1.  TRANSFERRING A NUMBER - When transferring a number you are asked a couple questions.  First, you are asked your phone number to transfer.  I don't think this matters if you use a hyphen or not.  For the record, I didn't.  Next you are asked your account number.  This should be available on your bill from your current carrier.  Then you are asked for the billing zip code.  This is the tricky question as it is worded incorrectly.  What you actually want to use here is the original billing zip code that was used when your current account was first setup.  Finally, you are asked for the password for the account, if applicable.  For the record, I didn't have to enter one here.

2.  ERROR CONNECTING TO SERVER - Now, this issue is probably one of the most common issues when activating your service.  Apple's servers are actually the servers that are processing the orders.  When the orders have completed processing they are forwarded over to AT&T's activation team to be completed.  This error message means that the servers are overloaded or are experiencing some issues.  In order to overcome this problem you should eject the iphone, then re-mount it to itunes until you get another disappointing message...

Or, you may be lucky enough to get a success message in which case your activation should be completed rather quickly.  For the record, even though I received this disappointing message, I did get an email from Apple within 5 minutes that the activation had completed.  I have heard stories of people getting an email to contact iPhone/AT&T activation for additional setup support.  That number is 877-800-3701 for all of you so unlucky.

I hope that these tips help save some of your from being put on customer support hold.  Best of Luck.  Please share with us any tips you have have experienced with the activation process.

UPDATE:  The number has finally been ported.  It took just over 48 hours.  With a 20 hour window where neither phone had service.

Ok, I have seen some interesting server cooling solutions in my day, but I think this one definitely takes the first prize.  The funny thing about the whole solution is that there were a TON of LCD monitor boxes used.  So, surely someone could have afforded a much better solution to the problem.  Do they not have air conditioning, or is the server really letting out that much heat?

I am sure that many of your have already installed and tried Safari 3 beta.  For those of you have not, I would highly recommend it.  The speed of the browser that Jobs has boasted of actually lives up to the hype.  I have found the browser to be leaps and bounds over Safari 2, which honestly I was not a fan of at all.  So, if you are using or considering using the new version of Safari, there is a new feature that you can enable called "Web Inspector" for gathering information on the sites code.  Read on for all the details.