Updating, Or At Least Trying To

I'm finally downloading the new software for my iPhone -- iPhone 3.0.  I say "finally" even though the new software has been out less than a week because David downloaded it the moment it came out and my friend Elizabeth had it even before the official release because her husband is an iPhone developer.  So even downloading the new software on day six makes me a relatively late adopter in the iPhone world.  I've been quite geeked about the idea of being able to search the phone and copy/paste, but not quite geeked enough to actually go to the trouble of taking my laptop to a cafe, which is the only way to do it since my pirated wireless connection at home is not nearly up to the task.  In fact, I haven't even synced my phone in months because it doesn't seem worth it when I can't download podcasts.  And then today, when I did plug it in to sync, I had about fifty million podcasts that I had subscribed to ages ago (in iPhone time, that is) and had never been able to download because my internet connection wasn't fast (or reliable) enough.  Not that I ever even listen to my podcasts!  I have this great toy that does so much and makes my life way easier, yet I just don't seem to have the time (or attention perhaps?) to figure out all its fantastic capabilities.  I barely even have any music on it because I seem to not have configured iTunes correctly.  Now I'm realizing that the download will take about an hour, and I only gave myself twenty minutes -- woe is me!