In preparation for a vacation, I took the plunge and updated my iPhone's OS to 3.0.  I wish I could have waited longer but more and more official apps are dropping support for 2.2, including a trip planner I need.  A jailbreak is already available for 3.0 (and the new 3GS) but most unofficial cydia apps do not work yet after the update.  Fortunately, SBSettings, the must-have dashboard app does work.  I'm not impressed at all with Apple's version of copy/paste and overall don't see much advantage to the update except that I can now run new applications.

Here's what I miss most (and hope that they'll be fixed to work on jailbroken 3.0 soon!):

• iTypeFastR - the best custom keyboard layout featuring larger keys for most common keystrokes, numpad, smileys and more...truly enables faster touch typing
• hClipboard - clipboard and copy/paste management from a custom keyboard that far exceeds Apple's
• Snapture - think Apple's camera app is simple?  Ever try taking a self-portrait?  Hitting the camera button without looking is almost impossible. Snapture makes this dead-simple by letting you tap anywhere to take a picture and has extra features like multi-shot and delay.

Spotlight is just about the only 3.0 enhancement that Apple got spot on. It basically mimics the QuckGold jailbreak app.  I want my tricked out 2.2.1 back. :-(