[LUconn]

If you're willing to get an AT&T BB you might want to wait 5 generations of phones or so. The coverage in this area might be adequate by then.

[Kolzilla41]

From what I hear, AT&T is too expensive and they offer very little in this area. I love Sprint. Can't beat their plan or coverage here.

[El Scorcho]

Ease of operation and instant email connectivity for business functions. The keyboard is much easier to operate as well. I guess I am just wired to think of a phone as a business tool and not just a souped iPod. If I were a gamer, I would automatically skew toward the Apple products. But I am too busy for that these days.

Aside from they keyboard, I'm not sure I see your point. The iPhone supports lots of push mail options. It's just as instant as a Blackberry. I find the business tools available for the iPhones to be far superior to everything else.

Having said that, I can't recommend them for true enterprise use as they have security issues. Of course, that's true for every Blackberry model as well. There are very few option for truly secure phones.

The iPhone is behind the eight-ball in the sense that it has to deal with the inferior AT&T network. And it gets really hot when you use it for, oh, twenty minutes.

On your first point: It's relative to where you live. I'm in the Triangle area of NC right now and the network here is fantastic. Fast 3G everywhere. On your second point: I call B.S. I've had an iPhone since they came out and I have a 3GS right now. I could play a game with it for 3 hours straight and never feel a temperature difference.

And again I'll post a disclaimer: If anyone at LU is reading this and wants to tattle that I posted during business hours, please note that I'm on vacation this week. *sigh*

[Liberty4Life]

second point: I call B.S. I've had an iPhone since they came out and I have a 3GS right now. I could play a game with it for 3 hours straight and never feel a temperature difference.

Well, my brother has an iPhone and when I'm talking with him on the phone for like 20 minutes, he'll suddenly say that he has to hang up because "his phone is getting hot"...

You don't suppose it's because he just doesn't want to talk to me, right? Right? Awwww, darn it.

[HenryGale]

I got the Tour a week ago. So far, after on week I love it. I went from the Moto Q to the Tour. It is by far, the best phone I have used to date. The only flaw I find so far.... on my Q when I would read my gmail on my computer, it would automatically mark it as read on my phone. I have been all over the CrackBerry forums, and apparently with the BB OS, this is not possible. Oh well...

Others complain that the battery door is loose, and can slide around, but I do not have this problem. My phone is so far bug free.

Call quality is fabulous, but I have also only been around the Lynchburg area.

The only downside, is the phone is so new, a lot of the apps are still being developed for the Tour. I also wished the apps were more priced like Apples. They are more expensive across the board.

So far...as my first BB, I am very impressed and enjoying my phone.

[Sly Fox]

Keep us up-to-date on your experience with it. I really have been jealous of the WiFi capabilities of my friends' phones and that's all that is keeping me from moving to the Tour.

I draw the line at moving to AT&T. I'd go for the cost-effective but spotty services like T-Mobile or Sprint first if necessary.