An iPhone 3G falls into the hands of an enterprise user and mobile developer. Here's the transcript of the first day's activities. iPhone 3G is here, on schedule. Thank you, Apple.10:30 AM: FedEx arrives. The driver winks when I get packages from Cupertino11:00 AM: The great unboxing. “Unboxing.” Now I am a pedigreed gadget blogger. My device, a black-backed, 16GB iPhone 3G, arrived fully charged and with a telephone number already assigned. That’s not how individual buyers get it, but it may mirror the experience of an employee receiving a company-provisioned device. The iPhone 3G box contains: The iPhone 3G handset, wrapped in a sheet of protective, mildly adhesive (not static cling) plastic. If you trim it before you peel it off, you’ll have a makeshift screen shield until you can buy a real one. But you don’t really need one; it’s tough to scratch glass — that’s the point. A very basic, unpadded, non-form-fitting earbud wired headset with in-line call button and microphone. The call button provides primitive iTunes control (pause, play, next track) Proprietary USB charge/sync cord. If you lose it, iPod USB cords work, too SIM card removal tool (stylish black pokey thing) Tiny, redesigned North American AC USB charger Fold-out pocket quick start/cheat sheet (“Finger Tips”) Black polishing chamois with subtle iPhone logo Large Apple window stickers (2). These fit on the back of iPhone 3G as well. Proclaim your membership among that first million Important information pamphlet, 20/10 eyesight required 11:45 AM: A pause for packaging appreciation. To refer to unboxing iPhone 3G is to imply that the box is of secondary importance. Apple is singularly proud of its packaging. iPhone 3G’s box will end up at the Smithsonian, but more than that, it will become the most sought-after electronics project enclosure among Make magazine subscribers. If Apple doesn’t win this year’s Boxies, they’re rigged.I’ll bet you anything that I could jump on eBay right now and get $50 for this box. 12:30 PM: I activate my iPhone Developer Program membership. This deserves a post of its own. See the one posted immediately after this.1:30 PM: Even a pre-activated iPhone 3G requires connection to a PC or Mac running iTunes before it will do anything but make an emergency call. Any iPhone’s registration with iTunes is bound to the device’s serial number, so you can’t yank the SIM from an iPhone (or anything else) and slide it into your 3G.The first time you plug it in, iTunes asks you whether iPhone 3G is a new (additional) device or a replacement for an old one. Here’s your chance to restore the entire device’s contents and settings from a backup made with another iPhone. If you have a Mac, as I have, iTunes immediately begins syncing contacts, appointments, mailbox configuration (not messages), bookmarks and selected media with iPhone 3G, based to your sync settings. Databases for OS X’s Address Book, iCal and Mail apps are tapped for syncing. iPhone 2.0 and iTunes 7.7 reportedly sync these items from Outlook on a Windows PC. I’ll test this soon using my iPod Touch.1:30 PM: The sync is done. iPhone 3G is on the air4:45 PM: After 25 years without one, I just received my first SMS spam. Thanks, AIM Mobile Coming up next: Ranting on the developer program; Apple’s briefing; 3G speed and latency tests; location services Software Development