As of today, anyone in the Netherlands with a big bag of money can go to the T-Mobile store and purchase an iPhone 3g. The first person to get a hold of one is a guy called Edwin from Den Haag (The Hague), which is my town as well and about 15 minutes drive from Rotterdam, where T-Mobile debuted the iPhone.

Edwin waited for over 9 hours for the iPhone, and when asked what he was about to do when het would get home, he replied “charge it”. Duh.

Images are here: Link.

T-Mobile opened the doors of it’s store at midnight last night (CET). The company informed potential customers of a limited availability: 500 pieces only. No idea if there will be more and/or when there will be more.

T-Mobile was smart enough to offer drinks and snacks to the people waiting outside, and offered poncho’s for those who did not bring an umbrella (the wheather in the Netherlands has not been good lately).

Other stores will also sell the iPhone, but T-Mobile has the contract for at least three months without competition. Although KPN has stated the company will not carry the iPhone, strong rumors still say KPN will start carrying the iPhone soon. T-Mobile is not the best carrier in the Netherlands, where KPN and Vodafone are much better and more reliable. We’ll wait and see what happens.

At least we have one now, officially. It’s about time to start looking for a second hand first generation for me to play with. I haven’t got an iPhone as I am totally addicted to my Blackberry….

Press coverage is here, in dutch.