Trouble in iParadise

Greetings Faithful Reader...

Well, it's been awhile since I posted about my trusty little iPhone. Yes, I still love it. Yes, it still does many amazing things that I can't imagine living without. However...it is currently sick (in fact, even as I write this...it is buzzing for no reason). I have had to restore the software 5 different times and still not remedy to the problem.

What's the problem you might ask? Not sure. One day I had iTunes open...and my phone forgot who or what it was. The name of the phone disappeared from the column on the left hand side. I did a backup/restore and it seemed to be working fine. Then all of a sudden it flaked out again...only this time, the backup/restore took over 2 hours to finish. Now I am doing it for a record 5th time...with no guarantee that it will do anything to improve itself.

So far..all the support that I've received from my friends has been "See, I told you you should have upgraded." Folks, this has nothing to do with my iPhone being old at one year...it's just a little glitch that I hope to soon fix... It doesn't help matters that my wife just changed back to a "regular" cell phone (a Sony/Ericsson) with amazing sound quality and incredible reception even in the bomb shelter that is the Internet Campus studio.

On this week's episode of the WebChurch Podcast I even flirted with the idea of making my iPhone a WiFi enable iPod touch and going back to a better quality phone. After all, isn't that the purpose of carrying a cell phone? Making calls and getting good reception? I've also been told that the 3G phones have better call quality and sound...so maybe it's just a first gen problem.

Help me out faithful readers...what are your thoughts on this? To quote The Clash..."Should I stay (with iPhone) or should I go? (or should I upgrade it to 3G?)

BV