Research In Motion Storm

Switching away from Sprint (t.g.!), via a gifted iPhone, seemed a no-brainer. UNTIL...I met AT&T!! If one didn't have to use it as a phone on AT&T's unbelievably shoddy network there would be far less angst present. Furthermore, had the the "unlock" shareware been available when I received it, as opposed to being strapped into an extremely lame 2yr. contract of the most crappy service around, I would be a happier human...and so would the iPhone for that matter.

How can everyone be so adamant about how amazing and unbeatable the iPhone is...the name is a ... well.. oxymoron in itself!!

If it had been called the iApp, or the iEmail, or even the iText it would have been more accurate. In its current state the "iPhone" just ISN'T! The "Phone" is the weakest part of the device on the US AT&T service network. Once the device is *unlocked*, using the iPhone on an overseas SIM pay & go network really does rock and it finally starts to live up to it's name. However, when not overseas the "iPhone" definitely DOES NOT equalize itself with the other devices on the market simply due to the EXTREMELY POOR service that Steve Jobs chose to align himself with (AT&T got really really lucky on that deal). SAD for all of us consumers thought they might be getting a real phone. Can't have it all I suppose...but what a bummer!