There isn't much of a difference if you compare a regular iPhone 3G with the new iPhone 3GS. And like someone said, it was only released for kicks because it's a new year and what not. If you actually catch up with some of the news articles that were posted around the internet, you'll know that profits from the 3GS weren't nearly as good as that of the 3G.I think the only reason people would buy the new iPhone would be just to say they have it. If you know how to jailbreak your iPhone with a little tinkering here and there, you'd have the same pieces of software on a regular 3G that would be found on a 3GS.