iphone day, paidcontent & the Guardian

Unless you've been sleeping under a bridge for the past month, it should come as no shock to you that the biggest news story on the planet today is the release of the 3G iphone.  Last night the tech world went crazy as the first iphone apps were launched.  (nice marketing move by Apple to start the frenzy the night before the launch). 

TechCrunch thinks the new Facebook app is killer.

Here is a review of several other apps.  Kudos to my friends over at UrbanSpoon for their creativity.

Despite the hub-bub, I'm not going to get one.  I'm a crack-berry addict and can't imagine living without the keyboard. 

Here's a quick link to track all the iphone news from hundreds of sources. 
You can also register for socialmedian today using the special invite code "iphone3G" today only.


In other news of note -- highly significant to those of us in the social media world -- The Guardian is buying PaidContent for $30M.  Congrats to Rafat, Staci, and the team at PaidContent.  Fantastic story of new media tried-and-true journo's who perservered (at it for 6 years) and created one of the first must-read new media websites.  And, in The Guardian, they've got a great partner who really "gets it."

UPDATE:  Here's Rafat's post on paidcontent about the acquisition.