Apple iPhone 3.0 Software Update : Cupertino, We've Got A Problem

The launch of the iPhone 3.0 software update is the prelude to the big Kahuna, the rolling out of the iPhone 3G S across hundreds of stores worldwide on Friday.

Yet today's release has, according to many, been marred by a number of issues that have prevented existing iPod touch and iPhone users from updating their favourite devices to the latest OS.

Apple's servers were apparently swamped by the sheer number of download requests. Softsailor reported that the iPhone 3.0 activation server was temporarily unavailable and that the MobileMe service was sluggish or inaccessible at times. Likewise, we did report earlier today that the Singaporean Apple iPhone server was behaving weirdly.

But that was not the only issue. A CNet reader, Michael Samstag, told the online tech news website that the new OS 3.0 might have damaged his iPhone. He said “It has the ‘connect to iTunes’ message and will only allow emergency calls, I signed up for the ‘Apple callback’ for tech support and they called back and put me on hold for 20-minutes. Then the call got disconnected and now the earliest callback time is between 6:15 p.m. EDT and 6:30 p.m. EDT. So, I’m looking at having no cell for a minimum of three hours, probably longer.”