Configuring alot of iPhones? I configured a bunch of iPads at my previous job, and I had to do it one at a time.  Granted, there were only like 6 of them, but I am wondering what I would do if I needed to configure a whole bunch of iDevices.  I know at the Apple Store they apply updates on a bunch of them without taking them out of the package, so there must be some sort of way to do this.
The Apple Configurator was made for this exact reason: easy deployment of iOS devices in large numbers.