CNET’s Josh Lowensohn contributed to this report.
The widget is updated every day after 9 p.m. with the current stock of each store.
According to a man who checked all 188 Apple stores via the company’s iPhone Availability widget, the iPhone 3G is in very short supply, says Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog. In total, it appears the device is sold out in 21 states.
These days, Apple has enlisted a widget to deliver its bad news.
If you live in one of those states and are able to get a phone from an Apple store there Tuesday, let us know in the comments.
Though AT&T stores nationwide were also carrying the iPhone when it launched Friday, many of them are still sold out of the devices. All three AT&T stores in downtown San Francisco reported that they still don’t have any in stock as of 9:30 a.m. PDT Tuesday.
Updated at 10:04 a.m. PDT to correct the total number of Apple stores there were checked for
iPhone availability. The total is 188.
The list of states fresh out of iPhones includes: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin.