IPhone 4 requires Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later..

Problem. I plan on pre-ordering the iPhone 4 (currently have the iPhone 3G) but the tech specs say that on a mac it requires the operating system to be v10.5.8 or later..I have an old iMac G5 and have v10.4.11 and obviously don't see a reason in upgrading because I'm going to be getting a whole new set-up next year.
What kind of problems will this have for me, having such an outdated operating system, if any?

I have a similar problem in that I have the original intel-based imac, and have just bought the new iphone4, making the false assumption that I should have no problem syncing it with my mac. Now find out that it requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later, wheras I too have 10.4.11
I don't see any reason why apple have made the iphone incompatible with tiger as it can even sync with windows xp which released way before OS X 10.4.11, and is way slower and buggier! It's really quite annoying as as far as I'm concerned my mac is still high performance, works very well and I wasn't planning on upgrading for another year. This is really frustrating as it means I'm going to have to fork out more money on a new operating system having just spent £500 ($750) on the iPhone.
The computer however does recognize the phone as an iphone4 charges it, and CAN import photos into the iPhoto library. However no syncing with iTunes or iCal!

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