But after going up to them and getting a flier I notice it was something else and far from tech.  They where from a Union, Carpenters LU 405, and were upset over the fact a contractor that apple has hired is no longer using Union contractor.  A bit complicated, i know… Check out the flier

This is not a new issue for anyone that has had a business that does construction from time to time, and we have seen many company run afoul of Labor Unions, but, its a bit rare to see Apple names tied in it.  Also the novel way that these guys where doing it, almost in a “Union 2.0″ type of way (yes I just made that up) caught me off guard. No pickets, no yelling, nothing.  The lab coats kind of add that extra layer of geek to it that just makes it scream “silicon valley”.  All they need is to make a facebook group and start posting all over Digg about this and they will be complete.

You can check out the rest of the photos here: http://flickr.com/photos/zuhaib/sets/72157606992531187/

ie:

{"name":"MacArthur Center","storeid":"R211","city":"Norfolk","url":"\/retail\/macarthurcenter\/",
"available":{"black8":true,"black16":false,"white16":true}}

that shows that MacArthur Center in Norfolk is already out of 3G 16GB Black iPhone (wow that is a mouth full).  But is in stock for 8GBs Black and 16GB White.

The top says it has a date but it seems to be more abou the launch time then when it was late updated as when I checked at 12pm PDT everything was “true” but now already about 5pm PDT things are showing up false at some stores, and guess what? Its mostly the 16GB Black ones.  I have not fully checked it out, as, I wanted to pownce and post this up on my blog first =P

They might just be updating it for 9pm for people on the east coast but it wont hurt to get an extra peak under the hood.  Also it shows that mabe the reports of the holdback might not be true as they are reporting no stock of the the 16GB Black phones.  Hope this helps anyone looking to buy a 3G iPhone (I will be waiting as I am having a lot of fun right now with my old one).