Today at 6pm I finally got my hands on the new iPhone OS 3.0.I was reallyu excited about downloading the 230Mb file that would transform my iPhone into the best mobile device in the world.

Sadly that wasn’t to be. The things that I had been looking forward to the most don’t actually function properly. For instance, I’ve been going on about MMS for a long while now and whilst it does send MMS messages, it isn’t able to receive them. You still have to go to the O2 website to retrieve any images sent to you.

Another disappointment is the Tethering feature. Whilst it is there and apparently functioning, it will cost you to use it. O2 have decided to charge £14.68 per month for 3Gb of data transfer, or £29.36 for 10Gb of data transfer. I see this as O2 trying to make a quick buck out of us. How can they justify these charges when the iPhone contracts come with unlimited WiFi and Data Transfer as standard?

What does work well is the Spotlight Search and Audio Memo’s, but that’s about it. I’ve been reading on Twitter that a lot of people have been having trouble with activating their iPhones after they updated.

I do sometimes wonder if Apple hype up their products too much and release them too soon before proper testing. I have no doubt that iPhone OS 3.0.1 will be out soon to fix some bugs that have crept in to this all singing all dancing release.

Oh, I’ve not been able to figure the cut, copy and paste out either, but that may be just me doing something wrong. I wait with baited breath and with hope that Apple and O2 sort this out sooner rather than later.