Ever since Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 3G, we’ve been waiting for this moment - the time when Tom Dickson from Will It Blend? destroys the over-hyped, twice-as-expensive, underpowered device in one of those monster Blendtec blenders.
Fortunately, it didn’t take long:

OK. Maybe we’re just a little bitter that 3G coverage is non-existent in Iowa.
But you [...]

Apple today put the iPhone 3G on sale and officially launched the App Store with more than 500 downloadable applications.
While the iPhone 3G is an important release, the App Store transforms the device from being a cell phone to being a platform.
For people interested in new media, today marks the day that the iPhone becomes [...]

First reviews of Apple’s iPhone 3G are getting published by Apple’s traditional press partners, and they are, to no surprise, generally favorable:
Walt Mossberg:
“I’ve been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks, and have found that it mostly keeps its promises. In particular, I found that doing email and surfing the Internet typically was [...]

Apple & AT&T stores are expected to open at 8am Friday, July 11th to launch the iPhone 3g.
While the company hasn’t released an official press announcement, it doesn’t need to. There are already people waiting in line at some stores, and the launch is likely to be the most heavily hyped tech introduction of the [...]

Despite Steve Jobs’ best efforts to spin the new iPhone 3G’s cost, the real user costs are starting to emerge, and it’s not pretty.
The iPhone 3G isn’t just more expensive to buy with an AT&T contract, but it’s more expensive to buy if you plan on using it “unlocked”:

Subscribers can buy the iPhone 3G for [...]

Time’s Jeremy Caplan writes that the “iPhone’s next frontier” is - OMG! - porn.
iPhone porn that threatens today’s youth.
Check out the drippingly lurid intro to Caplan’s article:
“Apple may be golden because of the iPhone, but the soon-to-be-updated device is also increasingly the source of forbidden fruit. Steve Jobs’ company is keeping a civil, if embarrassed, [...]

Apple today updated the iPhone, introducing the iPhone 3G.
The iPhone 3G is an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary update. The phone’s network speed is about twice as fast, at least where AT&T has coverage, and Apple has added GPS positioning. Apple has also added Exchange support, to attract business users.
On the downside, Apple has effectively raised [...]