If you go down the shops today, you're sure going to be in for a big surprise. Not really, if you want a shiny new 3G iPhone then today is really not a good day to get one.

Even though this is the first day the new Jesus phones go on sale to the great unwashed, sorry the general public. According to O2, each store will only have a few dozen of the mobiles in stock for eager customers wishing to have a little of the Apple magic brush off on them. Also, you'll need two forms of identification as well as a credit or debit card. The process is going to take about 20 minutes so be prepared for you boss not believing you when you say the Central Line at Northolt got delayed, no one will believe you!!

If you do get you hands on an iPhone, at least when you've got bored of making calls, using the GPS, taking pictures or even, dare we say it, listening to something on iTunes, then at least you'll be able to play a few games.

There should be around 160 games at launch available through the iPhone App Store and one such game on sale is Sega's Super Monkey Ball. The game covers five worlds and 110 separate stages. The game is a bit Wii-like in as far as it taking advantage of the iPhone's motion-sensing capabilities. The game will set Iphone users back £5.99.

As well as games, the new iPhone will be able to run applications not just from Apple but form third party producers. More than 500 apps will feature in the store and around 25 percent of them being absolutely free. A special link here will take people to the new iPhone iTunes App Store.

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