So I have been using the iPhone OS 3.0 for a while now (thanks to my being a developer), and it's been pretty great. There were some bugs and crashes early on, but by beta 5, it's become pretty solid. Yesterday Apple announced the next version of iPhone software, and I must say that with the new 3.0 running on the new iPhone 3G S, the iPhone will be very very close to being everything I want it to be.
Here's my list of issues with the iPhone 3G running OS 2.2.1
Lame, no focus, no video camera
Lack of search
Lack of voice control
Lack of tethering
Lack of compass (I often have to figure out which way I'm facing in google maps)
Inability to download over 10 MB from the iTunes store/app store over the cell network
Battery life
There are some more, but these are most of the big ones.
With the exception of the 10 MB limit (and we'll see about the battery life), all of these issues are addressed through a combination of OS 3.0 and iPhone 3G S. This means that I will have no choice but to sell my 3G and buy a 32 GB 3G S.
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