[quote=meadandale]If it was unsuitable for the 3G it shouldn’t have been offered as an upgrade for me in itunes. It’s not like I went out of my way to install this. Itunes prompted me “there is an upgrade available for YOUR phone…”[/quote]

Well, it still works. Just a little slow, as to be expected. You certainly had the option to not install it. I know that I personally research any new software that is “pushed” to me before installing it because I like to know what’s being installed on my devices.

I’m not volunteering to be the Apple apologist on this board, it just seems that peoples’ expectations of technology don’t seem to match up with the reality these days. The average lifespan of a cell phone is 14 months. The 3G was released in July of 2008, so you’re now at 24 months. It is unrealistic to expect that software released last month will run quickly on a device that is two years old. Two years is ancient technology in the mobile space, and in two years we’ll all probably be complaining about how slow iOS5 runs on our iPhone 4’s.