This is a brief comparison of 3.0 vs the 2.x firmware.  2.x made the iPhone and iPod a legitimate device for people who didn't care for an overhyped media player.  3.0 turns the iPhone into a totally new device.  Why?  If the iPhone kept you connected to the world, it does so even better now.  For example, Textfree is a legitimate SMS replacement, now that you are notified at the instant you get an email.  New IMs are shown to you, wherever you are .  And the search and landscape features finally provide adequate flexibility to a virtual keyboard that Steve Jobs claimed was made to be changeable when he announced the iPhone 2 years ago.  I've had an iPhone or iPod touch since their release (an iPhone first, then an iPod touch) and I must say that I am impressed with all of the developments.  The devices have gone from a new gadget to show off to friends to a portable, innovate device that can do almost anything you want it to.

I'm finally updating my iPhone to 3.0.  I've been out of the country and unable to, but here I go.  I hope I backed everything up!


EDIT: Got 3.0 running.  It took a few minutes for push to start working.  Jailbreaking doesn't want to work, unfortunately, so I'll wait until QuickPwn is released for 3.0.  Watching some live baseball on MLB.com At Bat.  It took way too long to locate me, but it looks pretty good.  Hey, new text from Textfree, gtg!  :p