Mr. Forlines had created softwareapplicationsfor a device called the "DiamondTouch, " a tabletop touch-screen computer that Samsung discussed at length at the end of Monday's proceedings.
While customers streamed by to grab iPads, software developers who had created applicationsfor the new device were eager to talk to the reporters who had come to cover the frenzy.
The last element that will help Apple hit its 2008 sales target of 10 million iPhones is slated to be unveiled Thursday: a software kit that will help third-party developers construct applicationsfor the device.