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| June 27, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Houston Chronicle. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Brad Hem

Jun. 27--For some, it doesn't matter whether Apple's iPhone lives up to the hype -- just as long as they can be the first to show it off to their friends.

Others are skeptical that the new cell phone/music-player/Web-browser will meet the high expectations when it is released at 6 p.m. Friday.

Count Martin Pedraza in the first group. He's planning to get in line today and camp out with his laptop and portable video game player until Friday evening. Pedraza, 28, is counting on buying two phones and selling the second for a profit to cover the cost of the one he keeps.

"I just like having the latest technology," said Pedraza, who also camped out for a PlayStation 3 last fall. "I…

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