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

Gadget website Gizmodo also received reports of iPhones being bricked from the update and the official Apple iPhone discussion forum is, as one can expect, flooded with issues that arose from the new update.

Lost apps during upgrade, lack of MMS, mail client crashing while checking, iPhone backup hanging up and dozens of other problems encountered by iPhone users worldwide. Expect the number to grow over the next few days.

Some of the issues though are related to the network rather than the OS upgrade itself. AT&T users won't be able to get MMS and tethering until the end of the year.

For those still stuck with bricking phones, Gizmodo simply recommends connecting and disconnecting the device a couple of times until it gets authenticated.

And if you want to follow in real time the trouble that iPhone users all around the world are living through, head over to Twitter, using the search string "iphone fail". Just as a reminder, the iPhone 3.0 OS is free for all iPhone users and costs £5.99 for iPod touch. Oh and disclaimer, I don't own an iPhone.