When the first wave of iPhones came out, there were three missing components that to me were deal-breakers:
- No GPS chip
- No third-party applications
- Slow broadband network
And while the iPhone 3G is not perfect (there are a whole bunch of “like to haves”, just no more “must haves”), I love the interface and I think coupled with my Mac at home, will be a very convenient way to take my personal computing mobile. I’m ready to jump in and buy an iPhone 3G. Trouble is, so is everyone else.
OK, definitely not “everyone”. There are iPhone haters for sure, and certainly a large number of fence-sitters who are waiting for still more features, or just to see how the 2.0 rollout shakes out. However, as reported on ZDnet, iPhone 3Gs are sold out nationwide and there won’t be any more for four weeks. I could understand the two-hour lines on launch day, even the three-hour lines the day after launch (it was a Saturday and more people have free time to stand in line). But a four week wait?!? That just sucks.
Taking the long view, I’ve lived without an iPhone this long. I can wait another four weeks. Hopefully by then, even more of the kinks will be worked out of the system, any my iPhone experience will be smooth sailing.