a mass-market release. When I discovered the G1 wouldn't work on Rogers' 3G network(I'm in Canada) I decided not to buy, and went with an iPhone instead. Even jailbroken, the iPhone has flexibility limitations that really piss me off, but I've become convinced the flat-slab touchscreen approach is the only way to go. This is my first actual smart-phone. My last phone was a Samsung Trace, which was impressive only for it's thinness and for all the things that it could *almost* do. I got to play with a friend's new iphone for a bit, and I was truly impressed with it, but for one thing -- it's an Apple product. I think Apple makes awesome gear, but once you invest, you're locked into the beautiful prison that is Apple. It's the same reason I'm a PC guy. When something breaks and needs replacing, it's always good to know that I can walk into hundreds of places that say 'PC' on the sign and odds are good that I'll find what I need or something close. I live in Seattle, a big city, and if something breaks on my Mac, I know of about three places I can go and if they don't have it -- SOL. I'm always hearing about my Mac friends having to deal with their laptop's proprietary AC adaptors fritzing out and finding that there locally, they're all out. There are so many other examples, but we're talking about the phone, so I won't go down