2.02 still hasn't resolved the long backups

Question

I have an iPhone 3G 16GB Black and the backups take forever. I am tired of having to remember to click the x to skip the backup. My backups take over an hour. I recently restored and setup my phone as new, no old data etc.
My phone spends more time tethered to the computer backing up than any other duty it performs. Is there a fix in the works?
I hoped 2.01 and then 2.02 would fix it but no such luck. I never had any issues like this with 1.0-1.14 phones.
If anyone has any ideas (other then restoring and setup as a new phone, because I have done that with 2.0, 2.01, and 2.02) let me know.
Thanks,
Chris

Answer 1

Actually, I had jailbroken my iPhone 1.14 and had many applications on it, I never experienced and issues with backups taking a long time.
But, you do raise a valid point that Apple is now supporting apps and data on the phone and that they may have issues with incremental backups and data changes that it is trying to interpret.
This is to me the last and biggest issue that Apple needs to resolve on the iPhone. I have found that most people I meet that has an iPhone almost never sync it and just use it by itself. I, however, use it to catch my podcasts. I manually sync my music and videos and those almost never change but I sync at least 3-4 times a day to grab my podcasts and update contacts and calendars.
Thanks,
Chris