iPhone users are reporting a less than smooth transition with today’s much hyped, tweeted and blogged about iPhone 3.0 OS update.

It’s nearly impossible to keep up with the stream of complaints on Twitter, with many users reporting they ”cannot be updated at this time because the iPhone activation server is temporarily unavailable.” A handful of users are reporting their “activation network cannot be found,” including one unlucky Gizmodo staffer. Some tweets also refer to the phone going into “emergency mode,” rendering it unusable save for 911 calls. And a CNET reader sent in a harrowing tale of being cast adrift in a sea of iPhonelessness by the fruity computer giant- until at least 6pm!

“…Reader Michael Samstag wrote in to say his iPhone was rendered unusable when he tried to install the update. “It has the ‘connect to iTunes’ message and will only allow emergency calls,” he says. “I signed up for the ‘Apple callback’ for tech support and they called back and put me on hold for 20-minutes. Then the call got disconnected and now the earliest callback time is between 6:15 p.m. EDT and 6:30 p.m. EDT. So, I’m looking at having no cell for a minimum of three hours, probably longer.”

(Lest I sound unsympathetic, I am among the “without a landline” folk, so if this update breaks my phone I will be royally pissed off, and sans phone. I’m still installing the hell out of iTunes updates to get to the iPhone update. iFeelYourPain, Michael.)

Others are reporting minor but annoying glitches such as popular apps Fring and Skype not working. There are scattered reports of problems of proportional importance, such as losing contacts or all your text messages. Still, some users are focusing on the positive, as seen on Twitter:

Thanks to iPhone OS 3 now I can text photos of my d**k rather than having to email them. It’s about time.

[Image: Gizmodo]

Apple Fail: iPhone 3.0 OS update breaking some phones is a post from: The Inquisitr

Antsy iPhone customers have been anxiously refreshing their browsers all morning as news of iPhone 3GS delivery fluctuates, just wanting to know when their damn iPhones will be released.

UPS delivery estimates have gone from June 18th to June 23rd, and customers awaiting shipment say UPS is holding the package regionally. PC World is reporting that holds are at the request of Apple. According to Apple Insider, this isn’t the first time Apple has teased fangirls and fanboys by dangling new toys just to snatch them away, even after they’ve been received:

Apple has several times in the past shipped products such as iLife and iWork ahead of their launch date. In some of those cases, customers actually received their orders early but were later asked to surrender them back to the shipping company for re-delivery a few days later at Apple’s request.

Oh, no they did not! Seriously? Who does that?

The new iPhone OS 3.0 update is also nowhere in sight, and Apple is frustratingly tight-lipped about the release time. Estimates seem to center around 1PM EST, possibly as late as 2:30- well into the evening hours in Europe and some other places that are not America. Just in case you live under a rock, the anticipated updates include copy & paste functions, landscape typing, MMS and voice memos.

Apple on iPhone 3GS: we’ll be there when we get there is a post from: The Inquisitr