When the iPhone first came out, I had absolutely no interest in it.  It was expensive, locked in to a single network, and worst of all, did not allow for the development of third party apps.

Today, however, I’m having trouble resisting the lure of Apple’s new 3G iPhone, set to release on July 11.  While it’s still technically tied to a single carrier (AT&T), it has become much more affordable.  At just $199 for the 8GB model, it’s pricing is close to that of most other smartphones.  Secondly, Apple has since released the iPhone SDK, which allows for the creation of third party applications, meaning the device becomes much more hackable.  The new model also includes 3G networking support (duh) and GPS.

While I wanted to hold out for a Google Android phone, this will be available sooner, and will probably be more polished, as this is Apple’s 2.0 release while Google is still working on their 1.0.