I won’t be buying a new iPhone tomorrow for a variety of reasons. I thought it might be important to note them now and perhaps see how my viewpoint changes over time.
While I’m quite excited about the iTunes App Store and real software for the iPhone, it’ll all run just fine on mine. The only piece of software that will convince me to go iPhone 3G will be a working GPS application. Read: An actual real-life GPS application like you’d have in your car.
I figure that one is quite a ways off, if at all even possible. I’ll leave that little piece of wizardry to Garmin or another big player but I bet it would be one of the most, if not THE most popular application for the iPhone.
Beyond that, it doesn’t do anything new. Edge speeds hardly ever bother me. Most of the time I have a wifi signal. What’s the point in upgrading if you don’t get an upgrade?
I don’t mean to nit-pick, but I think you mean iPhone 3G — not iPhone 2.0. You’ll need the 2.0 software to run those “real” apps
What’s really disappointing to me is that I don’t think you’ll be able to buy a 2G iPhone any longer. If I had to make a decision to buy a new iPhone tomorrow, I think I’d like the option of buying a 2G. Sure, the 3G is less expensive up-front, but long term you’ll be paying $10/mo more.
Once the hype dies down I’ll likely buy the iPhone 3G. It has taken about a year for it to come above the 49th parallel.
I’ve downloaded a couple of apps from the AppStore and eagerly awaiting the iPhone 2.0 software for the Touch so I can run these programs.
I agree that if Garmin hooked up with Apple for GPS support they could do wonders as Garmin is the market leader.
JC, what apps you guys are downloading from the AppStore?
I’ve already downloaded Google Mobile and NetNewsWire for the iPhone. I left my syncing cables at work though, so I can’t install the new firmware on my phone tonight (it is out in the wild if you search for it). I’ll have to wait until tomorrow morning. Doh!
Jaimie and I will be getting one tomorrow provided they are still in stock around lunch time. I sure am glad that I waited… now I can get 2 iPhones and a month or two of service for about what you paid for yours
Dom, yeah, but you’re paying $10 more a month. I’m sure it’ll take some time to add up, but in a year you’ll pay $120 more than me, and you and Jaimie combined will have paid $240 more than Adam and I. It’s not such a great deal…
Jay and Adam are just mad that their iPhones are out of date now!
Any recommendations for other apps to download?
I'm curious what your thoughts are a year later.