Another great overview from Jason Snell that continues the “evolution” theory of this hardware update.

In the face of the stepped-up competition, it’s possible to consider Apple’s new iPhone 3G S a minor step forward for Apple. After all, it looks almost identical to its predecessor, which itself offered very few changes from the original iPhone model. But with the iPhone 3G S, combined with the iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update, Apple has addressed all of its product’s key weaknesses while adding several important new strengths. Yes, the competition is much closer to Apple now than it was two years ago. But the iPhone 3G S makes it clear: Apple is still leading the pack, in most cases by a wide margin.

I should be getting one quite soon, and I’ll have my own thoughts on it shortly after.

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