Using the iPhone, unstable.

I haven’t really been able to reap the benefits of 2.0 (2.0.2 rather) because (for reasons I have yet to identify) my iPhone (not an iPhone 3G, no GPS) kept crashing, almost immediately-after removing it from it’s dock!

When a premier phone is reduced to waiting through one-hour backups and syncs, simply to “Restore” from an older (hopefully more stable) backup… instead of getting totally stressed-out and upset, I try to be glad that I didn’t wait in a ridiculously long line to get the iPhone 3G.

The iPhone was revolutionary before web-apps, when it was “just” email, web, and the expected “Apple ease-of-use.” Stability wasn’t an issue—I didn’t know that the phone could crash! I was happy with the phone, then… before ever “purchasing” a “free” application from the App Store. Why can’t I go back?

Forgetting the $60-something spent on the new apps… imagine buying a 6-speed manual transmission sports-car—and never using the fifth and sixth gear. Chances are, that same car manufacturer (at some point) produced 4-speed manual cars…

“Who needs anything more?”

I do.

I removed my favorite game, Aurora Feint. It is unstable. I removed Graffitio and several other apps, downloaded THQ’s “de Blob,” and everything seems to be okay, for now. de Blob is fun.

Tangentially: Jaiku is back. Unlimited invites, so if you want a Jaiku invite, comment. I’ll use your provided email (unless otherwise specified). Not sure how long “unlimited” will last.