Business users meet gatecrashers at UK iPhone launch

Although it wasn't easy to find anyone in the queue who intended to use the iPhone for business, there were some. Web designer Miles Tinsley, a self-employed and established Mac fan, seemed keen to make use of the device's Safari browser for work.

"I'll be chucking out my Nokia," he told ZDNet.co.uk. Tinsley, who was switching operator from Vodafone to O2 to use the iPhone, said he intended to use Apple's web-based MacMail system, as well as the iCal calendar application. "A lot of my work is with web pages anyway," he said. "I'll use the iPhone when I haven't got my laptop."