MuniWireless

I have been thinking of getting the new 3G iPhone, but refuse to stand in line with the rest of the Apple fanboys and fangirls. Today my resistance nearly broke down until I read an article by Susan Hanley about why she returned the iPhone after only six days. She must have been the only person rushing to the Apple store to return the device. Why did she return it? Lousy battery life, expensive battery replacement, poor synchronization with Outlook and MobileMe (formerly .Mac), motion sensor failure. What she loved about the iPhone: very cool applications, Visual Voicemail and stunning user interface.

In the past few days, a lot of people have been reporting problems with MobileMe, in one extreme case someone lost all of her email after attempting to synchronize with MobileMe. My friends who have the old (and new) iPhone say that when they downloaded new applications from the Apple app store, they don’t appear, or they don’t work well.

I still want to get the iPhone. I am going down to the Apple store in San Francisco on Friday to replace the battery on my Mac Book Pro. I scheduled an early appointment to see if the queue for the iPhone is not ridiculously long. I may just join it.

Tell me what you think. Should I get the new iPhone or not?