Shanghai Daily.

Apple China’s website announced that the new store will be located in the Sanlitun area of Beijing, the city’s most fashionable district. The Shanghai Daily says that an industry insider has tipped them off with some details, “Apple will open the three-floor store on July 19 and will open a second Retail Store in Beijing during the Olympics.”  The Chinese newspaper also postulates that the new iPhone may join the other Apple products available in the new stores.

There has been no official word from Apple China on the exact opening dates and times of these new stores.

Army Retail Strong

The U.S. Army recruiting center in New York City looks like a standard office, with desks and PCs. Pictures of the newest recruits line an office wall, and posters of soldiers dominate the other side. At the far end is a doctor’s scale. And except for two friendly recruiters (one of whom is surprisingly tech-savvy), the center is empty.

The Apple Store on Fifth Avenue is white and clean, and bustling with activity. Patrons glide from station to station, playing with the iPods, checking their email at the computers. At any given moment, a dozen employees are answering questions or demonstrating their favorite tech toys. Business is brisk.