As geeks the world over slowly recover from the lingering effects of the Jobs Reality Distortion Field, I imagine more than a few are going, “Uh, that’s it?”

The keynote itself was something of a let down. No new, non-wussy (as opposed to the Mac Mini), non-sissy (as opposed to the iMac) mid-range desktop, no MacBook EEE, no “one more thing”. I mean, really, after he pulled that stunt and introduced the I-still-want-one-btw G4 Cube back in 2000, he set a bar of expectation he’s not likely to clear or live down any time soon (although he did come close last year).

But it’s the iPhone 3G that’s really got me going, “Ooh, bulk delete. Big. Whoop.”

Sure, there’s more to it than that, but do they really think they’re “taking it to the next level” with this thing?

Seriously, dude, we know 3G is faster. No need to convince us. We’re the choir. In fact, we were the preachers when you were still in the choir.

Yes, the styling still trumps all, but the hardware feature set is woefully previous gen in the mobile phone industry. And while the interaction and integration on the software side have always impressed, I expected more from a company with significant experience in producing a full-fledged, mass-market desktop operating system. It’s not like they’ve never done an address book or an email application before. So why are the little things which make these useful and usable 2.0 features when they could have been – should have been – in 1.0?

GPS, contact search, enterprise support, iWork/Office doc support, image saving, a decent headphone jack… can you honestly tell me no one thought of any of these things in the two and half years they were putting together the first iPhone?

The App Store looks promising, but if they really think “there’s never been anything like it… for getting apps from developers to users” then they weren’t paying attention to the iPhone hacking community which produced something that matches Apple’s offering practically feature for feature. That’s a real shame considering the broad range of innovative and useful applications that community produced.

The integrated experience mobileme is set to offer actually looks pretty cool. Not €99-a-year cool, but I have to admit it was pretty slick. That demo had to be one of the most impressive displays of leveraging Ajax technologies to create a supremely seamless user experience. But OTA syncing isn’t exactly new. And there are providers who offer free Exchange services out there. Although, really, it’s the €99 I’m having trouble with.

Oh, and the “big news”… $199. Thud!

C’mon. The only way you can believe you can pay just that much for an iPhone 3G is if you actually also believe you can get it for just €1 in Germany. A $199 subsidized iPhone 3G doesn’t cost half a $399 iPhone with a pay-as-you-go/prepaid contract.

So, the iPhone 3G, not exactly next-level – some would argue it’s barely entry-level.

… bet you’re ass I’m getting one. But I’m thinking, as with the first one, I’ll hang back and wait a while. Unless, you know, I don’t….