Why Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak lined up in LA for the new iPad

Anyone would feel bad about missing the new Apple iPad preorder period. It's pretty annoying having to stand in line to get your tablet, especially if you're at the end of a long and winding queue. But there was one person who lined up for the new iPad on his own volition when he could've easily got his hands on Apple's newest device — Steve Wozniak, also known as "the other Steve" of Apple.

Steve Wozniak, one of the co-founders of Apple, is in LA for a keynote speech. While visiting, he decided to line up outside of the Apple store in Century City for today's iPad 3 release. Woz was first in line. As he explains to Shira Lazar, it's become a "ritual" for him to line up for Apple releases. "It's not something you have to do," he says in the above interview. "Nobody has to wait in line. You can preorder." Also, if you're Steve Wozniak you can probably get your iPads in advance, for free. But as he says, he'd rather line up with other Apple fans.

Wozniak co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs in 1976. While he doesn't work full time for the company anymore, he's still an employee and a stockholder. His lining up outside an Apple Store doesn't mean it's excessively hard to find a device, though — it's a ritual that he's been doing for years. But while he's been first in line for many prior Apple devices, this time, there was someone else who got there before he did his wife.

 You can watch the entire chat with Wozniak above, where he also praised the features of the new iPad.