---
title: "iPhone 3G In The Flesh"
date: 2008-07-10
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2008"
    url: "/tag/2008.md"
---

# iPhone 3G In The Flesh

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20081221211806im_/http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2657726298_525614883f_m.jpg)While the US waits agonizingly for their 3G iPhones to arrive, some of us have been playing with our new toys 🙂 There’s been a lot of excitement over the [App Store](https://web.archive.org/web/20081221211806/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/apples_iphone_app_store_launch.php) today, and on first inspection there are some outstanding iPhone apps available. Right now the top 5 apps are: Sega’s Super Monkey Ball, MLB.com At Bat, Enigmo, OmniFocus, and Cro-Mag Rally. No I’ve never heard of them either. I guess we will soon enough. See below for the RWW editor’s first pics of his new unwrapped white 16GB iPhone…

**Note:** You can view an optimized version of ReadWriteWeb (as the above screenshot shows) on your iphone at: [http://m.readwriteweb.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20081221211806/http://m.readwriteweb.com/).

**Update:** Here’s a shot of the old and new phone side by side, care of my friend Mark.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/iphone_3g_in_the_flesh.php))*