as bad as I wanted to switch back to verizon when my contract ended with sprint, the lameness of this new blackberry made me go with the iphone. No wifi and a tiny screen are too outdated.

Waiting to upgrade 8830 on Sprint when it arrives there. WiFi would be nice - perhaps a 4G will come along by next year

Having WiFi is pointless now, speed of 3G matches WiFi anyways, but there is no point on buying this phone. In fact there is no point on buying any device like this till LTE is all up and running, otherwise the tech is going to be outdated real fast. Anyone who buys the new iPhone 3Gs when it is going to be outdated in a little over 6 months isn't real bright either. Nice thing about this over the iPhone this will shoot video and has a nice big picture, plus can send pic msgs, which has always been an issue with the apple product. But the LTE Omnia 2 looks better then this from just about any perspective.

after all the problems ive had with the storm, and how its been rather unimpressive after the upgrade, i want this thing. why are my friends curve and bold faster? the touchscreen just kills the OS, man

however, i am so getting an iphone when my contract is up. it just works!!

@jamion how is the iphone 3gs going to be outdated in 6 months when nothing else out now is even close? the only possible competitor i know of would be the storm 2 and from what I hear about storm 1, the odds of it being superior are very slim. I'll stick with the iphone for the next 2 years until someone else can figure out how to beat it.

Verizon has the best coverage up here in the Northeast. AT&T is a distant second, but with no WIFI and limited service, I will stay with the Blackberry Bold. At least there are WIFI hotspots where there is no GSM service. Big time deal breaker for me or it would have been bye bye AT&T after 6 years. Wake up VZW. Give us what we want!!! Plumber 1

This isn't worth the upgrade, maybe if it had wifi id consider. Im still rockin my Samsung I760 smartphone now and that is workin fine(getting slow). I am hoping blackberry will impress me more with the storm 2 and I am planning on upgrading to that once it is released. At least wifi is all but confirmed on that device. My girlfriend has the iphone and its great if you like to fool around on the phone, but the call quality, and AT&T service is just terrible. I'd say at least 3 or 4 dropped calls a week from her end. I would never switch to AT&T in the Philly area. Just awful. Verizon works wonders. I even get service on the underground subway while waiting for the train, and the AT&T users just gasp as they watch me send a quick text before the train arrives.

I’m on Verizon with the 8830 - sigh - better phone w/ the 4.7 OS upgrade, but the poor bb can only handle about 6 - 7 apps before it starts freaking out. Verizon has the best network where I live, so sticking w/ them makes sense. I will try the new world phone because it gains two features my current bb lacks: camera/video + unlocked gps capabilities. Probably going to buy the phone outright, and wait a few more months and get the HTC Hero - that phone will be the game changer.

I became disapointed with Blackberry when the Storm did not have WiFi ... So I got an iPhone 3G as an upgrade for $99. Sorry RIM but with you not listenig to you customers ... you loose in the end.