Friday July 11th marked the highly anticipated release of the iPhone 3G and the official introduction of the App store on the iphone and on iTunes. If you recall, when the iPhone was first introduced, the 3rd party activation service which required coordination with iTunes and AT&T failed miserably.  Well fast-forward a year later to 2008, and the same thing happened again!

While the fly factor of the 3G phone is just ok (slimmer profile, lighter weight, minor UI changes, etc.), one might begin to question Apple’s ability to partner in the telecom space to launch their products.

Were you impacted when you activated your (1G,2G, or 3G) iPhone? Would it cause you to reconsider a future iPhone purchase?